Owner review 21: deep trademark clearance for Dabusi / 다붓이 (2026-10-14)
Status: Draft · Date: 2026-10-14 · Lane T of owner review 21. A deep knock-out search and a filing plan, not legal advice. A 변리사 must run the phonetic (칭호) search and give the opinion before any filing. Builds on the first pass in review 20 trademarks.
Owner, review 21. "Let's do Dabusi!!!" (the name: 다붓이, [다부시], Latin Dabusi; 다붓하다 = snug, close together, quiet).
0. Verdict at a glance
| Office | Verdict |
|---|---|
| KR (KIPO) | Clear in all seven classes on identity. No live mark titled 다붓이, 다붓하다, 다부시 or 다붓이네. Three things for the 변리사: pending 다붓 (class 18), the company 다붓컴퍼니 (holds "Run Off" in 9/35/36/38/42), and 다부진 (a sound neighbour; registered in 29, 35, 36, 43). |
| US (USPTO) | Clear. 0 live marks for DABUSI, DABUSHI, DABUS, DABOOSI, DABUSY, DABUZI. Nearest: DABUSH (restaurants, class 43), unrelated goods. |
| EU (EUIPO) | Clear. 0 DABUSI. Nearest: DABUSH (EM, classes 11/29/43), unrelated. |
| JP, CN | Clear in 9/35/36/38/41/42/45 on TMview. CN has DABUSHI and DABUSHAN in class 25, 18, 35 (DABUSHAN, class 35 by 陈德门): one to watch if China is ever targeted. JP: only a food mark containing DABUSHi (class 30). |
| AU (bonus) | Watch. DABUS, filed, class 42, BALANCE INTERNET PTY LTD (AU 2126120): one letter from DABUSI, in software. Matters only if AU is a target. |
| WIPO Global Brand DB | Not reachable (captcha wall, see section 3). |
Per class (KR / US / EU): 9 clear / 35 clear / 36 clear / 38 clear / 41 clear / 42 clear / 45 clear. The residual risk is not a blocking mark; it is (a) the thin sound-alike read and (b) the 다붓 stem held by two unrelated parties, which can file 다붓 or 다붓이 first in our classes.
1. Classes
The feature set (sessions and RSVP, dues with PortOne, chat and comments, match generation, records and ratings, pickup games) maps to NICE classes as follows. Wording is the NICE heading in paraphrase; the KIPO designation text and group codes must come from the KIPO 유사상품심사기준 (similar-goods guideline) via the 변리사, because I could not open it.
| Class | Fits which feature | Keep? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | The downloadable mobile app (software, "내려받기 가능한 스마트폰용 애플리케이션") | Yes, core |
| 35 | Club administration, membership and roster management, business management for sports clubs | Yes |
| 36 | Collecting dues, payment processing, payment mediation (PortOne) | Yes, but thin: PortOne performs the processing. Word it as "dues collection management and payment-mediation services". |
| 38 | Chat and comments, messaging | Yes |
| 41 | Organising sports events and matches, providing match records, rankings, ratings, online non-downloadable game and event info | Yes, core |
| 42 | SaaS, hosted software for club management | Yes |
| 45 | Online social networking, matching players for pickup games | Yes (optional; lowest priority if budget binds) |
Cut order if budget binds: drop 45, then 36, then 38; keep 9, 41, 42, 35. No other class is needed: no tennis goods are sold (class 28 would be needed only for racket or ball merchandise; class 25 only for apparel).
Similar-goods codes (유사군코드) seen in live KIPRIS rows. These are read from the SC field of rows in our result set, not from the KIPO guideline:
| Class | Codes seen on marks with comparable goods or services | Source row |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | G390802 / G390803 (app and computer software), G390701 / G390702 (hardware, phones), G520101 / G520102 (cards, data) | Run Off KR4020170124557; 아비다부 KR4020240097752 (G390802) |
| 35 | S0101 (advertising and business services), S123101 (commercial information), S1312 (agency), S2090 (online mall) | Run Off; 마츠다부장의 오사사 KR4020230034014 |
| 36 | S0201, S120401 (financial services, appears with payment wording on Run Off), S121201 / S121202 / S121203 (real estate) | Run Off; 다부진 KR4020220201432 |
| 38 | S0601, S0701 (telecommunications, messaging) | Run Off; 마츠다부장의 오사사 KR4020230034029 |
| 41 | S1202, S1209xx (education and training), S120999, S1210xx (sports and recreation groups) | 그리다북 그리다붓 KR4020210224658 |
| 42 | S1233 / S123301 (software design and development), S1370 | Run Off |
| 45 | not yet seen in the rows |
The 변리사 should confirm each code against the guideline and tune the designated goods so the group codes stay clear of the neighbours below.
2. Korea (KIPRIS)
2.1 Method
GET https://www.kipris.or.kr/khome/search/searchResult.do?tab=trademark (cookie jar), then POST https://www.kipris.or.kr/kdtj/grrt1000a.do?method=searchTM with queryText=<hangul>&expression=<hangul>&sortField=RANK&sortState=Desc¤tPage=<n>&numPerPage=30, next page while the page is full. 6 s between calls. No refusal. Every page of every query below was read (not only the top rows). Live = 출원, 등록 (and 공고). 소멸, 거절, 포기 are dead and ignored here.
| Query | Rows | Read | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 다붓이 | 0 (code 98) | all | Nothing. Same as review 20. |
| 다붓하다 | 0 | all | Nothing. |
| 다붓 | 8 | all 8 | See 2.2. |
| 다붓이네 | 5 | all 5 | Fuzzy hits on the 다붓 rows only. |
| 다붓다붓, 다붓시, 다부씨, 다부쉬, 따부시, 다푸시 | 0 | all | Nothing. |
| 다부시 | 22 | all 22 | No title 다부시. Fuzzy noise (Japanese-romanised names; none contains the word). |
| 다부지 | 18 | all 18 | No 다부지; the hits are 다부진 and 다부지게꽃닭 (dead). See 2.3. |
| 다부진 | 16 | all 16 | Registered 다부진 in 29, 35, 36, 43. See 2.3. |
| 다보시 | 1 | all 1 | 다보시스템즈(주), registered, class 35 semiconductor agency. Unrelated. |
| 타부시 | 56 | all 56 | Noise (Minolta and similar; no live mark with the word). |
| 다부시다 | 97 | 4 pages, all | Noise. |
| 다부 | 326 | 11 pages, all | Live compounds beginning 다부. See 2.3. |
415 distinct application numbers were collected over all queries; status counts: 등록 176, 소멸 161, 거절 35, 포기 29, 출원 14.
2.2 The stem 다붓: every row
| Mark | Status | Class | Holder | App no. | Goods / note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 다붓 | 출원 (filed 2026.08.26) | 18 | 김정희, individual (Daegu) | 4020260177279 | Pet leads, collars, leashes (G1817). Same stem, different trade. |
| 감성창작소 그리다북 그리다붓 미 | 등록 | 41 | 김미선 | 4020210224658 | Design education and design-academy services (S120999). The word 그리다붓 is a coinage inside a long composite; 다붓 is not its own element. |
| 땃다붓다 | 소멸 | 42 (old) | 손용철 | 4120000026176 | Dead (restaurants). |
| Run Off (영문) | 등록 | 9, 35, 36, 38, 42 | 주식회사 다붓컴퍼니 | 4020170124557 | The mark is "Run Off", not 다붓. Listed because the applicant's company name is 다붓컴퍼니 and its goods span exactly our classes (apps, software, payment systems and mediation, messaging, SaaS). |
| Lazy Food | 포기 | 40 | 주식회사 다붓컨설팅 | 4020200028251 | Dead; shows a second company with the 다붓 name. |
| other | - | - | - | - | RAJAH and HYDRO-TECH rows match 붓산 (a Japanese surname), not the word. Irrelevant. |
Judgement per class (칭호 similarity, the KIPO test is overall sound, look and meaning; 다붓이 is [다부시], 다붓 is [다붓]):
- 다붓 (class 18). 다붓이 contains 다붓 plus the particle-like suffix 이; KIPO would likely treat 다붓 as the dominant part of 다붓이 and find the pair similar in sound. But class 18 pet leashes are far from classes 9, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 45 in goods and group codes, so there is no conflict unless the holder later files in 9, 35 or 42. The 변리사 may want to check that the holder does not plan an app (a pet app would sit in class 9 beside ours). The mark is a 2026 filing, not yet examined; it could be refused or abandoned.
- 그리다붓 (class 41, S120999 education). 다붓 sits inside a 6-syllable composite. A compound with no separable 다붓 is unlikely to be compared with 다붓이. Class 41 overlaps our 41 at the heading level; the goods (design school) differ from sports events. Low risk.
- 다붓컴퍼니 (company name; holder of Run Off). Not a mark conflict on the register today. Practical risk: the company works in the same classes and can file 다붓 or 다붓이 first, or ask for a refusal on the ground of its trade name. Ask the 변리사 to check 상호 and company status at the 등기소, and consider a short approach before filing.
2.3 Sound-alikes (다부시, 다부지, 다부, 따부시, 타부시, 다붓이네 and the like)
Live marks whose first two syllables are 다부 or whose sound is within one syllable of [다부시]. There is no live mark titled 다부시, 다부지, 따부시, 타부시, 다붓이네 or 다붓하다.
| Mark | Status | Class | App no. | Holder | Goods (shortened) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 다부진 | 등록 | 29 | 4020200057179 | 주식회사 바디나인 | Side dishes, kimchi, processed food |
| 다부진 | 등록 | 35 | 4020200057190 | 주식회사 바디나인 | Online shopping mall, lunchbox retail |
| 다부진 | 등록 | 36 | 4020220201432 | 조해정 | Real estate brokerage, management, advice (S0201, S120401, S121201-3) |
| 다부진 (DABUJIN) | 등록 | 43 | 4020190014545 | 박진한 and 3 others | Restaurants, cafes |
| 다부심 | 출원 | 37 | 4020260045708 | 박정기 | Building repair and demolition |
| 다부자 (DABUJA) | 등록 | 36 | 4120020010843 | 정광영 | Real estate, building management |
| 다부자 (DABUJA) | 등록 | 43 | 4020170011657 | 손영숙 | Restaurants |
| 다부로 | 등록 | 43 | 4020250028483 | 주식회사 더배어든 | Restaurants |
| 다부찌 | 출원 | 43 | 4020250227520 | 김정현 | Restaurants |
| 다부치 | 등록 | 9 | 4020210046217 | (주)제이에스벤처스 | Tablet and phone mounts (G390701/2/G390803: hardware) |
| 다부쳐 | 등록 | 7, 9, 20, 35 | 4020150053082, 4020190097223, 4020210054157, 4020190097241 | 한창본, 박인순, 주식회사 이공구오, 박인순 | Farm machines; phone screen films; furniture; film retail |
| 다부터 / 다부터 (DABUTE) | 등록 | 21, 9, 19 | 4020160024575, 4020170124801, 4020230035674 | 더스타일컴퍼니, 임종윤 and 2 others, (주)비에스 | Cleaning cloths; eyewear; road materials |
| 다부표고 | 등록 | 29, 31, 35 | 4020190060414, 4020190060421, 4020190060437 | 농업회사법인 주식회사 다부 | Shiitake, mushroom wholesale and retail |
| 다부문화예술원 (DABOO ART CULTURE CENTER) | 등록 | 35, 43 | 4020240034259, 4020240020139, 4020240034262 | 강명희 | Tea ware retail; tea house |
| 다보시스템즈(주) | 등록 | 35 | 4120160018746 | 다보코퍼레이션 주식회사 | Semiconductor sales agency |
| 아비다부 (AbidaBu) | 등록 | 9 | 4020240097752 | 이문직 | Downloadable smartphone application software (G390802) |
| 호다부난, 띠부다부, 바다부름, 판다부동산, 찾았다부동산, 그리다부산/부평, 어쩌다부모, 마츠다부장의 오사사 | 등록 / 출원 | various | - | various | Long composites where 다부 is a syllable boundary, not a word. Not comparable. |
Judgement:
- 다부진 in class 36 (조해정, real estate) and 35 (shopping mall). 다부진 [다부진] and 다붓이 [다부시] share 다부 and differ in the last syllable (진 against 시, both open to a vowel ending, 진 closes with ㄴ). KIPO usually looks at the whole of a short three-syllable word and treats a changed last syllable as enough to distinguish when other features also differ; here the shared 다부 is also the opening, which weighs toward similarity. I judge the sound risk as low to moderate, and the goods risk as low: real estate (S1212xx) is far from dues collection and payment mediation (S120401 area), and a shopping mall (S2090) is retail, not club administration. If class 36 is filed for payment mediation only, this conflict recedes further.
- 아비다부 (class 9, software app). Dominant part is 아비다부 (four syllables, one coined word). 다부 is its tail. Not similar to 다붓이.
- 다부로, 다부찌, 다부자 (class 43 and 36). Restaurants and real estate. Different goods; sound differs in the last syllable.
- The remaining hits are in unrelated goods and carry different third syllables.
- Phonetic proximity not covered by spelling queries: 다부시 as a spelling has no live mark. Variants KIPO would also group (다부씨, 다부쉬, 따부시, 다푸시) returned 0. Because KIPRIS matches spelling only, the 변리사's 칭호 search (in-office tool) is required to cover consonant-tension pairs (ㅂ/ㅃ, ㅅ/ㅆ) and the Latin form.
2.4 Distinctiveness at KIPO
다붓이 is a dictionary adverb (standard dictionary: "떨어진 사이가 그리 멀지 아니하게" and "조용하고 호젓하게"). Trademark Act Article 33(1)(3) refuses a mark only if it describes the quality or other characteristic of the designated goods or services. A word meaning "snugly" or "quietly" does not describe a tennis-club app, club administration, dues, chat, SaaS or social networking. Distinctive in every class, arbitrary at most suggestive (a stretch to "close together, community" for class 45). No expected Article 33 objection. Check with the 변리사 for the Article 34(1)(7) type objection against other marks; none found.
3. Latin
3.1 TMview
POST https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/api/search/results, browser User-Agent, Origin: https://www.tmdn.org, Referer: https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/, body {"page":"1","pageSize":"100","criteria":"C","basicSearch":"<latin lowercase>","fTMStatus":["Registered","Filed"]} (no class filter, so every class and every office TMview holds). 6 s between words. No refusal. criteria C matches the string inside a mark.
| Query | Rows | Result |
|---|---|---|
| dabusi | 2 | 다부심 (KR, filed, class 37, 박정기) and Sudabusiness (BR, class 36). Neither is DABUSI. |
| dabushi | 3 | DABUSHI (CN 69053758, registered, class 25, 南昌捷纽瑞贸易有限公司); two JP food marks that contain "SODABUSHi" (class 30, 有限会社ヤマア). |
| dabus | 71 | See below. |
| daboosi | 0 | |
| dabusy | 0 | |
| dabuzi | 0 |
The 71 DABUS rows, grouped:
- Exact DABUS: CN class 25 (中山金三角成衣有限公司, reg. 1300903); AU class 42, Filed, BALANCE INTERNET PTY LTD, AU 2126120 (the only DABUS in a software class); BR "Dabus Móveis" (20) and "Dabus Medical Services" (44).
- One letter off: DABUSH, EM 014948251 (11, 29, 43, Dabush Hanan) and US 97739342 (43, DABUSH LLC, restaurants); DABUSS, DO (class 9, 2015); DABUSHAN (CN, AU, NZ: classes 18, 25, 35, 43, Demen Chen); DABUSHANG (CN, 23); DABUSTAR (US 88032618 and CN: batteries and chargers, class 9).
- Contains DABUS inside a longer word (PANDABUS, MODABUS, IDABUS, ZHAODABUS.COM and the like): IDABUS (DE, ME, WO 1843072, US 98768994 filed; classes 9, 42; Oxford Computer Group GmbH and IDABUS DOO Podgorica) is software in 9/42 but starts with an extra letter and reads "I-DA-BUS"; not similar to DABUSI in sound or look. Everything else is bus travel (39), toys, or unrelated.
- Korean rows: 다부심 (37), 그리다부산 (43), 그리다붓 (41), the same as section 2.
Nothing identical to DABUSI exists in TMview (KR, EU, JP, CN and other participating offices). TMview does not cover all of WIPO or every office's recent filings; the USPTO is covered separately below.
3.2 USPTO
POST https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/prod-stage-v1-0-0/tmsearch, body {"query":{"bool":{"must":[{"match":{"wordmark":{"query":"<latin>"}}}],"filter":[{"term":{"alive":true}}]}},"size":100}; the response keys are hits.hits[].source (no underscore).
| Query | Live hits | Result |
|---|---|---|
| dabusi, dabushi, dabus, daboosi, dabusy, dabuzi | 0 | Nothing for any spelling. |
wildcard dabus* | 3 | DABUSH (97739342, class 43 restaurants), DABUSTAR (88032618, class 9 vehicle batteries), DABUSH TOYS & SUPPLIES (90792951, class 28). |
wildcard dabu*si, dabo*si, dabuz* | 0 | Nothing. |
wildcard dabu*y | 1 | DABUFOY (97289215, class 21). Unrelated. |
A canary confirmed the query works: match dabush returns DABUSH 97739342 (goods "IC 043: Restaurant services..."). The USPTO sees no live DABUS mark, so the AI-inventor name is not a trademark there (see 3.4).
3.3 WIPO Madrid and Global Brand Database
https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarname/results?... returned an Altcha captcha page (HTTP 200, 1,719 bytes, a proof-of-work widget), and the older select.jsp returned the app shell, not data. Not reachable by curl. The 변리사 should run the Global Brand Database "similar name" and Madrid Monitor searches. TMview already includes the WIPO Madrid (WO) records, which is why IDABUS WO 1843072 showed up.
3.4 DABUS (the AI inventor)
DABUS is Dr Stephen Thaler's "Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience", named as inventor in patent applications refused in the UK Supreme Court, the US, EPO and others (patent cases; sources: Pennington's, Law360, Bloomberg Law). A web search found no DABUS trademark, and TMview and the USPTO hold no mark by Thaler or Imagination Engines. The name is famous in AI-patent news, which is a connotation risk for English readers (a search for "Dabusi" may surface DABUS articles), not a legal bar. It is not a reason to change the name; it does lower the odds that a phonetic search shows clean results, and the AU DABUS class-42 filing (BALANCE INTERNET) is a different company.
4. Registrability
- KIPO. Distinctive in all seven classes (2.4). No descriptiveness or geographical issue. The meaning "close together, snug" is figurative and applies to no tennis or software feature.
- USPTO. The doctrine of foreign equivalents (TMEP 1207.01(b)(vi)) translates a foreign word only when the ordinary American purchaser would know the language, and it asks whether the translation describes the goods. Korean-speaking purchasers are a small group, and the translation ("snugly", "close together") does not describe a tennis-club app, so even a full translation gives at most a suggestive mark. DABUSI has no English meaning. A section 2(e)(1) refusal is not expected. The likely US risk is not the mark; it is the identification of goods and the specimen. The proper basis is Section 44(e) / 66(a) via Madrid, or Section 1(b) intent-to-use directly.
- EUIPO. Korean is not understood by the relevant EU public; the sign is distinctive and the common view is that it is an invented word. The sign looks like a fanciful Latin word. Closest register neighbour is DABUSH (EM, classes 11/29/43); the goods are unrelated, and a comparison of marks (5 of 6 letters shared, different ending) would matter only if the same goods were used.
5. Plan and fees
5.1 Filing plan
- Before filing: the 변리사 runs (a) the in-office 칭호 search on [다부시], (b) the Global Brand Database, (c) 상호 check for 다붓컴퍼니 and 다붓컨설팅, (d) the 다붓 (class 18) status.
- KIPO first. File 다붓이 as a Hangul word mark in the seven classes (or five if budget binds). Consider a second filing for DABUSI (Latin), a separate mark in KIPO's eyes, and a logo later. Request preferential (우선) examination to shorten the queue if launch is near.
- Madrid, within the 6-month Paris priority from the KR filing date, designating US, EU, JP and the other target offices (the first launch markets only: the cost is per country and per class). The international registration depends on the KR basic mark for 5 years ("central attack"), so a late KR objection hits every designation.
- Defensive: register
dabusi.appand the handles already identified in review 20. Not a trademark step.
5.2 Fees (2025 to 2026; sources)
| Item | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| KIPO application, per class, electronic | KRW 52,000 | KIPO fees page (read 2026-10-14; the page shows no revision since the 2023 rate) |
| KIPO application, per class, paper | KRW 62,000 | same |
| Per designated good above 10 in a class | KRW 2,000 each | same |
| KIPO preferential examination request | KRW 160,000 | same |
| KIPO registration, per class, lump sum | KRW 201,000 (two instalments: 122,000 each) | same |
| KIPO renewal (10 years), per class | KRW 300,000 lump sum (184,000 per instalment) | same |
| Madrid basic fee (black and white / colour) | CHF 653 / CHF 903 | WIPO schedule (as in force 1 Feb 2023) |
| Madrid supplementary, per class beyond three | CHF 100 | same |
| Madrid complementary, per country without an individual fee | CHF 100 | same |
| Madrid individual fee, US | CHF 530 per class (up from 460 on 18 Feb 2025) | Search summary of a WIPO information notice, 2025; file not opened, verify |
| Madrid individual fee, JP | CHF 211 first class, CHF 208 each added class from 12 Apr 2026 | marks-iplaw.jp (the amounts are in an image; the date is in text); verify |
| Madrid individual fee, EU | Not verified. A third-party table shows about CHF 897 first class and 164 per added class; the EUIPO direct filing fee is believed to be EUR 850 / 50 / 150, which I could not open | verify at WIPO notices before budgeting |
| KIPO handling fee for a Madrid application | Not found | ask the 변리사 |
Worked totals (before the 변리사 fee and VAT). Seven classes, up to 10 goods each: KIPO filing 7 x 52,000 = KRW 364,000; registration 7 x 201,000 = KRW 1,407,000; so about KRW 1.77 million in official fees to registration. A Madrid application for seven classes carries the basic fee CHF 653 plus 4 x 100 supplementary = CHF 1,053 before any country; add each country's per-class figure. For the US alone, 7 x 530 = CHF 3,710, so the US is the dearest single designation. A cheaper way: Madrid for only the four core classes (9, 35, 41, 42): CHF 653 + 100 supplementary + 4 x 530 = CHF 2,873 for the US.
5.3 Checklist for the 변리사
- Run the 칭호 search on [다부시] and Latin DABUSI in the in-office tool, including ㅂ/ㅃ and ㅅ/ㅆ pairs.
- Check the Global Brand Database and Madrid Monitor (not reachable by script).
- Check status and plans of 다붓 (KR4020260177279, class 18, filed 2026-08-26); consider an observation or a watch.
- Check the company 주식회사 다붓컴퍼니 (holder of "Run Off", 9/35/36/38/42, since 2018) and 주식회사 다붓컨설팅: current operation, whether they plan to file 다붓.
- Assess 다부진 class 36 (KR4020220201432) against our class 36 wording.
- Draft the designated goods and services using the KIPO 유사상품심사기준 and confirm the group codes in section 1; keep within 10 goods per class where possible.
- Decide Hangul-only against Hangul plus Latin.
- Fix the Madrid list (US, EU, JP; add AU only after the DABUS class-42 filing is resolved) and verify the EU, US and JP individual fees.
- Confirm the plan for the US basis (1(b) or Madrid) and the identification of goods.
- Advise on the DABUS connotation and on
dabusi.appand the handles.
6. Conflicts, listed
| Conflict | Office / class | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 다붓 pending, KR4020260177279 (pet leashes) | KR 18 | Same stem; unrelated goods; watch |
| 다붓컴퍼니 company, "Run Off" 9/35/36/38/42 | KR trade name | No mark conflict; practical risk of a 다붓 filing |
| 다부진 class 36 (KR4020220201432), 35 (KR4020200057190) | KR 36, 35 | Low to moderate sound risk, low goods risk |
| 그리다붓 composite (KR4020210224658) | KR 41 | Low |
| DABUS filed, AU2126120, BALANCE INTERNET | AU 42 | Matters only if AU is targeted |
| DABUSH (US 97739342; EM 014948251) | US 43; EU 11/29/43 | Unrelated goods |
| DABUSHI (CN 69053758), DABUSHAN (CN 35) | CN 25, 35 | Matters only if CN is targeted |
| IDABUS (WO 1843072; US 98768994; DE) | US/EU/WO 9, 42 | Software but a different word; low |
7. Limits
- No wildcard or phonetic engine was available for KIPRIS (spelling only), and the WIPO Global Brand Database could not be reached.
- The goods lists were read from the first 70 to 140 characters of the KIPRIS goods text.
- The 유사군코드 are read from KIPRIS rows, not the KIPO guideline; the KIPO NICE class wording was not fetched.
- EU, and part of the US and JP, Madrid individual fees are unverified. The KIPO fee page shows the current rates but no effective-date note.
- TMview is not a complete register of every office.
- No search was done for common-law use (App Store, Play Store, domains) in this lane:
itunes.apple.comreturned 0 apps named Dabusi or Dabushi in KR, and in US only near names (Dabusiness).
Implementation
- No code change. Hand this note and the section 5.3 checklist to the 변리사.
- Update
docs/design/owner-review-20-rulings-2026-10-14.mdor the rulings doc for review 21 with the chosen filing plan once the owner approves the class set.