Lee & Ko has been honored with two top distinctions at the 2025 Asia IP Awards, held on November 6 in Kuala Lumpur, being named “Korea Copyright Firm of the Year” and “Korea Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year.” These awards recognize the firm’s leadership and excellence across the full spectrum of intellectual property practice.
Lee & Ko’s IP & Technology Group has recently achieved a series of landmark results in high-stakes IP disputes. Most notably, the team secured a decisive victory in the widely publicized “Water Purifier Patent War,” overturning an unfavorable first-instance judgment on behalf of Coway at the appellate level and ultimately prevailing before the Supreme Court. In another precedent-setting matter, the Group successfully established that an online offer for sale of patent-infringing products directed at Korean consumers constitutes patent infringement in Korea, even when the seller’s servers are located overseas. This ruling significantly enhances the substantive protection available to rights holders in an increasingly borderless digital marketplace.
Beyond patents, the Group also advises and litigates across a diverse range of IP fields. It manages complex and high-profile copyright disputes, including prominent mobile-game litigation, and provides robust enforcement and strategic counseling for global and domestic brand owners in trademark matters. Leveraging seamless collaboration between seasoned IP litigators and the patent attorneys of the firm’s affiliated patent practice, Lee & Ko’s IP & Technology Group not only develops effective IP portfolio strategies but also delivers comprehensive ONE-STOP services, ranging from patent, trademark, and design filings for global companies to managing IP litigation and providing counsel on, and resolving, disputes involving cutting-edge technologies and diverse technology-related issues.
The Asia IP Awards honor the best law firms across the region for excellence in trademark, patent, and copyright work. Winners are selected from a shortlist of five firms based on voting by more than 5,000 in-house counsels worldwide.