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Provided by Jootag Yoon
Mr. Jootag Yoon is a partner at Shin & Kim whose main practice areas are patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets, industrial technology protection, technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), digital technology, data law, privacy protection, software disputes, copyrights and entertainment, product liability, and bio and healthcare.
Mr. Yoon is an Electronics Engineering major who served as a high court judge at the Intellectual Property Trial Division of the Seoul High Court and a judge at various courts, including the Patent Court and the Seoul Central District Court, from February 2004 to February 2021. During his service, Mr. Yoon handled various intellectual property cases including patents, preliminary injunctions, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, and other civil and criminal cases. In particular, Mr. Yoon handled, as a judge, intellectual property cases (claims for damages, preliminary injunctions, and appeals) in relation to patents, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, and copyrights at the Patent Court, Seoul High Court, and Seoul Central District Court. He also lectured on intellectual property law at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Seoul Bar Association, and Korean Patent Attorneys Association. He has presented on issues in intellectual property law, such as the compensation for employee inventions, at the Supreme Court Special Practice Study Group and the Patent Court Public Seminar and published and co-authored articles and legal commentaries on intellectual property law.
Since joining Shin & Kim, Mr. Yoon has represented clients and won in multiple cases in relation to patent infringement, trade secret infringement (in civil and criminal disputes), non-compete agreements, copyright infringement, trademark and design infringement, and product liability, in several of which he successfully obtained a remand decision from the Supreme Court. Also, he has advised his clients on various issues in his major practice areas, including Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis.
Mr. Yoon graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Electronics Engineering (currently Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and completed the 33rd class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Mr. Yoon served as a judge and high court judge from February 2004 to February 2021.
Shin & Kim LLC (2021–Present)
High Court Judge, Seoul High Court (Intellectual Property Rights Specialist Tribunal) (2019–2021)
Judge, Seoul Central District Court (2018–2019)
Judge, Patent Court (2014–2018)
Judge, Anyang Branch of Suwon District Court (2011–2014)
Judge, Changwon District Court (2007–2011)
Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court (2006–2007)
Judge, Seoul Central District Court (2004–2006)
Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002–2004)
Member, Korea Copyright Commission (2024–Present)
Director, Korea Institute of Design Promotion (2023–Present)
Vice-President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA) (2023–Present)
Member, Editorial Board of “The Justice”, Korean Society of Law (2022–Present)
Korean Bar and Patent Bar.
“Practice on Intellectual Property Litigation”, Park Young-sa (Co-authored)
“Commentary to the Design Protection Act”, Park Young-sa (Co-authored)
“Commentary on Trademark Law”, Park Young-sa (Co-authored)
“Online Commentary on Patent Law”, LAWnB (Co-authored)
“Prohibition of Request for Duplicate Trial”, Special Law Research, Judicial Development Foundation (2019)
“Case Study on Incomplete Invention”, Patent Litigation Research Vol.7, Patent Court (2017)
“A Case of Recognizing the Progress of Pharmaceutical Substance Invention”, LAW & TECHNOLOGY Vol. 13, No. 3, Seoul National University Technology Department Law Center (2017)
Korean, English, Japanese
Represented injunction case on prohibition of copyright infringement in motion picture scenario.
Represented 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instances of a screen golf copyright infringement cases.
Represented a patentee in the 2nd and 3rd trials in patent infringement litigation in relation to a screen golf system
Represented a major Korean telecommunications company in a patent infringement litigation in relation to a Korean input method and device for a mobile phone
Represented a major Korean telecommunications company in a patent infringement litigation in relation to an electronic receipt issuance method
Represented a major Korean steel company in the 2nd and 3rd trials in patent invalidation litigation in relation to aluminum alloy
Represented a major Korean display manufacturer in patent infringement litigation in relation to display device manufacturing methods and manufacturing devices
Represented a major Korean security solution company in patent infringement litigation in relation to network security methods and systems
Represented affiliates of a major Korean conglomerate in patent infringement litigation in relation to autonomous driving
Advised client by analyzing approximately 30 patent FTOs in the process of establishment of a joint venture for manufacturing biodegradable plastics
Represented a major Korean display manufacturer in the 2nd and 3rd trials of a criminal case involving infringement of trade secrets in relation to digital displays
Represented a Korean conglomerate in multiple trade secret infringement cases, including criminal cases, preliminary injunction cases, and damages claims in relation to semiconductor cleaning equipment
Represented a foreign company in a claim for preliminary injunction against infringement of trade secrets in relation to construction methods and systems for high-rise concrete structures
Represented a Korean conglomerate in multiple disputes over non-compete agreements between the Korean conglomerate and semiconductor designers
Represented a foreign company in a trademark infringement action
Represented a Korean conglomerate in a product liability claim in relation to a battery fire
Represented a foreign company in a product liability claim in relation to a vehicle fire
Represented a Korean conglomerate in a dispute over the development of a carbon trading software platform
Represented an insurance company in a dispute over the development of a next-generation software system of an insurance company
Represented a Korean conglomerate in a dispute over R&D document management software
U.C. Davis School of Law
Visiting Scholar
2016
Seoul National University Department of Electronic Engineering
B.E.
1989 - 1996
Provided by Chambers
Yoon Jootag offers a wealth of experience in litigation regarding patents, trade marks, copyright, as well as trade secrets. He offers deep experience from his time as a judge at the Seoul High Court.