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Design Filing & Registration

Think Design Rights Don’t Matter? Think Again.


Design rights are more than a formality

 — they’re a strategic tool that defines product identity and

strengthens your competitive edge.

With the right filing strategy and legal guidance,

design protection drives real business value.

Partner with BLT Patent & Law Firm 

trusted advisors in design rights and enforcement.

Trusted across industries for our strategic approach,

technical expertise, and real-world results.

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Design Registration

Design Filing & Registration

Think Design Rights Don’t Matter?

Think Again.

Design rights are more than a formality

— they’re a strategic tool that defines product identity and strengthens

your competitive edge.

With the right filing strategy

and legal guidance, design protection

drives real business value.

Partner with

BLT Patent & Law Firm 

trusted advisors in design rights

and enforcement.

Trusted across industries for

our strategic approach,

technical expertise,

and real-world results.

Case Highlights: Design Protection in Action

Case Highlights: Design Protection in Action

Building Design Exclusivity for Business Expansion

25 patents secured within one year via BLT’s “Idea Workshop”

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Complementing Patents with Design Protection

Building Design Exclusivity for Business Expansion

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Combined patent and design protection for medical devices

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Complementing Patents

with Design Protection

Combined patent and design protection for medical devices

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Protecting IoT Product Differentiation

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Integrating Design & Trademark for Brand Identity

Protecting IoT Product Differentiation

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Integrating Design & Trademark for Brand Identity

Obtained robust trademark protection for product configurations

and associated logos.

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Obtained robust trademark protection for product configurations and associated logos.

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Tailored Design Filing

Strategies by Product Type

01Partial Design Protection
When your product’s strength lies in one visual element, partial design registration lets you protect that feature.
• Broader protection with fewer filings
• Respond effectively to competitors who alter non-essential parts
• Ideal for aesthetic differentiation with legal efficiency
02Non-Substantive Examination Categories
Korean design law allows expedited filings for certain products — including food, apparel, packaging, textiles, and jewelry.

• Quicker registrations through limited examination

• Objections can still arise — strategy remains critical

• BLT helps you file smart and fast, without legal compromise

Tailored Design Filing

Strategies by Product Type

01Partial Design
Protection
When your product’s strength
lies in one visual element, partial
design registration lets you protect that feature.
  • Broader protection with fewer filings
  • Respond effectively to competitors who alter non-essential parts
  • Ideal for aesthetic differentiation with legal efficiency
02Non-Substantive
Examination Categories
Korean design law allows expedited filings for certain products — including food, apparel, packaging, textiles, and jewelry.

  • Quicker registrations through limited examination
  • Objections can still arise
    — strategy remains critical
  • BLT helps you file smart and
    fast, without legal compromise

Extensive experience in diverse design right sectors at BLT

Apparel

Jewelry

Packaging

Infant Goods

Graphic Designs

Characters

Extensive experience in 

diverse design right

sectors at BLT

Apparel

Jewelry

Packaging

Infant Goods

Graphic Designs

Characters

Certified Export Expert by a Specialized Institution

Outstanding/Powerful Implementing Agency in the Field of Overseas Intellectual Property Rights

Patent law firm BLT was selected as the Power Implementing Agency in 2019 and the only Excellent Implementing Agency

in the field of intellectual property rights from 2019 to 2023.

Selected as “Excellent Implementing Agency” for 3 consecutive years in overseas intellectual property rights
Designated as a “Power Implementing Agency”
in overseas IP rights
Appointed as “China IP Protection Specialist Agency”
by the Intellectual Property Protection Program
Number of Overseas Trademark Applications 
(Including Madrid Applications)

Facing a Design Dispute? BLT Has You Covered.

Whether registered or not, design rights can be challenged — and enforced. BLT provides:

Collaborative Legal Expertise
10+ years’ experience across design attorneys and litigators — guiding each client from early-stage risk mitigation to courtroom representation.

Domestic Design Dispute Resolution
• Invalidation trials, cancellation proceedings,
and infringement actions in Korea
Cross-Border Design Enforcement
• Support in the U.S., China, Japan, EU, and beyond
• Localized enforcement through trusted global counsel

Secure the Look That Defines Your Product

Design is more than style — it’s how your product is recognized, remembered, and respected.

BLT Patent & Law Firm helps you protect it, grow with it, and win through it.

Certified Export Expert by

a Specialized Institution

Outstanding/Powerful

Implementing Agency in the

Field of Overseas Intellectual Property Rights

Patent law firm BLT was selected as the Power Implementing Agency in 2019 and the only Excellent Implementing Agency

in the field of intellectual property rights from 2019 to 2023.

Selected as
“Excellent Implementing
Agency” for
3 consecutive years
in overseas intellectual
property rights
Designated as a
“Power Implementing Agency”
in overseas IP rights
Appointed as
“China IP Protection
Specialist Agency” by the
Intellectual Property
Protection Program
Number of Overseas
Trademark Applications
(Including Madrid Applications)

Facing a Design Dispute? BLT Has You Covered.

Whether registered or not, design rights can be challenged — and enforced. BLT provides:

Collaborative Legal Expertise
10+ years’ experience across design attorneys and litigators — guiding each client from early-stage risk mitigation to courtroom representation.

Domestic Design
Dispute Resolution
• Invalidation trials, cancellation proceedings, and infringement actions in Korea
Cross-Border Design Enforcement
• Support in the U.S., China, Japan,
EU, and beyond
• Localized enforcement through
trusted global counsel

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Full-Spectrum IP Services — Tailored to Your Goals

From invention review to international patent enforcement, BLT covers the full lifecycle of IP strategy and execution.

BLT Service

Full-Spectrum IP Services — Tailored to Your Goals

From invention review to international patent enforcement, BLT covers the full lifecycle of IP strategy and execution.

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+82-2-514-0104

info@BLT.kr

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dedicated consultant for personalized guidance.

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IP Specialist


+82-2-514-0104

info@BLT.kr



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3. Retention and Use Period: Until the completion of consultation
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CEO. Cheolhyun Yoo 


Head office.

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T. +82-2-514-0104

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E. info@blt.kr


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E. info@blt.kr

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Company.

BLT Patent & Law Firm


Business Reg No.

752-86-01744


CEO.

Cheolhyun Yoo

Head office.

1F, 25, Beobwon-ro 3-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul,

06595 Republic of Korea


T. +82-2-514-0104

F. +82-70-4855-0102

E. info@blt.kr


Branch office.

26F, 165, Convensia-daero (POSCO Tower Building),

Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (Stage9 Songdo POSCO Tower)


T. +82-32-710-5104

F. +82-70-4855-0102

E. info@blt.kr

ⓒ 2025. BLT Patent & Law Firm All Rights Reserved.