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   KOREA IP LAWS > Utility Model Act


CHAPTER I : General Provisions

- Article 1 Purpose
- Article 2 Definitions
- Article 3 Invalidation of Procedure
- Article 3bis Scope of Powers of Attorneys
- Article 3ter Representation of Two or More Persons
- Article 4 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER II : Requirements for Utility Model Registration and Utility Model Applications

- Article 5 Requirements for Utility Model Registration
- Article 6 Devices Deemed to be Not Known etc
- Article 7 Unregistrable Devices
- Article 8 First-to-File Rule
- Article 9 Application for a Utility Model Registration
- Article 10 Scope of a Utility Model Application
- Article 11 Amedment of Procedure
- Article 12 Examination of Basic Requirement and Rejection of an Application
- Article 13 Amendment of a Utility Model Application
- Article 14 Scope of an Amendment to Descriptions etc
- Article 15 Treatment of Amendments to a Dual Application etc
- Article 16 Division of Utility Model Application
- Article 17 Dual Application
- Article 18 Priority Claim Based on a Utility Model Application etc
- Article 19 Withdrawal of an Earlier Application
- Article 20 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER III : Technical Evaluation

- Article 21 Request for Technical Evaluation of Utility Models
- Article 22 Technical Evaluation by Examiner
- Article 23 Publication of Request for Technical Evaluation
- Article 24 Prior Art Searches etc
- Article 25 Decision on Request for Technical Evaluation
- Article 26 Manner of Deciding on a Request for a Technical Evaluation
- Article 27 Correction of Utility Model Registration in Technical Evaluation Proceedings
- Article 28 Suspension of Technical Evaluation Proceedings
- Article 28bis Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER IV : Registration Fees and Utility Model Registration etc.

- Article 29 Registration Fees
- Article 29bis Late Payment of Registration Fees
- Article 29tet Remaining Payment of Registration Fees
- Article 29quater Restoration etc of a Utility Model Right by Late Payment or Remaining Payment of the Registration Fees
- Article 30 Official Fees
- Article 31 Refund of Registration Fees etc
- Article 32 Utility Model Register
- Article 33 Issuance of a Utility Model Registration Certificate
- Article 34 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER V : Utility Model Right

- Article 35 Registration of Establishment of a Utility Model Right and Publication of Registration
- Article 36 The Term of a Utility Model Right
- Article 37 Effects of a Utility Model Right
- Article 38 Limitations on a Utility Model Right
- Article 39 Relation between Similar Registered Utility Models
- Article 40 Nonexclusive License Due to Working before the Registration of a Request for an Invalidation Trial
- Article 41 Nonexclusive License after a Design Right Expires
- Article 42 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER VI : Protection of Owner of Utility Model Right

- Article 43 Acts Considered to be an Infringement
- Article 44 Presentation of a Certified Copy of the Decision to Maintain a Utility Model Registration
- Article 45 Liability of the Owner of a Utility Model Right
- Article 46 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER VII : Opposition to Registration of a Utility Model

- Article 47 Opposition to Registration of a Utility Model
- Article 48 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER VIII : Trials, Retrials and Litigation

- Article 49 Trial for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration
- Article 49bis Correction of Utility Model Registration under Trial for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration
- Article 50 Trial to Confirm the Scope of a Utility Model Right
- Article 51 Trial for Correction
- Article 52 Trial to Invalidate a Correction
- Article 53 Trial to Grant a Nonexclusive License
- Article 54 Trial against a Decision to Revoke a Utility Model Registration
- Trial against a Decision to Reject a Utility Model Application
- Article 55 Formal Requirements of a Request for a Trial
- Article 56 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER IX : International Applications Under The Patent Cooperation Treaty

- Article 57 Utility Model Application Based on an International Application
- Article 58 Special Provision on Devices Considered to be Novel
- Article 59 Translation of International Utility Model Application
- Article 60 Special Provisions on Claim of Priority
- Article 61 Submission of Documents
- Article 62 Submission of Drawings
- Article 63 Amendment after Receipt of the International Search Report
- Article 64 Amendment before Establishment of the International Preliminary Examination Report
- Article 65 Special Provision on Amendments
- Article 66 Time Restrictions on Filing a Dual Application
- Article 67 Special Provision on Oppositions against a Utility Model Registration
- Article 68 Special Provisions on an Invalidation Trial of a Utility Model Registration
- Article 69 Time Restriction on Request for Technical Evaluation of Utility Model
- Article 70 Special Provisions on Paying Registration Fees
- Article 71 International Application Considered to be a Utility Model Application by Decision
- Article 72 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER X : Supplementary Provisions

- Article 73 Utility Model Gazette
- Article 74 Special Provisions for a Utility Model Registration or Right with Two or More Claims
- Article 75 Indication of Utility Model Registration
- Article 76 Prohibition of False Indication
- Article 77 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act

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CHAPTER XI : Penal Provisions

- Article 78 Offense of Infringement
- Article 79 Offense of Perjury
- Article 80 Offense of False Marking
- Article 81 Offense of Fraud
- Article 82 Offense of Divulging Secrets
- Article 83 Officers and Employees of Specialized Search Organization etc as Public Officials and Irrefutable Presumption
- Article 84 Dual Liability
- Article 85 Confiscation etc
- Article 86 Administrative Fine

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ADDENDA

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