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Sang-Wook Han

Sang-Wook Han

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Provided by Kim & Chang

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Japan (IP), Litigation, IP Due Diligence, Licensing & IP Transactions, Trademark, Intellectual Property Dispute, and Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection.

Career

Kim & Chang (1991-Present);

Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo (2020, 2024);

Lecturer, Hokkaido University Summer Seminar (2016-2019, 2021-2025);

Korea Representative for Intellectual Property of the Korea-US Specialist Council (2000);

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (1998);

Nakamura & Partners (1995);

Matsuo & Kosugi (1991).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar and New York Bar;

Korea Patent Attorneys Association;

President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers’ Association (KIPLA);

Member, National Assembly Committee, IP Hub Country Promotion Committee.

Publications

“Is Asian IP Court Feasible and Necessary?,” Prism Intellectual Property (2018.6.);

“Discussion on the Installation of International Trial Division,” Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law (2018.6.);

“Supreme Court Overrules Both Lower Tribunals to Recognise Inventiveness,” Intellectual Property Newsletter (Co-author, 2018);

Future of Intellectual Property (Co-author with Nobuhiro Nakayama, 2011);

“Do We Have a World-class Standard of Judgment on Inventiveness?,” Journal of Korea Information Law Vol.13 No.3 (2009.12.);

Patent Law (written by Nobuhiro Nakayama) (Co-translator, 2001).

Personal

Tokyo University Law School (Foreign Researcher, 1998);

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1997);

Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M., 1991);

Seoul National University (LL.B., 1984).

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Intellectual Property - South Korea

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Band 2

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Han Sang-Wook focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border litigious mandates and offers extensive expertise in cases involving trade mark and patent infringement.

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