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Patent Act — Article 229-2 (Breaches of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality)

특허법 제229조의2

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 breaches an order to maintain confidentiality issued under Article 224-3 (1), inside or outside of the Republic of Korea, without just grounds shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won.

(2) No person shall be prosecuted for committing a crime under paragraph (1) without a criminal complaint filed by the person who has requested to issue the order to maintain confidentiality.[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 2, 2011]

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