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Patent Act — Article 179 (Third Party's Petitions for Retrial)

특허법 제179조

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.

(1) If the parties to a trial acted in collusion for the purpose of causing a trial ruling to be rendered which infringes a third party’s right or interest, the third party may file a petition for retrial on the final and conclusive trial ruling.

(2) In a petition filed for retrial under paragraph (1), the parties to the relevant trial shall be named as joint defendants.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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