Overview
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2014-Present)
Chang Tsi & Partners, Shanghai, China (2010-2014)
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, New York, USA (1999-2007)
Bereskin & Parr, Toronto, Canada (1994-1999)
Representative ActivitiesView All
Awards
- Leading Lawyer, Who's Who Legal: IP - (Trademarks) (Who's Who Legal, 2022)
- Leading Lawyer, Who's Who Legal: Intellectual Property, Trademarks (Who's Who Legal, 2021-2022)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner (World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2021-2023)
Publications/Activities
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Korea poised to allow letters of consent for trademark co-existence - World Trademark Review (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
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Korea Customs Service publishes 2021 annual report on IP rights Seizures (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
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KIPO study reveals high number of malicious trademark filings in Korea (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
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KIPO adopts new Virtual Goods Examination Guidelines (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2022)
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Design rights infringers may face criminal charges even if no complaint is filed (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2022)
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New amendments to the Korean Trademark Act: what you need to know (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2022)
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KIPO exercises new unfair competition enforcement powers (Co-author, International Law Office, 2018)
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Copycat packaging enjoined for unfair competition on dilution grounds (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2017)
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Criminal penalties to be introduced for selling 'dead copy' products (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2017)
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Minimalist designs can now be protected through design registration (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2017)
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Minimalist designs can be protected through design registration (Co-author, International Law Office, 2017)
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Registered design rights doubly protected by Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secrets Protection Act (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2016)
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Supreme Court rejects KIPO's examination practice for 3D marks (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2015)
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Landmark decision puts the freeze on copying ice cream shop's trade dress (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2015)
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Landmark decision puts the freeze on copying ice cream shop's trade dress (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2015)
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International Trademark Association (Global Advisory Council, APAC, 2020-2021, Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Subcommittee member, 2012-Present; Online Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, 2013-2014; Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement/East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, 2005-2007; Legislation and Regulation/East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, 2002-2005)
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Panelist - "Truth or Consequences: The Truth about Ethics and Client Relationships", International Trademark Association’s Leadership Meeting, November 2011
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Moderator - "Madrid Protocol for the Trademark Administrator", International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting, May 2004
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Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (affiliate member, 1996-2007)
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Korean-Canadian Lawyers Association (founding director, 1996-1999)
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Visiting lecturer on copyright law for graphic designers at the Sheridan College School of Animation and Design, Oakville, Canada (1997, 1998, 1999)
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Education
University of Ottawa (LL.B, 1993)
University of Toronto (B.Sc., 1988)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Ontario, 1996; New York, 1995
Languages
English and Korean
Insights
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Recognitions
11 Individual Recognitions – WWL: IP 2023
2023.08.22 -
Recognitions
131 Professionals Selected as “National Leaders” – WWL: Korea 2023
2023.06.30 -
Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - Korea poised to allow letters of consent for trademark co-existence
2023.04.26 -
Newsletters
The Korean Patent Court Will Now Be Called the "Intellectual Property High Court" in English
2023.04.17 -
Newsletters
Trademark and Compliance Issues Flagged in Korean Customs' Crackdown on Illegal Direct Overseas Purchases
2023.04.17 -
Newsletters
Korea Customs Service Publishes 2021 Annual Report on IPR Seizures
2023.04.17