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![[Expert Column] The Essence of Patent Rights and the Development of Human Civilization: ‘The Shoulders of Dwarfs and Giants’By Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang (hwangpa-hsp@hwangpa.com)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_d912d2804db945eaaf3a4eeece509485~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_693,h_442,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_d912d2804db945eaaf3a4eeece509485~mv2.png)
![[Expert Column] The Essence of Patent Rights and the Development of Human Civilization: ‘The Shoulders of Dwarfs and Giants’By Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang (hwangpa-hsp@hwangpa.com)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_d912d2804db945eaaf3a4eeece509485~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_693,h_442,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_d912d2804db945eaaf3a4eeece509485~mv2.png)
[Expert Column] The Essence of Patent Rights and the Development of Human Civilization: ‘The Shoulders of Dwarfs and Giants’By Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang (hwangpa-hsp@hwangpa.com)
[Expert Column] The Essence of Patent Rights and the Development of Human Civilization: ‘The Shoulders of Dwarfs and Giants’ By Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang (hwangpa-hsp@hwangpa.com) Registered: Feb 18, 2019, 06:17:52 (KST) (Tax & Financial Times = Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang) In a letter written in 1676 by Isaac Newton during an argument over scientific merits with his rival scientist Robert Hooke, the following sentence is said to have appeared “If I have seen further,
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[News] Amendment to the Patent Act: Punitive Damages System to Take Effect This June
[Expert Column] Amendment to the Patent Act: Punitive Damages System to Take Effect This June (Reported by Seong-pil Hwang, Patent Attorney, Tax & Financial Newspaper) Securing an invention through a patent requires tremendous effort. An invention must not have been previously disclosed to the public, and it must demonstrate inventiveness over existing technologies. Furthermore, only inventions utilizing the laws of nature rather than mere mathematical algorithms are consider
![[News] Fourth Industrial Revolution's Paradigm, 'Creative Destruction'](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_fff641d883c944ea8b0bf49a5ad3ba27~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_802,h_444,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_fff641d883c944ea8b0bf49a5ad3ba27~mv2.png)
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[News] Fourth Industrial Revolution's Paradigm, 'Creative Destruction'
(Tax & Financial Times = Patent Attorney Sung-pil Hwang) “A post cultural industrial revolution, where local content that people worldwide can relate to and enjoy is globally converged and reinterpreted, is arriving based on the technological elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a process of building an integrated mirroring system of reality and virtuality, where the connection between humans and objects expands rapidly, centered o
Hwang Sung-pil, Vice President, selected for "Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2024.
Our Vice President, Hwang Sung-pil, has been selected as a global leader by "IAM," the world's most prestigious research institute in the...
![[News] [Hwang Sung-pil’s 4th Industrial Story 1] "People Who Can Live Well Without Knowing the 4th Industrial Revolution"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_5a2913ba91274ab6931201b38e8f898c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_700,h_430,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_5a2913ba91274ab6931201b38e8f898c~mv2.png)
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[News] [Hwang Sung-pil’s 4th Industrial Story 1] "People Who Can Live Well Without Knowing the 4th Industrial Revolution"
[Phoenix Korea] Phoenix Korea is serializing the column "4th Industrial Story" by Hwang Sung-pil, the head of 'AILBR' (an AI consulting...
[News] Can't a perpetual motion machine be patented?
We often come across news claiming the invention of a perpetual motion machine. However, in South Korea, a total of 177 patent...
[News] The greatest commander wins without fighting.
I often meet people who suffer from patent disputes. Unless they are a patent troll, and especially if they are CEOs who have lived...
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[News] Why Do Top-Tier Companies Focus on Patents?
Suho Lee, Executive Director (Ph.D.) Five Key Points of Patent Management Activities ○ Recognize that patents are a useful tool for...
![[News] Schumpeter, Creative Destruction, and Questions About the Patent System for Technological Innovation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_6beb261814a04bbcb2a4b0e76fc4c28e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_742,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_6beb261814a04bbcb2a4b0e76fc4c28e~mv2.png)
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[News] Schumpeter, Creative Destruction, and Questions About the Patent System for Technological Innovation
The words "entrepreneurship" and "innovation" have been in use for a long time. The entrepreneurship that aligns with each era, as well...
![[Interview][Weekly People] Patent Attorney Hwang Sung-pil, the Invisible Hand That Illuminates the World](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_127f21a27099479e90c3d5e26edfbf83~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_864,h_595,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_127f21a27099479e90c3d5e26edfbf83~mv2.png)
![[Interview][Weekly People] Patent Attorney Hwang Sung-pil, the Invisible Hand That Illuminates the World](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/38c062_127f21a27099479e90c3d5e26edfbf83~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_864,h_595,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/38c062_127f21a27099479e90c3d5e26edfbf83~mv2.png)
[Interview][Weekly People] Patent Attorney Hwang Sung-pil, the Invisible Hand That Illuminates the World
Koo Jae-hoe, Jang Deok-jin – The Invisible Hand That Illuminates the World Hwang Sung-pil, Patent Attorney at Mansung International...
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