Legal Updates

As of October 1, 2023, right holders of patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trade secrets can stop the counterfeit products through simplified identification procedures based on the revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Customs Act in March 2023.

1. Background of the law revision In recent years, with the development of cross-border e-commerce, the number of applications for import seizures against patent and design rights (over 150 cases in 2009) and the number of import seizures (over 450 cases in 2021) have been increasing. In addition, since October 1, 2022, as the Customs […]