Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition
Career
A partner of IP Practice Group; served in the bench for fifteen years as a judge for the Seoul High Court’s Intellectual Property Division, and a research judge for the Supreme Court’s Intellectual Property Division; represented top-tier multinational and domestic companies including electrical, mechanical, chemical, pharmaceutical, bio and software corporations. A lecturer on IP litigation and IP damages at the Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, a training institute for judeges. Chairman of Korea Intellectual Property Lawyers' Association.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar Association, Korean Patent Bar Association, Korea Intellectual Property Lawyers' Association
Publications
"Commentary to Trademark Law", co-author (2018)
"Commentary to Patent Law", co-author (2010)
"How to Draft Civil Appellate Court Decisions", co-author (2006)
"Litigation for Damage", co-author (2005)
Personal
Korea University, College of Law (LL.B-1992), Duke University Law School (LL.M- 2003)