The 2014 Korea-EU IPR Conference on Trademarks & Industrial Designs was held in Seoul on October 28, 2014. The conference was hosted and organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK), and co-hosted by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). As the sponsoring firm, four attorneys from Kim & Chang's IP Group actively took part in the conference.

Duck-Soon Chang and Nayoung Kim facilitated the morning and afternoon sessions, respectively, as moderators. Alex H. Cho presented on the “Most Frequently Asked Questions relating to Recent Developments in Korean Trademark Practice” while Hyun-Joo Hong presented on the topic of “Recent Design Cases in Korea.”

Founded in 2012, ECCK is a pre-eminent association of European businesses active in Korea and regularly hosts various formal and informal gatherings. With the renowned speakers from the co-host organizations and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the 2014 Korea-EU IPR Conference on Trademarks & Industrial Designs served as an exceptional platform for networking with Korean and European IP experts and information exchange on trademarks and industrial designs.