Bold food tech R&D fuels global rise of Korean cuisine

Bold food tech R&D fuels global rise of Korean cuisine

South Korea’s processed food exports are expected to reach 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) this year after Korean food companies have aggressive...

LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable & System Co. has gained the upper hand in its years-long patent dispute against Taihan Electric Wire Co. after a South Korean high pate...

Seoul Semiconductor wins patent lawsuit vs Signify

Seoul Semiconductor wins patent lawsuit vs Signify

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light emitting diode (LED) display maker, said on Thursday it has won a patent litigation case agai...

Huonslab strengthens HyDIFFUZE IP with completion of US, EU examination request under PCT application

Huonslab strengthens HyDIFFUZE IP with completion of US, EU examination request under PCT application

South Korea’s Huonslab Co., a subsidiary of Huons Global Co. and a global leader in recombinant human hyaluronidase-based biologics Sub-Q deli...

Seoul Semiconductor wins no-wire LED patent case in Europe

Seoul Semiconductor wins no-wire LED patent case in Europe

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday it won a patent dispute against Taiwan's Everlight Electronics Co. after the European ...

LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility

LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility

South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents related to its new growth driver automotive electronics while ...

Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker

Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. has overtaken Japan’s Nichia Corp. as the world’s top backlight light-emitting diode (LED) d...

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...

Huonslab eyes speedy anticancer drug delivery with new patent

Huonslab eyes speedy anticancer drug delivery with new patent

South Korean biotech Huons Global Co. said on Tuesday that its research and development unit Huonslab has issued a domestic patent claiming a techno...

Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years

Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years

Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, announced on Tuesday that it published the Sustainability Report 2024, which includ...

SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron

 SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron

Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company, has filed a complaint against Micron Technology Inc., claiming that the US chipmaker infrin...

US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

A US court rejected a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. by a former intellectual property chief of the company and banned ...

LG Energy vows to get tough on battery patent infringement cases

LG Energy vows to get tough on battery patent infringement cases

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker in terms of sales after China’s CATL, said on Wednesday it will take s...

Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute

Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute

Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...

Seoul Semiconductor sues Amazon Europe for LED patent infringement

Seoul Semiconductor sues Amazon Europe for LED patent infringement

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint against multinational commerce giant Amazon with the European U...

Hyundai Mobis applies 1,200 future mobility patents in 2023

Hyundai Mobis applies 1,200 future mobility patents in 2023

Hyundai Mobis has strengthened its competitiveness in future mobility by filing numerous patents in the electric and autonomous driving fields.The c...

LG Energy to invest in Li-metal battery developer Sion Power

LG Energy to invest in Li-metal battery developer Sion Power

Global lithium-ion battery major LG Energy Solution Ltd. will invest in Sion Power Corp., a US startup holding core patents in lithium-metal battery...

Kobiolabs gets Chinese patent for obesity treatment strain

Kobiolabs gets Chinese patent for obesity treatment strain

South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company Kobiolabs Co. announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for its obesity treatment strai...

S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations

S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations

South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...

Kobiolabs gets US patent for oral obesity drug candidate

Kobiolabs gets US patent for oral obesity drug candidate

Kobiolabs Co., a South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company, announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for Roseburia intestinalis ...

ISU Abxis gets patent for Alzheimer drug candidate in Taiwan

ISU Abxis gets patent for Alzheimer drug candidate in Taiwan

South Korea's ISU Abxis Co. announced on Friday that its Alzheimer's treatment candidate ISU203 has received a substance patent registration decisio...

ITC launches probe into Samsung’s suit vs China’s BOE over OLED

ITC launches probe into Samsung’s suit vs China’s BOE over OLED

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Display Co....

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...

Theraject Asia applies for microneedle patent in US

Theraject Asia applies for microneedle patent in US

South Korean microneedle company Theraject Asia on Thursday said it recently applied for a US patent for a medical microneedle, specifically a const...

Samsung Electronics gets favorable ruling against Netlist in US

Samsung Electronics gets favorable ruling against Netlist in US

The US appeals court has reversed a California federal judge’s ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. in its legal fight over memory chip pate...

Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents

Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...

NGeneBio applies for US patent of early diagnosis tech of dementia

NGeneBio applies for US patent of early diagnosis tech of dementia

South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the US patent application for its technology relate...

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...

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