Trademark in South Korea, South Korea Trademark
TRADEMARK IN SOUTH KOREA
Trademark in South Korea includes three stages: trademark search in South Korea, South Korea Trademark filing and South Korea Trademark registration. All with affordable fees.
– Stage 1: TRADEMARK SEARCH IN SOUTH KOREA
| Scope of work: Trademark Search | Word mark
($US) |
Device (logo) And/Or Word Mark
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 100.00 | 185.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 80.00 | 150.00 |
| Duration | 5-8 days |
– Stage 2: TRADE FILING IN SOUTH KOREA
| Scope of work: Filing Trademark Application | FEE
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 400.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 350.00 |
| Duration | 16-18 months |
– Stage 3: TRADEMARK REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE IN SOUTH KOREA
| Scope of work: Obtaining trademark registration certificate | FEE
($US) |
| For the 1st class | 280.00 |
| For the 2nd class | 250.00 |
| Duration | 1 month |
* Note: Our Fee for Trademark in Korea includes all fees (official fee and legal fee); exclude fee for responding to office action, if any.
*For trademark in South Korea, The additional fee of US$4.00 will be charged for each of designated goods exceeding 20 goods for each class.
– You could visit here to see Procedure of South Korea Trademark Registration.
– You could visit here to check the required documents for filing trademark in South Korea
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Frequencly Asked Questions
“trademark” means a mark used to distinguish goods (including services or goods related to the provision of services except goods on which a geographical indication is used; hereinafter the same shall apply) of one business from those of others;
mark means all indications used to identify the source of goods, irrespective of the composition or methods of the expression thereof, which include any sign, letter, figure, sound, smell, three-dimensional shape, hologram, movement, color, etc.
It is not compulsory. However, it is very useful for applicant to determine the chance of success when filing a trademark application in South Korea.
South Korea is the member of Singapore Treaty on the law of trademarks, Vienna Agreement establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks, Trademark Law treaty, Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks, Nice Agreement concerning the international classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
South Korea is applying “first to file” system. It is required to register in order to obtain the protection of a trademark. However, using a trademark that is not registered is not illegal.
The trademark registration will recognize the ownership of the applicant with the trademark. The owner of the registered trademark also has the right to protect the trademark against the infringement action, unlawfully use of the trademark and/or unfair competition of their competitor. In addition, and also the owner of the trademark has the right to license or transferring the protected trademark.
