Supreme Court of Korea

“ In order for an administrative agency's refusal of a petition by a national to be an administrative disposition which can be subject to appeal, the act of the petition must be an exercise of public power or a comparable administrative action, the refusal must alter petitioner's legal relationship, and the national must have legal or logical standing to invoke an administrative action. ”

“ Also, in light of the fact that the registration of cancellation itself does not bring any direct changes upon any right inherent in the utility model, there should logically be no right to such petition. ”

“ However, when the utility model right is registered as cancelled, the utility model right holder is precluded from citing his/her rights in the utility model register and further from engaging in any act that requires registration, such as disposing of or pledging his or her utility model right as collateral. This results in material obstruction in the utility model right holder's exercise of his/her rights, and therefore, the restoration of the utility model registration constitutes an act of directly altering the legal relationship of the utility model right holder. ”