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Trademark Act — Article 231 (Breach of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality)

상표법 제231조

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) Any person who breaches an order to maintain confidentiality in the Republic of Korea or in a foreign country without good cause shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won.

(2) With respect to a crime under paragraph (1), no case may be prosecuted without a criminal complaint filed by the person who has requested to issue the order to maintain confidentiality.

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