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Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act — Article 2-5 (Business for Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection)

부정경쟁방지 및 영업비밀보호에 관한 법률 제2조의5

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-08-21. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-05-28) — check the Korean original.

For the prevention of acts of unfair competition and protection of trade secrets, the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office may engage in activities to lay a foundation therefor such as research, education, and public relations, establishment and operation of an information management system for the prevention of unfair competition, and other business prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020>[This Article Newly Inserted on Mar. 25, 2009][Moved from Article 2-2 <Oct. 20, 2020>]

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