Enforcement: An International Litigation Guide 2019

I. PRE-FILING REQUIREMENTS/DEMAND LETTERS

• Although it is not mandatory to send a demand letter before instituting proceedings in this jurisdiction, it is common to send such a letter.

• Although it is not mandatory to attempt to settle with the other party before instituting proceedings in this jurisdiction, it is commonly done.

• It is neither mandatory nor common to engage in mediation or other alternative dispute resolution proceeding with the other party before instituting infringement proceedings in this jurisdiction. However, the Law on Mediation in Civil Disputes ("Mediation Law") (Law No. 6325) has been in force since 2012, and in 2017, engaging in mediation before instituting proceedings was made mandatory for certain labor law disputes with the entry into force of the Law on Labor Courts (Law No. 7036). The Industrial Property Code (Law No. 6769), which entered into force in January 2017, also makes reference to the mediation law in respect of