Korean patent documents will be translated into English and be provided to Europe, so that the Korean patents will be more strongly protected in foreign countries.
On December 16, 2007, the KIPO and the EPO concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide European users with an English version of the Korean patent documents. The service of providing the English version of the Korean patent documents will start from 2008.
According to the MOU, KIPRIS is to provide the EPO with the English version of the Korean patent documents, which is translated using translation software, and the EPO is to start the service of providing the English version to European users.
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