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Trademark Act — Article 60 (Formal Objections)

상표법 제60조

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) Where an application is published, any person may file a formal objection with the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office on the grounds that such application falls under any of the following within two months from the date of publication of the application:

1. The application constitutes grounds for rejection of a decision to reject trademark registration under Article 54;

2. The application constitutes grounds for rejection of a decision to reject additional registration under Article 87 (1).

(2) Any person who intends to file a formal objection pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit a formal objection stating the following to the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office along with necessary evidence:

1. Name and address of the applicant (in cases of a corporation, referring to its name and the seat of its place of business);

2. Where there is an agent of an applicant, the name and address or the seat of the place of business of such agent (where an agent is a patent corporation or patent corporation (with limited liability), referring to its name, the seat of its place of business, and the name of a patent attorney designated);

3. An application subject to formal objection;

4. Matters against which a formal objection is filed;

5. Grounds for filing a formal objection and citation of necessary evidence.

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