Trademark Types
Trademark
General trademark.
Business emblem
A sign used by non-profit organizations.
Collective mark
A sign registered in the name of union, association, or other group with legal personality indicates the goods/services provided by their members.
Certification mark
A sign serves to certify specific quality, precision, material, manufacture method, place of origin, or other characteristics of goods/services of others.
Basic Information
Protection term
10 years from registration date (Trademarks should be renewed every 10 years thereafter by the official deadline).
Multiple-class application
Yes.
Publication before examination
Yes.
Examination period
About 8~11 months from filing date.
Publication period for opposition
2 months from publication date.
Payment of registration fee
If no opposition is filed during the “publication period for opposition”, Notice of Allowance will be issued for payment of registration fee.
Issuance of registration certificate
Registration certificate will be issued within 1 month from the payment of registration fee.
Non-use cancellation
Non-use within 3 consecutive years from registration date.
Statement of use
N/A
Stage Procedure
1. Filing
(1) Documents (information) for filing new trademark application
Trademark
- Trademark drawing
- POA
Business emblem
- Trademark drawing
- Designated business scope or purpose
- POA
- Proof of management of the non-profit organization
Collective mark
- Trademark drawing
- POA
- Company policy
Certification mark
- Trademark drawing
- Goods or services to be certified
- POA
- Regulation on the use of certification mark
- Over view of the regulation
- Documents of goods/services quality inspection standards
- Documents naming professional systems/equipment/personnel used to certify and monitor the quality of goods/services
- Regulation for the management and monitoring of users of certification mark
2. Examination
(1) Documents (information) for response
Trademark
Business emblem
Collective mark
Certification mark
N/A
3. Grant
(1) Documents (information) for resgistration
Trademark
Business emblem
Collective mark
Certification mark
N/A
4. Maintenance
Earliest date on which renewals can be filed
12 months before official deadline.
Official deadline for renewals
Every 10 years from registration date.
Grace period for renewals
Yes.
(1) Documents (information) for renewals
Trademark
Business emblem
Collective mark
Certification mark
N/A
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