North Korea adopts the principle of first-to-file registration, and the earlier applicant for a trademark enjoys the exclusive right to the trademark. The types of trademarks that can be registered include commodity trademarks, service trademarks and collective trademarks. North Korea is a member state of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks, the Madrid Protocol on the International Registration of Marks and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

North Korea is a member of the "Madrid International Registration of Trademarks"; other international conventions and international organizations it has joined: "Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property", World Intellectual Property Organization; North Korea's trademarks are valid for 10 years and can be renewed indefinitely ; Also note that if you do not use your trademark for three consecutive years after registration, your trademark will be revoked by the North Korean Intellectual Property and Trademark Office.