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Trademark Act — Article 234 (Crime of Fraud)

상표법 제234조

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.

Any person who obtains trademark registration, registration of additional designated goods, registration to renew the duration of trademark rights, registration of the conversion of the classification of goods, or trial decision by fraud or other improper means shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

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