Korea is first-to-file: whoever reaches KIPO first owns the name. We file your brand in Latin letters and Hangul before you launch, watch for copycats, and when someone has filed first, we fight for it — opposition, invalidation, non-use cancellation.
Clearance in KIPRIS for identical and similar marks before you file.
Direct KIPO filing or Madrid designation, in Latin letters and Hangul, with priority claimed where available.
Examiner objections answered; goods descriptions adapted to Korean practice.
New Korean filings monitored so copycats are caught inside the two-month opposition window.
Opposition, invalidation for bad faith or agent filings, non-use cancellation — with the evidence assembled.
Warning letters, marketplace takedowns and customs recordation once the mark is yours.
Filing a Korean trademark costs a few hundred dollars per class. Buying it back from a squatter costs years.
Invoice within one business day.
Clearance and application filed.
Objections answered, fast-track available.
Oppositions in two months; invalidation and cancellation by trial.
Korean filings are made by licensed Korean professionals working with us; you deal with one adviser, in English.
Licensed Korean patent attorneys (변리사) working with us. A foreign applicant without a Korean address needs one.
Usually yes. Korean customers search and speak brands in Hangul, and an unregistered Hangul version can be taken by others.
Yes — by invalidation for bad faith or an agent’s filing, by non-use cancellation after three years, or by negotiated assignment. Evidence decides; we assemble it.
Typically around a year; expedited examination can shorten it to a few months.
Yes, once the mark is registered — marketplaces act quickly on notices from registered owners.
We reply within one business day.