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Clare Ryeojin PARK Foreign Trademark Attorney

Clare Ryeojin PARK Foreign Trademark Attorney
Clare Ryeojin PARK Foreign Trademark Attorney

Clare Ryeojin PARKForeign Trademark Attorney

T.+82-2-2122-3522F.+82-2-2122-3800E.clare.park@kimchang.com

Areas of Expertise

Overview

Clare Ryeojin Park is a foreign IP attorney at the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Kim & Chang. 

Ms. Park's practice mainly focuses in the areas of IP protection for both domestic and foreign companies. Specifically, she has been involved in matters concerning trademark disputes, customs enforcement, civil and criminal litigations relating to brand protection and unfair competition, as well as the Korea Trade Commission investigations involving unfair trade practices. In 2021, Ms. Park presented in a webinar titled "Tackling Online Counterfeits in Korea," where she shared the specific measures undertaken by e-commerce websites in Korea in line with the rapidly growing online counterfeit sales.

Owing to her strong technical expertise particularly in the field of electronics and chemical materials, she is able to advise clients of various industries. Ms. Park has also advised multinational companies regarding non-IP aspects such as chemical and export control regulations in Korea. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Park worked for DuPont Korea as a Technical Marketing Representative. During this period, she was part of a technology transfer project involving chemical materials and process technologies. She has also undertaken her law clerkship program within the firm's legal practice group during her time at graduate school.

Ms. Park received a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with Honors from the University of Melbourne (2012) and a Master's degree in intellectual property law from Monash University (2018). She gained her registration as an Australian trademark attorney in 2018.

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2018.8.-Present)

Kim & Chang (2017.12.-2018.1.)

DuPont Korea Inc. (2012.7.-2016.5.)

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Awards

  • Leading Trademark Practitioner (World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2024)

Publications/Activities
    • KIPO's authority against unfair competitive acts 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)
    • Supreme Court sets limits to 'freedom to operate' defence in design cases (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
    • Can a well-known mark owner raise a consumer confusion claim against a good-faith prior user? (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
    • Korea poised to allow letters of consent for trademark co-existence (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)
    • New KIPO examination standards to assess similarity of software related goods and services (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2021)

Education

Monash University (Master of Intellectual Property and Communications Law, 2018)

University of Melbourne (BEng (Hons), Chemical Engineering, 2012)

Qualifications

Registered Trademark Attorney, Australia, 2018

Languages

Korean and English

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Clare Ryeojin PARK
Foreign Trademark Attorney


T. +82-2-2122-3522      
F. +82-2-2122-3800
     


  




Clare Ryeojin Park is a foreign IP attorney at the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Kim & Chang. 

Ms. Park's practice mainly focuses in the areas of IP protection for both domestic and foreign companies. Specifically, she has been involved in matters concerning trademark disputes, customs enforcement, civil and criminal litigations relating to brand protection and unfair competition, as well as the Korea Trade Commission investigations involving unfair trade practices. In 2021, Ms. Park presented in a webinar titled "Tackling Online Counterfeits in Korea," where she shared the specific measures undertaken by e-commerce websites in Korea in line with the rapidly growing online counterfeit sales.

Owing to her strong technical expertise particularly in the field of electronics and chemical materials, she is able to advise clients of various industries. Ms. Park has also advised multinational companies regarding non-IP aspects such as chemical and export control regulations in Korea. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Park worked for DuPont Korea as a Technical Marketing Representative. During this period, she was part of a technology transfer project involving chemical materials and process technologies. She has also undertaken her law clerkship program within the firm's legal practice group during her time at graduate school.

Ms. Park received a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with Honors from the University of Melbourne (2012) and a Master's degree in intellectual property law from Monash University (2018). She gained her registration as an Australian trademark attorney in 2018.






    Kim & Chang (2018.8.-Present)

    Kim & Chang (2017.12.-2018.1.)

    DuPont Korea Inc. (2012.7.-2016.5.)






Awards

  •   Leading Trademark Practitioner (World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2024)

Publications/Activities

  •   KIPO's authority against unfair competitive acts 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)
  •   Supreme Court sets limits to 'freedom to operate' defence in design cases (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
  •   Can a well-known mark owner raise a consumer confusion claim against a good-faith prior user? (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
  •   Korea poised to allow letters of consent for trademark co-existence (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)
  •   New KIPO examination standards to assess similarity of software related goods and services (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2021)





Education

    Monash University (Master of Intellectual Property and Communications Law, 2018)

    University of Melbourne (BEng (Hons), Chemical Engineering, 2012)


Qualifications

    Registered Trademark Attorney, Australia, 2018


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Trademark ,  IP Due Diligence, Licensing & IP Transactions ,  Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection ,  Chemicals ,  Materials & Metallurgy ,  Economic Sanctions ,  International IP Prosecution ,  International IP Disputes ,  Industrial Security and Export Control