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Trademark Act — Article 224 (Prohibition of False Display)

상표법 제224조

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) No person shall engage in any of the following conduct:

1. Displaying an unregistered trademark or a trademark no application for registration of which has been filed on goods, as if such trademark is a registered trademark or a trademark of which application for registration has been filed;

2. Displaying an unregistered trademark or a trademark no application for registration of which has not been filed on advertisements for business, signboards, labels, packages of goods or other business transaction documents as if such trademark is a registered trademark or a trademark of which application for registration has been filed;

3. Where a registered trademark is used on goods other than designated goods, displaying the trademark registration or a mark likely to be confused therewith on such trademark.

(2) Displaying a trademark under paragraph (1) 1 and 2 shall include the making of goods, packages of goods, advertisements, signboards, or labels in the shape of a mark.

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