FirstLaw is happy to announce that one of the authors, Kyeyoung Lee, a partner in our Electronics Group, has been appointed by the President as one of nine commissioners at the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) to serve a term of three years. This article presents remedies that can be sought by IPR holde

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