Korean Intellectual Property Office

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) is the patent office and intellectual property office of South Korea. In 2000, the name of the office was changed from "Korean Industrial Property Office" to "Korean Intellectual Property Office".^[1] It is located in Daejeon Metropolitan City.^[2]

References

↑ KIPO web site, KIPO's history. Consulted on January 20, 2008.
↑ KIPO web site, Contact Us. Consulted on January 20, 2008.

External links

Korean Intellectual Property Office, in English
Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS), in English
- Patent search database in KIPRIS, in English
- K2E-PAT Interface in KIPRIS (wherein "K2E-PAT" stands for "Korean to English Automatic Machine Translation", see European Patent Office, "Lost in translation? Get the right type of Korean patent translation for your needs", Patent Information News, Issue 1, 2010, p. 4)
Information about patent law in South Korea on the European Patent Office web site

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Korean Intellectual Property Office

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