Trademark Act Article 19

Application for trademark registration; date of filingAn application for trademark registration shall be made to the Registrar Office by submitting an application containing (the name and address of) the applicant, a reproduction of the trademark, and the list of designated goods or services.The date of filing of an application for trademark registration is the date on which an application referred to in the preceding paragraph is furnished to the Registrar Office.The applicant referred to in Paragraph 1 is a natural person, juridical person, partnership, legally established group without juridical personality or business registered in accordance with the Business Registration Act intending to engage in business with regard to designated goods or services.A reproduction of the trademark shall be represented in a manner that is clear, precise, self-contained, objective, durable, and easily intelligible.An application for trademark registration shall relate to a single trademark, and may designate goods or services classified in two or more classes.Classification of goods or services referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the Enforcement Rules of this Act.The classification of goods or services referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not constrain the determination of similarity of goods or services.A trademark applicant seeking rights approval promptly may submit facts and reasons, along with the accelerated examination fee, to the Registrar Office to initiate the accelerated examination process. Such examination shall not apply to an application to which a notice of amendment or stating grounds for refusal has been issued by the Registrar Office.