KGS KOREA

KGS KOREA

Design Certification

From consultation to filing, examination, and registration — we protect your design rights end to end.

Design Registration

Turn design value into protected rights

KGS KOREA helps identify the distinctive features of your design and supports the full path from application to registration and ongoing management. We handle partial designs, dynamic designs, GUI designs, set-of-articles designs, and more.

Service areas

Core support for design registration and rights protection.

  • Prior design search & analysis

    We assess registration feasibility through prior design search and analysis. Given how widely designs can be disclosed online, we may also recommend proceeding efficiently via KIPO examination without a separate prior search.

  • Design application & registration

    We clearly understand the scope of your design, select its distinctive features, and convert them into rights. We propose filing strategies suited to partial, dynamic, GUI, set-of-articles, and multiple designs.

Process

Design registration process

A clear five-step path from consultation to registration and rights management.

  1. Illustration of design consultation and rights-scope planning
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    STEP 1

    Consultation & scope of rights

    Through expert consultation, we identify the key features that need protection and define the optimal scope of rights.

    • Clarify protection goals and business direction
    • Review filing forms such as partial, dynamic, GUI, and set-of-articles designs
    • Draft rights scope and filing strategy
  2. Illustration of preparing design drawings and application documents
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    STEP 2

    Drawings & application drafting

    We prepare drawings that clearly show the design features and draft/refine the application with the creator’s input.

    • Draft application including design drawings
    • Reflect creator feedback and revise the draft
    • Finalize the application package
  3. Illustration of submitting a design application to KIPO
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    STEP 3

    Filing with KIPO

    We file the finalized design application with KIPO and deliver the filing report and related documents to you.

    • Customer number issuance support and representative appointment
    • File the final application with KIPO
    • Send filing report and related documents
  4. Illustration of design examination review and response planning
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    STEP 4

    Examination & response

    We monitor and report KIPO examination progress and, when notices are issued, consult on response options to improve registration prospects.

    • Receive KIPO notices and track deadlines
    • Monitor and report examination progress
    • Report results and consult on response strategy
  5. Illustration of completed design registration and rights protection
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    STEP 5

    Registration & design-right management

    We deliver the Design Registration Certificate and continue supporting management so your design rights remain secure and usable.

    • Deliver the Design Registration Certificate
    • Support ongoing design-right management
    • Guide rights protection and business use

* Examination timelines and responses may vary by design type and case.

Notes

  • Depending on the design, proceeding via KIPO examination may be more efficient than a separate prior search.
  • If an office action is issued, we help build a response strategy together.
  • If copyright registration is also needed, we can guide the appropriate classification and process separately.
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