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South Korea has introduced various amendments to its patent and utility model laws, effective for applications filed from July 1 2007. These include new requirements for drafting detailed descriptions and claims, and the adoption of late filing of claims. The amendments also impose a duty to examine each claim on examiners and shorten designated periods, effective from July 1 2007.

On January 25, 2024, National Assembly passed an amendment bill that increases the limit of punitive damages compensation from treble to quintuple under the Patent Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (the UCPA).