Such a trend is well reflected in 'Von Dutch' case. When the US designer died, companies of various nations attempted to take over his intellectual property right to use it for their trademarks.
In this 'Von Dutch' case, the Korean court made it clear that it had applied 'lex loci protectionis' to the case according to territorialitatsprinzip.
Namely, the Korean court decided vividly that even if an intellectual property had been invented in a foreign nation but if a suit should be brought for its infringement or protection in Korea, the Korean law would be applied to the case according to 'lex loci protectionis.'
The fact that the Korean court applied 'lex loci protectionis' to the case based on Article 24 of Private International Law specifying "Intellectual property rights shall be protected by the law of the nation where they are infringed upon" is interpreted in such a way that 'lex loci protectionis' accepted widely in determining the governing law for the international disputes over the intellectual property rights should be more realistic.
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