In any of the cases under Article 181 (1), a person who practices, or prepares to practice, the relevant patent for business purposes, in good faith, in the Republic of Korea after the relevant decision to revoke a patent or the relevant trial ruling becomes final and conclusive, but before the petition filed for retrial is registered, shall be granted a non-exclusive license of the patent within the scope of the subject matter of the patented invention that the person practices or prepares to practice, or the objectives of the business. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2016>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]
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Patent Act — Article 182 (Non-Exclusive Licenses for Prior Users of Patent Reinstated through Retrial)
특허법 제182조
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