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Patent Act — Article 224-4 (Revocation of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality)

특허법 제224조의4

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 a person who has filed a request for an order to maintain confidentiality or a person to whom an order to maintain confidentiality was issued fails or ceases to meet any of the requirements prescribed under Article 224-3 (1), he or she may file a request to revoke the order to maintain confidentiality with the court that keeps the relevant litigation records (or the court that issued the order to maintain confidentiality, if no court keeps the litigation records).

(2) When a court makes a decision on a request to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality, it shall serve a written decision on the applicant for request and adverse parties.

(3) An immediate appeal may be filed against a decision on revocation of an order to maintain confidentiality.

(4) A decision to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality shall take effect when it becomes final and conclusive.

(5) When a court decides to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality, it shall immediately notify the persons to whom the order to maintain confidentiality of the relevant trade secret was issued, of the fact that a decision is made to revoke the order to maintain confidentiality, in addition to the applicant for request to revoke the order to maintain confidentiality and adverse parties.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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