South Korea trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in South Korea, from official sources. Signa does not sync the MOIP register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover South Korea.
Search the MOIP register
KIPRIS is Ministry of Intellectual Property's own search tool.
- Tool
- KIPRIS
- Search by
- trademark name, full text, application number, publication number, registration number, international registration number, Nice class, similar group code, designated goods, Vienna code, applicant, agent, right holder
- Languages
- Korean, English
- Free
- Yes
- Account required
- No
- Limits
- Saved queries, MyFolder and downloads need a KIPRIS membership; applicant and holder names are often shown in Korean only.
How to search
- Open KIPRIS and choose the Trademark tab; searching works without logging in, and the site has a Korean/English toggle.
- Type a mark name or number in the search box and press Enter, or open Advanced Search with Search Type set to Korea.
- In Advanced Search, filter by category (trademark, service mark, collective, certification, international mark (Madrid)), mark type and status (Applied, Published, Registered), and fill Trademark Name (TN), with an Exact match option, or other fields.
- Use the Number, Classification (Nice class, similar group, designated goods, Vienna code) and Name/No/Address (applicant, agent, right holder) fields to narrow the search.
- Results list the mark, status, application number, class, applicant and current right holder; sort by date or number and choose 10 to 90 items per page.
Register a trademark in South Korea
What MOIP requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at MOIP; Madrid designation
- Filing languages
- Korean
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Application fee
- KRW 52,000 per class (electronic) or KRW 62,000 per class (paper), plus KRW 2,000 per designated good beyond 10 in a class; registration fee KRW 201,000 per class when paid as a lump sum
- Renewal fee
- KRW 300,000 per class (lump sum), plus KRW 2,000 per designated good beyond 10 in a class; KRW 330,000 per class for late renewal
- Fees as of
- 2023-08-01 (KRW)
- Opposition
- 2 months from publication of the application in the Trademark Publication Gazette (non-extendable) (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the registration date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 3 years without use
Good to know
- An application filed by a person with no address or place of business in Korea is returned unless it comes through a patent agent in Korea; an application not written in Korean is also returned.
- Registration is fee-based in two steps: an application fee per class at filing, then a registration fee per class after the decision to register, payable in one lump sum or in two installments.
- Use is not required to file, but a registered mark can be cancelled if it is not used for three or more consecutive years after registration.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
South Korea is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2003-04-10, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for South Korea
KIPO records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating South Korea are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover South Korea in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=KRSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover South Korea
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=KR" \
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.