Patent Prosecution and Management Services
1) Domestic Patent Prosecution and Management
The patent attorneys at Eden IP & Law Firm provide professional patent prosecution services to protect clients' technologies, drawing on their experience in handling patent applications for major corporations such as Samsung, LG, and SK. Through invention consultations, Eden IP & Law Firm helps clients refine their technical ideas and identify key points for securing patent rights that they may have overlooked.
Furthermore, Eden IP & Law Firm also provides prosecution strategies tailored to each client's needs, as well as customized patent management services, including post-filing management such as office action responses and post-registration management, and strategies for reviewing and organizing unnecessary patents. In addition, Eden IP & Law Firm reviews the likelihood of registration through prior art searches and provides strategies for early acquisition of rights through accelerated examination.
Invention Consultation and Development of Invention Idea
Confirmation of Patent Client Number and Grant of Power of Attorney
Specification Preparation and Filing
Response to Examination Results and Post-Registration Management
Invention Consultation and
Development of Invention Idea
Confirmation of Patent Client Number
and Grant of Power of Attorney
Specification Preparation
and Filing
Response to Examination Results
and Post-Registration Management
2) Overseas Patent Application Process
Eden IP & Law Firm has established close cooperative relationships with patent law firms in various overseas jurisdictions and also provides PCT application services through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The PCT filing system is a system under which a single PCT application is filed through the Korean Intellectual Property Office, allowing the applicant to enter designated foreign countries within 30 months (or 31 months). This system provides applicants with the benefit of additional time when planning overseas commercialization.
Eden IP & Law Firm provides customized strategies for either individual filings or PCT applications, depending on each client's overseas commercialization strategy.
Direct Filing
Review of overseas
commercialization plan
Development of overseas
patent protection strategy
Patent registration through
direct filing for each country
PCT Filing Strategy
Review of overseas
commercialization plan
Development of overseas
patent protection strategy
PCT filing and selection of
countries for national phase entry
Patent registration in
each entered country
Trademark application services
1) Domestic trademark application process
Eden IP & Law Firm has experience handling trademark applications for local small business owners through Regional Intellectual Property Centers (RIPCs), and possesses strong expertise in securing trademark rights. Based on the trademarks desired by clients, Eden IP & Law Firm conducts thorough prior trademark searches and supports stable business operations so that clients do not need to change their trademarks after launching their businesses.
In trademark practice, it is also important to secure rights for a broad range of goods and services, as well as marks, in line with the client's business scope. Eden IP & Law Firm provides customized trademark strategies to prevent competitors from unfairly free-riding on our clients' goodwill and impairing our clients' business interests.
Review of business scope
and selected trademark
Prior trademark search
and registrability review
Proposal of rights acquisition strategy
including goods and service classes
Trademark application
and post-registration management
2) Overseas trademark application process
Eden IP & Law Firm provides services for stable trademark rights acquisition in line with clients' plans to expand their businesses overseas. The Madrid System is a system that allows applicants to secure trademark rights overseas based on a domestic basic trademark application or registration. The system can help reduce overseas filing costs when the overseas trademark is identical to the basic domestic trademark.
Where only a limited number of countries are targeted, where there is risk associated with the basic domestic trademark, or where the mark needs to be modified for each overseas country, it may be preferable to file trademark applications directly in each country. Eden IP & Law Firm has experience providing strategies and responses for securing rights to trademarks preemptively registered by overseas brokers. We provide customized overseas trademark rights acquisition services based on each client's trademark filing status and business commercialization plans.
Direct national filings
- 01 Review of overseas commercialization plan
- 02 Review of availability of basic domestic trademark
- 03 Trademark registration through direct filing in individual countries
Madrid application
- 01 Review of overseas commercialization plan
- 02 Review of availability of basic domestic trademark
- 03 Madrid application and selection of target countries
- 04 Trademark registration in each designated country
Design application services
Domestic design application process
The concept of a design patent originated in the United States. In Korea, this concept was previously referred to by another term, “uijang,” but today the term “design” is used. “Design” refers to the shape, pattern, color, or any combination thereof of an article that creates an aesthetic impression.
In other words, a design is an intellectual property right that protects the external appearance of an article. By reviewing the nature of the subject matter and its registrability, protection may be sought under the patent system where protection for a technical idea is required, while protection may be sought under the design system where protection for the aesthetic value of an article's appearance is required.
Overseas design application process
Eden IP & Law Firm provides services for stable design rights acquisition in line with clients' plans to expand their businesses overseas. There are two main methods to obtain design rights overseas.
Designs can also be protected in other countries. However, in order to seek protection, the design must be registered in each country where protection is sought. Within six months from the filing date of the Korean application, clients may file applications in target countries while claiming priority based on the Korean application. For designs that clients wish to protect only overseas, it is also possible to proceed only with overseas applications without filing a Korean application.
Similar to patents, clients may also use the Hague System. Through a Hague application, design applications can be filed simultaneously in multiple member countries with a single application. For international applications filed under the Hague System, a prior Korean application or registration is not required.
Intellectual property dispute resolution and response services
Delivering and responding to warning letters
Eden IP & Law Firm supports clients in maintaining stable business operations in matters involving intellectual property rights. When a client receives a warning letter alleging unintentional infringement of another party's intellectual property rights, Eden IP & Law Firm carefully reviews whether the other party's rights are valid and whether the client's use actually infringes those rights, and provides an appropriate response strategy.
If you have received a warning letter or certified letter, save yourself any unnecessary stress and come talk to Eden IP & Law Firm about it. When another party infringes a client's intellectual property rights, Eden IP & Law Firm provides an optimal response strategy to prevent harm to the client's business interests and to help the client obtain appropriate compensation for the infringement.
Eden IP & Law Firm can advise on whether to send a warning letter or certified letter, how to proceed with settlement discussions, and how to manage the overall dispute process after the letter is sent.
Trials and litigation
There are various types of intellectual property trials, including invalidation trials, cancellation trials, and trials to confirm the scope of rights. There are also procedures that may be regarded as similar to trials, such as oppositions and cancellation applications. Eden IP & Law Firm provides detailed explanations of the necessity to proceed with each type of trial in light of its purpose, and offers optimal response strategies for disputes involving intellectual property rights.
Because intellectual property trials and litigation require significant time and cost, it is important to carefully assess in advance whether a trial is necessary, the likelihood of achieving the desired outcome, and the potential risks involved before deciding whether to proceed. Eden IP & Law Firm provides transparent consultations on the likelihood of success in trials and litigation related to clients' disputes, and makes every effort to help clients achieve favorable outcomes and meet their needs.
IP Consulting Services
Government support programs and certification consulting
Eden IP & Law Firm is composed of patent attorneys with experience at public institutions under the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) and the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency (KISTA).
Our experts, with experience as professional advisors at public institutions, provide IP consulting tailored to clients' business operations in connection with various government R&D programs (IP-R&D, IP-C&D, export voucher programs, IP Narae projects, Global IP, and expedited support programs), as well as government certifications (the employee invention compensation system, corporate research institute certification, venture business certification, INNOBIZ certification, ISO certification), and technology valuation.