Sang-Wook Han

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Japan, Litigation, IP Litigation, IP & Technology Transactions, Trademark, Trade Secret Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection.

Career

Kim & Chang (1991-Present);

Lecturer, Hokkaido University Summer Seminar (2016-2019, 2021-2023);

Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo (2020.11.);

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).