Services & Practice Areas> Protection of IP

 

 

 

We believe in vigilant and vigorous protection when it comes to our clients' intellectual property assets and have consistently produced favorable outcomes for our clients in IP-related disputes. Our litigating attorneys have:

  • Extensive experience in all levels of the IP court system (the Industrial Property Tribunal (IPT), the Patent Court and the Supreme Court) as both high-ranking officials and attorneys, which includes our chief litigator's tenure as the former President of the IPT, Korea's first-level court for IP disputes.
  • Significant trial and advocacy experience, as well as considerable skill as negotiators in resolving conflicts through alternative methods (e.g., arbitration and mediation).
  • In-depth, specialized legal and technical knowledge.
Expertise in all areas of industrial and commercial rights, including: trademarks, patents, designs, unfair competition, and trade secrets.

 

 

We are involved a wide-range of advocacy activities for our clients, including:

  • Resolving various types of intellectual property disputes through litigation or alternative conflict resolution methods, such as arbitration and mediation.
  • Prosecuting lawsuits against infringers; conversely, defending against infringement claims from others.
  • Litigation involving: challenge of validity, cancellation, scope of claim, and appeals.
  • Prosecution through both civil and criminal channels.
  • Developing IP enforcement strategies and programs, e.g., interdiction of infringing merchandise, in concert with the appropriate government agencies, investigative firms, and prosecutors' offices.