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Trademark Act — Article 228 (Revocation of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality)

상표법 제228조

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 a person who has made a request for issuing an order to maintain confidentiality or a person who has received an order to maintain confidentiality does not or fails to satisfy requirements under Article 227 (1), he or she may request the court which keeps the lawsuit records (where there is no court which keeps the lawsuit records, referring to the court which has issued an order to maintain confidentiality) to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality.

(2) Where a decision on a request for revocation of an order to maintain confidentiality is made, the court shall serve the written decision on a person who has made the request and the other party.

(3) Either party may immediately appeal a decision on the request for the revocation of an order to maintain confidentiality.

(4) A decision to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality shall take effect when such decision becomes final and conclusive.

(5) The court which has made a decision to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality shall immediately notify a person who has made a request for the revocation of an order to maintain confidentiality or a person who has received an order to keep the relevant trade secrets confidential other than the other party, if any, of the fact that it has made a decision to revoke an order to maintain confidentiality.

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