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IPR SERVICES
2,031
1,766
1,924
1,693
1,708
Requests for Trademark Dispute
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
10,658
8,090
10,305 10,142 9,398
906
674 835
811 787
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Rejections and Disputes Disposals
Requests for Appeals
Requests for Administrative Litigations
254 173
192 157 162
Requests for Administrative Remedy
The numbers of trademark rejection
and dispute dispositions between 2012
and 2014 were 10,305, 10,142, and 9,398
cases, respectively. The numbers of ap-
peals to the Ministry of Economic Affairs
were respectively 835, 811, and 787 cas-
es. The rate of appeal for all three years
was 8.2%. The revocation rates of TIPO’s
original disposition for the three years
were 4.6%, 9.9%, and 13%. This increase
is due to differences in interpreting ex-
amination guidelines. Also, to implement
the cancellation of designated goods
or services of the registered trademark
where only the ground of revocation ex-
ists, beginning in 2013, oppositions and
invalidations of designated goods and
services of inter partes trademarks could
be cancelled by their similar designated
parts, thus increasing the chances of
Note
the number of trademark dispute requests including
oppositions, invalidations, and revocations.
Disputes and Administrative
Remedy
Trademark disputes showed a rela-
tive decline over the last five years. The
number of disputes in 2014 (1,708 cases)
was comparatively the same as 2013
(1,693 cases), though the number of op-
positions and invalidations was reduced
by a respective 87 and 12 cases, and
the number of revocations increased
by 114 cases. The number of dispositions
was reduced by 166 cases, from 1,925
cases in 2013 to 1,759 cases in 2014.
cancellations of the original dispositions.
Between 2012 and 2014, the IP
Court accepted a respective total of
192, 157, and 162 trademark admin-
istrative litigation cases. The numbers
of concluded litigation for those three
years stood at 171, 165, and 161 cases
respectively. Of these, 36, 26, and 28
cases were revocation of TIPO’s origi-