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Trademark Act — Article 62 (Examination of Formal Objections)

상표법 제62조

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 collegial body of examiners (hereinafter referred to as "collegial body of examiners") composed of three examiners shall examine and decide on a formal objection.

(2) The Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office shall designate examiners to form a collegial body of examiners for each formal objection.

(3) The Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office shall designate the chief examiner from among examiners designated pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) Articles 130 (2), 131 (2), and 132 (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a collegial body of examiners and the chief examiner. In such cases, "President of the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board" shall be construed as "Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office," "judge" as "examiner," "trial decision" as "examination" under Article 130 (2), "presiding judge" as "chief examiner," and "case of trial decision" as "case of formal objection" under Article 131 (2), "collegial body of judges" as "collegial body of examiners" under Article 132 (2), and "trial decision" as "examination" under Article 132 (3), respectively.

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