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Trademark Act — Article 24 (Application for Resumption)

상표법 제24조

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) A person specified in any subparagraph of Article 23 and the other party may apply for resuming procedures suspended pursuant to Article 22.

(2) Where the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the presiding judge receives an application for resuming procedures suspended pursuant to Article 22, he or she shall notify a person specified in any subparagraph of Article 23 or the other party of the receipt thereof.

(3) Where the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or an examiner under Article 129 (hereinafter referred to as "examiner") deems that no grounds exist as a result of his or her examination on an application for resuming procedures suspended pursuant to Article 22ex officio, he or she shall dismiss such application by decision.

(4) Where a person specified in any subparagraph of Article 23 fails to resume procedures suspended, the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or an examiner shall order such person to resume such procedures, fixing a period ex officio.

(5) Where a person ordered to resume procedures suspended pursuant to paragraph (4) fails to resume such procedures within the period under paragraph (4), he or she shall be deemed to have taken over such procedures on the day following the expiration of the period.

(6) Where the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the presiding judge deems that a person has resumed procedures pursuant to paragraph (5), he or she shall notify the relevant party accordingly.

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