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Trademark Act — Article 219 (Service by Publication)

상표법 제219조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-05-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2025-11-11) — check the Korean original.

(1) Where it is impossible to serve documents because the address or the place of business of a person on whom documents shall be served is unclear, service by publication shall be effected in lieu thereof.

(2) Service by publication shall be effected by publishing the intention of delivering documents to a person on whom documents shall be served at any time in the Trademark Official Gazette.

(3) The first service by publication shall take effect after two weeks elapse from the date the intention of delivery at any time is published in the Trademark Official Gazette: Provided, That service by publication to the same relevant person after this shall take effect from the day following the date on which the intention of delivery at any time is published in the Trademark Official Gazette.

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