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PCT national phase deadlines — which country, by when (Korean only)
The default PCT national phase deadline is 30 months from the earliest priority date, with 31 months at the EPO, Australia and India, late entry available in China, Canada and Singapore, and no PCT route at all into Taiwan or Hong Kong. Full text in Korean.
The PCT search report, the written opinion, and Article 19 — what they are and whether you must act
After filing a PCT application you receive a search report and a written opinion. An Article 19 amendment is a right, not an obligation. What arrives when, what you may do by when, and how it carries over into the Korean national phase — grounded in the Treaty, the Regulations and the Korean Patent Act.
Uruguay Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Uruguayan trade mark registrations. Uruguay is outside the Madrid system, its fees are denominated in an inflation-indexed unit revalued monthly, and the amount differs by type of mark.
Turkiye Turkey Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Turkish trade mark registrations. Fees are set in lira and are revised upward substantially each year, so a quotation given months earlier rarely still holds, and the grace period uses a separate, much higher schedule.
Russia Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Russian trade mark registrations. Since October 2025 the fee has been metered, so the number of goods in each class enters the amount alongside the class count, and payment routing needs to be arranged well ahead of the deadline.
India Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Indian trade mark registrations. Because of the examination backlog, registration often issues shortly before or after expiry, and such cases benefit from a rule allowing the renewal fee within six months of the actual registration date.
Israel Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Israeli trade mark registrations. Some sources measure the term from registration, but the anchor is the filing date; the window is reported as short, and restoration remains possible up to a year after expiry in special circumstances.
France Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing French trade mark registrations. The window opens a full year ahead, the longest in Europe, but relief after the grace period is expressly excluded by regulation — so those six months really are the end.
Chile Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Chilean trade mark registrations. The window spans twelve months — six before expiry and six after — and the fee is denominated in an inflation-indexed unit that changes every month.
Brazil Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Brazilian trade mark registrations. Brazil long operated a one-class-per-application system, so a client protecting several classes holds as many registrations and renews each separately.
Australia Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Australian trade mark registrations. The window opens a year ahead and the office sends a reminder two months before expiry, but the late fee accrues monthly and there is no restoration.
United Arab Emirates Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing United Arab Emirates trade mark registrations, a jurisdiction where the length of the grace period and the availability of restoration are reported inconsistently, so the safe approach is to manage to the shorter reading.
South Africa Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing South African trade mark registrations. South Africa is outside the Madrid system, so every case is a direct filing, and restoration remains available after the grace period where the failure was not intentional.
Vietnam Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Vietnamese trade mark registrations. Renewal in Vietnam is examined, so payment does not complete it: a decision issues three to four months later, and only that decision closes the matter.
Ukraine Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Ukrainian trade mark registrations. Deadlines have been suspended under martial law since 2022, so a passed expiry date must not be read as a lapse — suspended periods resume sixty days after martial law ends.
Taiwan Trademark Renewal: Management Manual
A practice manual for renewing Taiwanese trade mark registrations. Taiwan is outside the Madrid system, so every case is a direct filing, and the term is measured from the date of publication of registration.