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Trademark Act — Article 27 (Legal Capacity of Foreigners to Hold Rights)

상표법 제27조

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.

No non-resident foreigner shall be entitled to enjoy trademark rights or the rights relating to the trademark, except in any of the following cases:

1. Where a state to which such foreigner is a citizen recognizes trademark rights or the rights relating to the trademark owned by a citizen of the Republic of Korea on the same conditions as those of its citizen;

2. Where a state to which such foreigner belongs recognizes trademark rights or the rights relating to the trademark owned by a citizen of the Republic of Korea on the same conditions as those of its citizen, when the Republic of Korea recognizes trademark rights or the rights relating to the trademark owned by such foreigner;

3. Where trademark rights or the rights relating to the trademark is recognized in accordance with a treaty or equivalent thereto (hereinafter referred to as "treaty").

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