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Patent Act — Article 225 (Infringement)

특허법 제225조

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) Any person who infringes a patent or an exclusive license shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years or by a fine of exceeding 100 million won.

(2) No person who commits a crime under paragraph (1) shall be prosecuted against the express will of the victim. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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