Requirements
Industrial Design Applications
The following information and/or documents are required to file a design application with the KIPO:
1. Name, address and nationality of the applicant.
2. Name, address and nationality of the inventor(s).
3. Information regarding the priority claim (filing date, number, and the
country in which the application from which priority is claimed
was filed)
4. Drawings or photographs depicting the claimed design (*1).
5. Brief description of the claimed design.
6. Certified copy of the priority document (*2).
7. Power of attorney executed by the applicant.
Note (*1): Drawings or photographs of six views (front, rear, left side, right side, top plan and bottom plan views) prepared in accordance with an orthogonal projection method and a perspective view of the design must be submitted. Other drawings or photographs showing the usage of the article or cross-sectional views of the article may be additionally filed for the Examiner’s reference. In this regard, the six views should not contain any shading whatsoever. Any of the six views and the perspective view may be filed and/or amended to comply with Korean practice after the filing of the design application. However, in order to claim priority, the drawings of the Korean application should fall within the same scope as that of the application from which priority is claimed.
Note (*2): A certified copy of the priority document must be filed within three months after the filing date of the Korean application.
Recordation of License
The following documents are required to record an exclusive and/or non-exclusive license for an industrial design with the KIPO:
1. Approval of Establishment of Exclusive/Non-Exclusive Industrial
Design License executed by the licensor.
2. Notarized Corporation Nationality Certificate executed by the licensor.
3. Power of attorney executed by the licensor.
4. Power of attorney executed by the licensee.
Please note that as the Corporation Nationality Certificate must be notarized by a notary public and is valid for only six months from the date of notarization, we will submit it promptly after execution and notarization. Further, because the KIPO does not accept multiple documents from a single entity if different signatories have executed them, the same individual(s) must sign the documents identified under 1, 2 and 3.
Recordation of Merger
The following documents are required to record a merger for an industrial design with the KIPO:
1. Notarized Certificate of Merger.
2. Power of attorney.
Please note that a notary public must notarize the Certificate of Merger and that the same individual(s) must execute both of these documents.
Recordation of Assignment
The following documents are required to record an assignment for an industrial design with the KIPO:
1. Deed of Assignment executed by the assignor.
2. Notarized Corporation Nationality Certificate executed by the assignor.
3. Power of attorney executed by the assignor.
4. Power of attorney executed by the assignee.
Please note that as the Corporation Nationality Certificate must be notarized by a notary public and is valid for only six months from the date of notarization, we will submit it promptly after execution and notarization. Further, because the KIPO does not accept multiple documents from a single entity if different signatories have executed them, the same individual(s) must sign the documents identified under 1, 2 and 3.
Recordation of Name/Address Change
The following documents are required to record a name/address change for an industrial design with the KIPO:
1. Notarized Certificate of Name/Address Change.
2. Power of attorney.
Please note that a notary public must notarize the Certificate of Name/Address Change and that the same individual(s) must execute both of these documents.