The Patent Tribunal is holding a special forum at the Korean Patent Attorneys Association to discuss the current status and challenges of patent cancellation and invalidity trials.
The forum aims to discuss improvements to the system for promptly correcting erroneously granted patents.
Patent Tribunal Chief Seo Eul-soo stated that this forum will contribute to creating a robust patent ecosystem and refining the trial system.

Korea Polytechnics and KAIST have initiated collaboration to foster talent in physical AI.
The two institutions conducted cross-lectures combining theory and practice as a pilot project.
This collaboration aims to enhance AI utilization in small and medium-sized manufacturing sites and innovate the domestic manufacturing industry.

The Korea Industrial Human Resources Corporation held a council meeting on the National Competency Standards (NCS) in Seoul on the 12th.
Ten institutions, including the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employers Federation, participated to share key project progress and explore collaboration methods.
The corporation has built a platform connecting various job experience data and plans to offer services like the job competency drawer.

The Korea Forest Service’s Yeongju National Forest Management Office announced a pine wilt disease prevention injection project for 81.3 hectares of national forest in Bonghwa.
This year, 186 trees in Bonghwa were infected with pine wilt disease, a 166% increase from last year.
The project aims to prevent the spread of the disease in important pine forest areas and protect the Geumgang pine forest in Uljin.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that Vice Minister Kim Min-jae visited Gimje in North Jeolla Province.
Kim toured local regeneration cultural spaces and social cooperatives related to rural migration.
The visit aimed to inspect sites funded by the Local Extinction Response Fund and related to the social solidarity economy.

The amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, which introduces a system for requesting the preservation of electronic evidence to prevent its destruction or alteration, has passed the National Assembly.
This amendment establishes a foundation for the swift acquisition of evidence in cybercrimes such as digital sex crimes.
It also completes the legislative implementation for joining the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.