Published: April 7, 2021 Soohoo Lee Kim & Chang Seoul, South Korea Nayoung Kim Kim & Chang Seoul, South Korea Verifier Jong Yoon Kim Shinsegi Patent Law Firm Seoul, South Korea The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) recently announced its Digital Intellectual Property Innovation Strategy as a response to the expanding digital economy and society, as well as the rapid development of various contactless industries due to COVID-19. The global pandemic has led to an explosion of digital intellectual property (IP), which made clear that the related laws in South Korea needed to evolve in order to adapt to the new types of digital IP and provide much-needed protection.