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Government Legislation

  • Notice on the Management of Trademark Surveys and Other Trademark Examination Support Businesses
    • Competent Ministry : Korean Intellectual Property Office
    • Advance Publication of Legislation : 2019-09-03
    • Opinion Submission Deadline : 2019-09-23

(1) Reasons for Proposal
The Notice enforces registration of institutions specializing in trademarks, enhances the efficiency of trademark examination support businesses, and addresses a number of issues in the designation notice.

(2) Major Provisions
A. Specify registration requirements and procedures for institutions specializing in surveys prescribed in Article 10 (Criteria, etc. for Designation of Specialized Institution) of the Enforcement Decree of the Trademark Act (Article 4, Article 5)
B. Combine provisions on surveyor and classifier qualifications, include academic background, increase compulsory training hours (from 10 to 20 hours), and otherwise strengthen qualification requirements (Article 9, Article 10)
C. Prepare quantity estimation standards by assessing specialized institutions in accordance with quality assessments but for specialized institutions whose output is less than a certain amount or zero, assess business capacity by conducting a capacity assessment (Article 17, Article 19)
D. Annual number of cases that may be taken per surveyor (Article 23)


Regulatory effect assessment
  • 규제영향분석서(상표조사 등 상표심사지원 사업 관리 등에 관한 고시) v4.hwp [download]
Legislative proposal (draft)
  • 「상표조사 등 상표심사지원 사업 관리에 관한 고시(안)」 제정에 따른 행정예고 공고문.hwp [download]