Information required to register a Korean trademark

1) Letter of attorney for trademark registration, which must be signed or stamped by the principal;

2) Name of the applicant (application If you are a legal person, you need to provide a copy of your business license with a clear official seal; if you are a natural person, you need to provide a copy of your ID card and an individual business license (copy or scan) with a clear official seal. For overseas applicants, you only need to provide your passport.) ;

3) Applicant’s address (the applicant’s application address as a legal person must be consistent with the address on the business license);

4) Clear trademark pattern;

5) Goods or services seeking registration

Process of registering a Korean trademark

1) Trademark design - design the trademark by yourself before applying for Korean trademark registration.

2) Trademark search - Provide a simple trademark search report.

3) Trademark application - Submit the trademark registration application documents to the Korean Intellectual Property Office.

4) Trademark acceptance - the Trademark Registration Office will issue a receipt to the applicant with an acceptance number. (You can receive an acceptance notice from the Korean Intellectual Property Office on the same day of application)

5) Trademark review - Trademark review is divided into two processes: formal review and substantive review.

6) Trademark announcement - Once the trademark is approved, an announcement will be made for a period of 3 months. Anyone can raise objections to the trademark.

7) Trademark registration - there is no objection to the trademark announcement or the trademark objection is ruled to be untenable, or the trademark registration is successful. Under normal circumstances, it takes about 12-15 months to obtain a trademark registration certificate. After successful registration, it will be valid for 10 years and can be renewed on time six months before expiration.

Trademark registration inquiry

The Korean Trademark Office does not provide free inquiry when accepting applications, so it is [especially] recommended to conduct an independent inquiry before registration. Trademark inquiry takes 7 working days. If it is necessary to send the original query documents by post, the waiting time is two weeks.

Trademark examination procedure

1. Formal examination

The application will be accepted within half a month after submission. A formal review will be conducted within one month after the application is accepted. Applications that do not meet the requirements will be given a certain period of time for corrections. If the supplements and corrections meet the requirements, they will enter the substantive examination process. If the corrections do not meet the requirements, the Director of the Patent Office can declare the trademark registration application. invalid.

2. Substantive review

Generally, it takes 12 to 14 months from application to the end of the substantive review.

When the examiner determines that the registration application meets the approval standards after review, the trademark registration application will be announced. If it does not meet the approval standards, the applicant will be notified and asked to state his opinions within a specified period.

When opinions or corrections are made that meet the requirements for approved registration, the trademark registration application will be announced. If the application still does not meet the requirements for approved registration, a rejection decision will be made.

Application time

The time to obtain the official trademark acceptance document is about half a month, and the application time is about 12-14 months.