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Trademark Act — Article 75 (Abandonment of Applications due to Failure to Pay Trademark Registration Fees)

상표법 제75조

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.

Where an applicant falls under any of the following, he or she shall be deemed to have abandoned an application for trademark registration, application for registration of additional designated goods or application to register the renewal of the duration of trademark rights:

1. Where he or she fails to pay the relevant trademark registration fee (where he or she pays the trademark registration fee in installments pursuant to the latter, with the exception of the subparagraphs, part of Article 72 (1), referring to the first installment of the trademark registration fee; hereinafter the same shall apply) within the payment period under Articles 72 (3) or 74;

2. Where he or she is ordered to pay the remainder of a trademark registration fee pursuant to Article 76 (1) but fails to do so within the period prescribed therefor;

3. Where he or she falls under Article 77 (1), in which case he or she fails to pay a trademark registration fee or pay the remainder of the trademark registration fee within the relevant period.

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