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Patent Act — Article 127 (Acts Deemed Infringement)

특허법 제127조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-08-21. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2025-11-11) — check the Korean original.

Conducting either of the following acts for business purposes shall be deemed infringement of a patent or an exclusive license:

1. If the patent is for the invention of a product: Manufacturing, assigning, leasing, or importing the product used exclusively for manufacturing such product or offering to assign or lease such product;

2. If the patent is for the invention of a process: Manufacturing, assigning, leasing, or importing a product used exclusively for practicing the process or offering to assign or lease the product.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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