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IP/N/1/KOR/D/8  
 
15 May 2023  
(23-3370)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF KOREA : ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE DESIGN PROTECTION ACT  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Enforcement Decree of the Design Protection Act  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/KOR/23_9641_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/KOR /E/4 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amendments were made to expand the scope of eligibility for accelerated examinations including 
applications for design registration by SMEs with certification for management of intellectual property 
with regard to products selected as superior designs and applications for design registration of a 
design using technology related to the fourth industrial revolution.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 April 2021  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  9 March 2023  IP/N/1/KOR/36 • IP/N/1/KOR/D/8  
 
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  Other information  Details on the prior versions of Enforcement Decree of the Design 
Protection Act: 
https://www.law.go.kr/engLsSc.do?menuId=1&subMenuId=21&tabMenuId
=117&query=%EB%94%94%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%B8%EB%B3%B4%ED
%98%B8%EB%B2%95#  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Korean Intellectual Property Office  
 
Email:  kipomla @korea.kr  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  