Trademark

Definition

· Used to identify one's own
  product and another's
  product Mark

Target

· A symbol, character, graphic,
  sound, smell, three-
  dimensional shape, hologram
  / motion
· Display to indicate the origin
  of a product regardless of
  composition or expression
  method

Usage scope of trademark

· Labeling of goods /
  packaging
· Transfer, deliver, display,
  import, or export any
  trademarked product
· Advertising, price tags,
  transaction documents, signs
· Acting on the sign

Right's term

· 10 years after filing date
(Renewable every 10 years, semi-permanent)

Legal acton for infringer

· Imprisonment for not more
than 7 years
· Fines of less than 100 million
won
· Right of prohibition against
infringement of right
· Right of claim for damages
· Disposition
· Criminal complaint, etc.

Service Mark

In order to distinguish between those who are engaged in the service business(advertising, telecommunications, food and beverage, etc.)
and other service business

Collective mark/Non-profit business emblem

· Collective mark : A corporation established by businessman who jointly manufactures /
sells goods shall mark to use for the goods or service business related to the operation of a member under its supervision

· Non-profit business emblem : A mark used by a person who does business for non-business purposes to indicate the business

Geographical Collective Mark

A mark that indicates that a particular quality, reputation, or other characteristic of a commodity is a commodity that is produced,
manufactured or processed in that region.

Unregistered trademarks with no discrimination

  • 01. Common name trademark
  • 02. Commonly used trademark
  • 03. Property trademark
  • 04. Significant geographical names, abbreviated or mapped trademarks
  • 05. Trademark with common name
  • 06. Simple and Common Marked Trademarks
  • 07. Other non-discriminatory trademarks

Trademark application flow chart