VPATAPP Alert_Newly Established "International Litigation Chamber" to Hear Patent and Other IP Cases in Foreign Languages - Korean update

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On November 24, 2017, the Korean National Assembly passed an amendment to the Court Organization Act (the "Amendment"), which will take effect in May 2018. Importantly, the Amendment establishes a new international litigation chamber (the "International Litigation Chamber") within the Korean District Courts and the Patent Court, in which IP cases may be heard entirely in English or other foreign languages, with the consent of the parties ("International Cases"). Prior to the Amendment, all cases needed to be held in the Korean language to have legal effect.