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紹介

Ann Nam-Yeon Kwon is a senior trademark attorney at Kim & Chang. She is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, and Design Practices.

Ms. Kwon has managed and advised on a vast number of trademark portfolios for various global and international companies for 30 more years.

She is an energetic and effective leader who creates a working environment in which her teams can develop and produce winning results.

She provides creative strategies for her clients, and in doing so, is a pioneer in her field, contributing in the development of new case law and enforcing her clients' intellectual property rights in Korea.

She has a deep and thorough understanding of her clients' various businesses and industries, which allows her to provide practical advice.

In addition, she is active in various IP related organizations such as KOTA and AIPPI in Korea. She frequently submits opinions and participates as a board member of such organizations.

Ms. Kwon was a member of the Korean Intellectual Property Office's Geographical Indications Protection Strategy Committee in 2002 and Committee on Amendments to the Trademark and Design Acts in 2000. Additionally, Ms. Kwon was a member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of the Asia Patent Attorney Association from 2003 to 2009. She is currently a vice-chairman of board for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and also a member of the Korean Trademark and Design Association and Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Resolution Committee (KOIPA).

Ms. Kwon has also participated in the Committee on Amendment to the Trademark and Design Acts and the Geographical Indications Protection Strategy Committee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.

In addition, Ms. Kwon has received various awards and recognitions for her IP-related expertise by global media. To highlight some of her accomplishments, She has been honored as an "Trademark Star" in MIP IP Stars by Euromoney (2014-2022), as a "Leading Attorney" by Who’s Who Legal (2016, 2021), as a "Powerful Women in IP" by WIPF(2021), and as a "Recognized/Noted Practitioner" in Chambers Asia-Pacific by Chambers and Partners (2014-2018).

She has co-authored various publications, including "Hermès Successfully Protects Rights in Design of Birkin and Kelly Bags" (World Trademark Review Daily) and "Recent Patent Court Judgments on the Similarity of Trademarks as a Whole" (IP Review).

Ms. Kwon received her B.A. in English Literature from Yonsei University in 1987 and was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1995. She is admitted to the Korean Patent Bar.

経歴

KIM&CHANG (1991～)

Committee on Amendment to the Trademark and Design Acts, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2000)

Geographical Indications Protection Strategy Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2002)

Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, Asia Patent Attorney Association (2003-2009)

Director of Korean Trademark and Design Association (2010～ )

Director of Board, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (2011-2020)

Vice-chairman of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (2021～ )

Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Resolution Committee (KOIPA) (2021～ )

主な実績View 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

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受賞等

Recommended Lawyer, PLC Which lawyer? (Practical Law, 2011-2012)
Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: World's Leading Women in Business Law (Euromoney, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2014)
Leading Trademark Practitioner, Expert Guides: World's Leading Trademark Law Practitioners (Euromoney, 2014, 2016)
Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Global (Chambers and Partners, 2015, 2017-2018)
Other Noted Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific (Chambers and Partners, 2015-2018)
Influential Women in IP (WIPR, 2020)
Powerful Women in IP (WIPF, 2021)
Top 250 Women in IP, MIP IP Stars (Euromoney, 2021-2022)
Outstanding Achievement, Asia Women in Business Law Awards (Euromoney, 2022)
Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides: Women in Business Law (Expert Guides, 2020-2022)
Client Choice Awards - Intellectual Property - Trademarks (Lexology, 2022)
Leading Attorney, (Who’s Who Legal, 2016, 2021-2023)
Recognition: WTR Global Leaders: Private Practice (WTR, 2024)
Leading Trademark Practitioner, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (Law Business Research, 2012-2026)
Trademark Star, Managing IP Stars (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2014-2026)
Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Korea, IP - Intellectual Property (Lexology Index, 2016, 2021-2026)
Thought Leader, Lexology Index: IP – Trademarks (Lexology Index, 2026)

著書/活動

Recent Patent Court Judgments on the Similarity of Trademark as a Whole, IP Review 2007 (共著, 2007)
Transshipment Issues in Asia (Speaker, International Trademark Association's Anticounterfeiting Conference in Hong Kong, 2010)
Patent Act amended to implement Patent Law Treaty, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter (共著, 2015)
Significant Increase in Non-use Cancellation Actions (共著, International Law Office, 2018)
Landmark Supreme Court decision applies catch-all provision to sale of luxury goods (共著, World Trademark Review Daily, 2020)
Victory for Hermès as court rules that teaching how to fabricate fakes may constitute unfair competitive act (共著, World Trademark Review Daily, 2020)
P&G's PITERA mark is famous, says Patent Court (共著, World Trademark Review, 2021)
Court jabs skin clinic's unauthorised use of CHANEL mark (共著, World Trademark Review, 2022)