Jay (Young-June) YANG - Kim & Chang IP

Overview

Jay (Young-June) Yang is an attorney at Kim & Chang with over 40 years of experience in all areas of intellectual property practice, including patent, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret and entertainment. He is also leading the ESG Practice of the firm.

Mr. Yang is the leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. He has extensive experience in patent, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property litigation, including Korea's Patent Court cases and Korea Trade Commission cases. He has also handled several landmark cases involving copyright infringement or unfair competition. He has represented many multinational clients in various industries including the electronics, IT, pharmaceutical, chemical, health care, food, consumer products and luxury industries. He also has extensive experience in all areas of entertainment law, including entertainment licensing, entertainment contract negotiation and preparation. He speaks English and Japanese fluently, and his clientele include US, European and Japanese companies.

He also has significant experience in intellectual property transactions such as technology licensing and other intellectual property licensing, franchising, and intellectual property due diligence.

He is a member of the Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Korean Patent Attorneys Association.

He has been consistently recognized in various peer-based directories and rankings, including Chambers Global, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, Managing Intellectual Property, and World Trademark Review 1000, as a leading IP attorney. Mr. Yang is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). He served as a chair of the East Asia & Pacific sub-committee in 2012-2013 and also served as the chair of the INTA’s Famous & Well-Known Marks Committee (FWKMC) in 2016-2017.

Mr. Yang is admitted to practice in Korea and New York.

Profile

Experience

Software Deliberation & Mediation Committee, Ministry of Information and Communication (1993-1996)

Foreign Lawyers Program, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York (1985-1986)

Kim & Chang (1980-Present)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1977-1980)

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Awards

Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2026)
IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals (IAM, 2012-2026)
Leading Trademark Practitioner, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (Law Business Research, 2011-2026)
Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2011-2023, 2025-2026)
Leading Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2010-2018, 2024-2026)
Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2008, 2010-2024, 2026)
Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Intellectual Property - Patents (Lexology Index, 2003-2009, 2012, 2016-2025)
Hall of Fame, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2024-2025)
The A-List: Legal Icon, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2024-2025)
Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Intellectual Property - Trademarks (Lexology Index, 2003-2025)
Patent Star, Managing IP Stars (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2017-2025)
Trademark Star, Managing IP Stars (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2017-2025)
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Intellectual Property (Delinian, 2019-2025)
Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Korea, Intellectual Property (Lexology Index, 2019-2025)
Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Intellectual Property (Euromoney, 2012-2024)
The A-List: Korea's Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2018-2019, 2021-2024)
National Leader, Who's Who legal : Intellectual Property (Who's Who Legal, 2022)
Client Choice Awards - Intellectual Property: Trademarks (ILO & Lexology, 2021-2022)
Leading Lawyer, Who's Who Legal: Korea, Trademark (Who's Who Legal, 2019-2021)
Elite Practitioner, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Intellectual Property (Euromoney, 2019-2021)
Expert Guides: Trademarks (Expert Guides, 2020)
Dispute Resolution Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Intellectual Property (Euromoney, 2018-2019)
Market-Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Intellectual Property (Euromoney, 2017-2018)
Leading Trademark Practitioner, Guide to the World’s Leading Trademark Law Practitioners (Euromoney, 2014, 2016)
Client Choice Awards - Intellectual Property: Patents (ILO & Lexology, 2014-2015)
IP Star, Managing IP Stars (Euromoney, 2014-2015)
Leading Patent Practitioner, Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners (Euromoney, 2013, 2015)
Foremost Legal Practitioner, Who's Who Legal: Intellectual Property (Law Business Research, 2012-2015)
Top 75 Lawyers in Asia, ALB's Client Choice Hot 75 Survey (Asian Legal Business, 2013)
50 Litigators You Should Know, Asia IP (Apex Asia Media Limited, 2013)
Recommended Lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer? (PLC, 2012)
Leading Patent Litigator, IAM Patent Litigation 250 (IAM, 2011)
Leading Lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer? (PLC, 2011)
Best Korean IP lawyer (Chosun Ilbo(Korean newspaper), 2007.8.)

Publications/Activities

The Enforcement of Patent Rights in Korea (Co-author, Heath, Christopher and Petit, Laurence (eds.), Patent Enforcement Worldwide, Hart Publishing, 2005)
Intellectual Property Law in Korea: Chapter 10. Enforcement (Co-author, Heath, Christopher, Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law, Kluwer Law International, 2003)
Trademark Anticounterfeiting in Asia and the Pacific Rim: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chander M. Lall, Clifford Borg-Marks (eds.), INTA Publication, 2001)
International Intellectual Property Litigation: Korea Chapter (Sweet & Maxwell, 2000-2011)
International Copyright Law and Practice: Korea Chapter (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2000-2011)