Overview
Profile
Experience
Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Resolution Committee (KOIPA) (2021-Present)
Vice-chairman of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (2021-Present)
Director of Board, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (2011-2020)
Director of Korean Trademark and Design Association (2010-Present)
Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, Asia Patent Attorney Association (2003-2009)
Geographical Indications Protection Strategy Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2002)
Committee on Amendment to the Trademark and Design Acts, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2000)
Kim & Chang (1991-Present)
Representative MattersView All
- Represented a global fashion company against a local manufacturing company for violating the new catch-all provision of the Korean Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (UCPA)
- Represented a famous sporting goods company against a manufacturer in the business of refinishing and reselling original products. This case is significant because the Korean court rendered that the use of the original trademarks on such “lost” or “refinished” products by the refinisher constitutes infringement of the trademark rights of the original manufacturer, in contrast with other jurisdictions such as the US
Representative ActivitiesView All
Awards
- Trademark Star, Managing IP Stars (Euromoney, 2014-2023)
- Leading Lawyer, Who's Who Legal: IP - Intellectual Property (Who's Who Legal, 2016, 2021-2023)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (Law Business Research, 2012-2023)
- Client Choice Awards - Intellectual Property - Trademarks (Lexology, 2022)
- Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: Women in Business Law (Expert Guides, 2020-2022)
- Outstanding Achievement, Asia Women in Business Law Awards (Euromoney, 2022)
- Top 250 Women in IP, MIP IP Stars (Euromoney, 2021-2022)
- Powerful Women in IP (WIPF, 2021)
- Influential Women in IP (WIPR, 2020)
- Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2015-2018)
- Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Global (Chambers and Partners, 2015, 2017-2018)
- Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: World's Leading Women in Business Law (Euromoney, 2012, 2014, 2016)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner, Expert Guides: World’s Leading Trademark Law Practitioners (Euromoney, 2014, 2016)
- Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2014)
- Recommended Lawyer, PLC Which lawyer? (Practical Law, 2011-2012)
Publications/Activities
- Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: Women in Business Law (Expert Guides, 2020-2022)
- Outstanding Achievement, Asia Women in Business Law Awards (Euromoney, 2022)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: IP - Trademark Agents & Attorneys) (Who’s Who Legal, 2016, 2021-2022)
- Trademark Star, MIP IP Stars (Euromoney, 2014-2022)
- Top 250 Women in IP, MIP IP Stars (Euromoney, 2021-2022)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (Law Business Research, 2012-2022)
- Powerful Women in IP (WIPF, 2021)
- Influential Women in IP (WIPR, 2020)
- Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2015-2018)
- Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Global (Chambers and Partners, 2015, 2017-2018)
- Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: World’s Leading Women in Business Law (Euromoney, 2012, 2014, 2016)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner, Expert Guides: World’s Leading Trademark Law Practitioners (Euromoney, 2014, 2016)
- Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2014)
- Recommended Lawyer, PLC Which lawyer? (Practical Law, 2011-2012)
Education
UC Berkeley School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 1995)
College of Liberal Arts, Yonsei University (B.A., English Literature, 1987)
Qualifications
Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 1991
Languages
Korean and English
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 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Ranked Among Top Trademark Firms in WTR 1000 2023
2023.02.16 -
Newsletters
Korean Court Jabs Skin Clinic's Unauthorized Use of Luxury Mark
2022.12.16 -
Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - Court jabs skin clinic’s unauthorised use of CHANEL mark
2022.11.30 -
Recognitions
Eighteen Kim & Chang Professionals Selected as Winners of Client Choice Awards 2022
2022.11.15