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Trademark Act — Article 23 (Resumption of Suspended Procedures)

상표법 제23조

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.

Where procedures pending in the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board are suspended pursuant to Article 22, any of the following persons shall resume such procedures:

1. In cases falling under subparagraph 1 of Article 22: The successor thereof, an executor of inherited property or a person who will proceed with procedures in accordance with statutes: Provided, That the successor shall not resume such procedures for a period during which he or she may relinquish his or her inheritance;

2. In cases falling under subparagraph 2 of Article 22: A corporation which is incorporated in the course of the merger or which survives after the merger;

3. In cases falling under subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Article 22: A party who regains his or her capacity to follow the procedures or a person who becomes the legal representative;

4. In cases falling under subparagraph 5 of Article 22: A new trustee;

5. In cases falling under subparagraph 6 of Article 22: A new representative or each party;

6. In cases falling under subparagraph 7 of Article 22: A person who possesses a certain qualification, such as a trustee in bankruptcy.

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