Overview
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2011-Present)
HC Park & Associates, PLC (2019)
Representative ActivitiesView All
Publications/Activities
- KIPO's authority against unfair competitive acts expanded (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2024)
- KIPO SJP's investigative authority further expanded (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2024)
- UCPA amendment protecting good-faith prior users enters into force (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
- Korea Customs Service publishes 2021 annual report on IP rights Seizures (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
- Trademark consisting solely of colours granted to Korean company for the first time (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2022)
- Expedited examination of trademark filings now easier to request (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2020)
- Supreme Court holds that first sale doctrine still applies to sales of goods in violation of sales restrictions in licence agreement (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2020)
- Bad-faith registrations similar to well-known marks must be invalidated in entirety (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2014)
Education
College of Engineering, Seoul National University (B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2011)
Qualifications
Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 2010
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Newsletters
Is Use of a Mark as a Smartphone App Icon Use With Respect to the Services Provided by the App or the App? The IP High Court Suggests That It Depends on the Facts
2024.04.24 -
Newsletters
KIPO SJP's Investigative Authority to be Further Expanded
2024.04.24 -
Newsletters
KIPO's Authority Against Unfair Competitive Acts Expands
2024.04.24 -
Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - KIPO's authority against unfair competitive acts expanded
2024.03.20 -
Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - KIPO SJP's investigative authority further expanded
2024.02.02 -
Newsletters
Expedited Examination of Korean Trademark Applications Has Become More Difficult Post-January 1, 2024
2024.01.09