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| Issue No. 33, February 2023 |
| APAA e-Newsletter |
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| Music Schools v. JASRAC – Is a Performance in a Music Class a Performance “heard by the public”? |
| Hatazoe Takahito, Sayagata IP (Japan) |
| Summary The Supreme Court ruled that the performances by the teachers in the music class constitute an infringement of “performing rights” by the music school as an infringer, but ruled that the performances by the students do not infringe “performing … |
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| Matters to Note When Deciding upon Whether to Request a Patent Correction Trial in Korea |
| Hong-Joo Ahn, C&S Patent and Law Office (Korea) |
| Decisions by the Supreme Court on January 22, 2020 and June 16, 2022: A decision of a correction trial made after the conclusion of a fact-finding pleading is not grounds for a retrial. … |
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| Amendments to the Korean Trademark Act – Adoption of Partial Refusal System and Re-Examination System |
| Sunmi Lee, Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners (Korea) |
| Introduction The recently revised Korean Trademark Act has adopted the “Partial Refusal” and “Re-examination” systems to give applicants more opportunity to amend goods and help reduce the cost of dealing with refusals. The key features of these … |
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| Rebranding Thai Patent Agent |
| Radeemada Mungkarndee, PhD and Tienkul Kangwanwong , Lexcel (Thailand) |
| In late December 2022, for the purpose of public hearing, the Department of Intellectual Property posted on its website a draft Notification as well as a supplementary explanation proposing a transformation of the Thai patent agent system under the name … |
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| Court Should Aptly Disclose Potential Convictions and Give the Parties an Opportunity to Present Their Arguments Regarding Such Convictions |
| Benjamin Lai, The Giant Group Law Firm (Taiwan) |
| Courts adopting a report of a Technical Examination Officer as a ground for a judgment of the court should aptly disclose the Technical Examination Officer’s report (despite that a report compiled by a Technical Examination Officer will not be disclosed) … |
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