If the submitted application does not meet the following conditions, the Korean Intellectual Property Office will not assign an application number, and the application will be rejected as never applied:
(1) The application type is unclear;
(2) There is no name and address of the applicant;
(3) The application content is not written in Korean;
()4 No trademark pattern is attached to the application documents;
(5) The applicant has no domicile in Korea and has not entrusted a Korean agent.
if the application meets the above conditions, the Korean intellectual property office will assign an application number and conduct formal examination according to the trademark law. If there are any errors or omissions, the examiner will issue a notice of amendment to require the applicant to make corrections within a certain period of time. If the applicant's amendment does not meet the requirements, the trademark application will be abolished. Substantive examination
(1) initiation of examination
Unlike patent and utility model applications, trademark applications are automatically examined according to the order of their submission dates. However, according to the provisions of the Trademark Law, the director of the Korean Intellectual Property Office can let the examiners give priority to the qualified patent applications.
(2) Conditions for trademark registration
According to the Trademark Law, registered trademarks need to meet the following requirements:
A. Meet the definition of trademarks in the Trademark Law;
b, the indication as a trademark needs to be unique, and if it is not unique, it has already obtained the second meaning;
c, it does not belong to any category of unregistered trademarks stipulated in the Trademark Law.