– Law on Inventions, in force since May 13, 1998, amended on March 11, 1999.
– Implementing Regulations of March 2000.
– Detailed Regulations of October 2000 under the Regulations of March 2000 for the Implementation of the Law on Inventions, amended in November 2010.
– Copyright Law of March 2001.
– Law on Computer Software Protection of June 2003.
– Regulations of October 2003 for the Implementation of the Law on Computer Software Protection.

– Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), since August 17, 1974.
– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act, since June 10, 1980.
– Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), since July 8, 1980.
– Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Work, since April 2004.

(A) By way of industrial property: are identical to those for protection of any other inventions by patents, utility models, certificates of invention or certificates of innovation.

(B) By way of copyright: are not subject to any filing formalities. Copyright to a software created by a natural person lasts up to fifty years after the decease of the creator. Copyright to a software created by a legal person lasts for fifty years from the publication of the software.

(C) By way of software protection right: are to register the software with the DPR Korea Invention Office. To be entitled to a registration, a software must not be identical with or similar to a known software. Right to a registered software lasts for fifty years from the registration.