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Prevention of Imitation Trademark Application by Business Partner
Under the revised Korean Trademark Act, effective from June 11, 2014, if an applicant, who filed an identical or similar trademark to another person’s trademark, has a contractual relationship or business relationship, such as a partnership or employment and thus knows the use of a trademark, or the preparation for a trademark use by other person, the trademark will be rejected according to Art. 7, Para. 1, Item 18 of the revised Trademark Act.