South Koreaの弁理士・知的財産法律事務所

Hiring a patent attorney in South Korea

The Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP, formerly KIPO) examines applications in Korean. An applicant with no domicile or place of business in Korea, unless staying in Korea, must act through a patent administrator in Korea, usually a Korean patent attorney (Patent Act, Article 5).

So a firm abroad usually files and prosecutes through a Korean patent attorney. This directory lists 120 Korean firms, ordered by the patent families each shares with firms in other countries. The most active are Kim & Chang, KOREANA Patent Firm and Lee International Patent Law Office.

To shortlist, open the ranking for your own country below: it lists the South Korea firms that already work most with firms there.