(1) Where any person who may obtain trademark registration files an application for registration of a trademark used on goods exhibited in any of the following exhibitions by designating such goods as designated goods within six months from the date the goods are exhibited, such application for trademark registration shall be deemed filed at the time of the exhibition of the goods:
1. An exhibition held by the Government or a local government;
2. An exhibition held by a person who obtained approval from the Government or a local government;
3. An exhibition held outside the Republic of Korea with the approval of the Government;
4. An international exhibition held by the government of a State party to the treaty or a person who obtained approval from such government in the territory of the State party.
(2) Any person who intends to be subject to paragraph (1) shall submit a written application for trademark registration stating the purpose thereof to the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office and also submit a document proving the purpose to the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office within 30 days from the filing date of the application for trademark registration.