Intellectual Property

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DR & AJU's Intellectual Property PG is comprised of professionals, including former judges of the Patent Court or Intellectual Property Department, the lawyers, and experts with technological backgrounds.
We provide professional legal services in patent, trademark, designs, unfair competition, trade secrets, personal data, IT, information and communication, sports, entertainment, licensing negotiation, and contracts, encompassing the intellectual property and cultural industry as a whole.

In addition, by keeping a strategic partnership with DAE-A IP Consulting, we can provide one-stop legal service from the application stage of intellectual property rights such as patents to the final stage such as advisory and litigation.

Our Intellectual Property Practice Group will be a reliable partner for clients while providing precise and professional legal service with our technological background, protecting the clients’ valuable technology, brand, and contents.

  • Main Services
      • Patent, Trademark, Design, Copyright
      • Patent/utility model, trademark, design application, copyright registration
      • Prior art research, analysis of the scope of rights, and review of infringement
      • Representation of adjudication such as invalidation of intellectual property rights and confirmation of the scope of rights
      • Representation of trial decision cancellation litigation against the trial decision of the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board
      • Litigation for the prohibition of infringement of intellectual property rights / provisional disposition and claim for damages
      • Representation of criminal prosecution for infringement of intellectual property rights
      • Mediation of disputes related to intellectual property rights
      • Legal advice on intellectual property transaction and licensing
      • Legal advice on the Fair Trade Act on the exercise of intellectual property rights
      • Due diligence on the intellectual property rights of the target company during M&A
      • Conducting intellectual property disputes abroad
      • Prevention of unfair competition and protection of trade secrets
      • Prohibition of unfair competition / provisional disposition and claim for damages
      • Representation of criminal prosecution for unfair competition conduct, review of whether unfair competition is applicable, and legal advice
      • Prohibition of infringement of trade secrets/provisional disposition and claim for damages
      • Representation of criminal prosecution for trade secret infringement
      • Consulting service on system establishment for trade secret protection
      • Contract drafting and legal advice for trade secret protection
      • Legal advice for trade secret protection in case of collaboration between companies
      • Prohibition of competition/injunction and claim for damages
  • Representative Matters
      • Represented a exclusive supplier against a non-exclusive licensee on patent infringement litigation, and won the first case of the Supreme Court.
      • Represented a patent holder in patent infringement litigation related to the invention of the use of the mycelium culture medium.
      • Represented a patent holder in patent infringement litigation related to a hangover relieving drink.
      • Represented a catalyst product manufacturer in a patent infringement litigation related to silica catalyst.
      • Represented a sticker manufacturer in patent infringement litigation related to the manufacturing method of casting foam sticker.
      • Represented a seller of CMP slurry products for tungsten in patent infringement litigation related to CMP slurry.
      • Represented a medical device manufacturer in patent infringement litigation regarding a medical thread insertion device and a medical thread insertion procedure kit.
      • Represented a patent holder in a patent infringement lawsuit related to machinery for construction and civil engineering works.
      • Represented a defendant interior material manufacturer in patent infringement litigation related to assembly fixtures.
      • Represented a patent holder in patent infringement litigation related to the security module of a mobile application.
      • Represented a manufacturer in injunction litigation against patent infringement on a sterilizing water generator.
      • Represented the respondent in a litigation for injunction against infringement of patent rights related to textile/weaving.
      • Represented the patent right holder in the trial decision cancellation litigation in the trial for invalidation of patent registration and the trial to confirm the scope of rights related to infrared cookers.
      • Represented a utility model right holder in a trial decision cancellation litigation for a utility model registration invalidation trial for electric heater assembly and a trial to confirm the scope of rights.
      • Represented a German patent holder in litigation for revocation of court decision for a patent registration invalidation trial for a manufacturing method of polycrystalline silicon.
      • Represented the patent right holder in the trial decision cancellation litigation for the patent registration invalidation trial on the manufacturing method of artificial rock.
      • Represented the claimant, Nature Republic, in a patent registration invalidation trial for cosmetic containers.
      • Represented the respondent in a trial to confirm the scope of passive rights related to wind power generation patents.
      • Advised on patent analysis and licensing negotiations with NIDEC-SANKYO of Japan.
      • Advised Incheon Airport on aircraft-related technology licensing negotiations.
      • Advised on licensing negotiations for semiconductor technology.
      • Represented a domestic company C in a trademark and trade secret infringement litigation as an international judge at Seoul Central District Court No. 1.
      • Represented affiliates separated from trademark infringement lawsuits after the dissolution of corporate group S.
      • Represented Hyundai Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in a trademark infringement lawsuit between InterContinental Hotel and Hyundai Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
      • Represented Pagoda Academy as a trademark right holder in a trademark transfer claim lawsuit.
      • Represented the plaintiff's food manufacturer in a trademark transfer claim valued at billions of won.
      • Represented the trademark right holder in the appeal trial for the cancellation of the trial decision on the invalidation of trademark registration of company N, a health functional food company.
      • Represented a trademark right holder in a trial decision cancellation lawsuit for trademark registration invalidation trial of cosmetics manufacturer B.
      • Represented a trademark right holder in an injunction litigation against the use of the ‘Mapook’ trademark.
      • Represented a trademark right holder in a trademark registration invalidation case for ‘Louis Castel’.
      • Undertook trademark law violation case of Hite Jinro Holdings Co., Ltd.
      • Advised on license agreement related to trademark rights of cosmetics manufacturer J.
      • Representation of counterfeit trademarks such as Chanel and Cartier
      • Represented Jim World in the litigation to confirm the scope of rights related to magnetic toy design and to cancel the trial decision.
      • Represented Jim World in an injunction litigation against design rights infringement related to magnetic toy design.
      • Represented a cosmetic product manufacturer in a litigation for infringement of design rights and unfair competition related to cosmetic products.
      • Represented Hite Jinro in a design right infringement lawsuit related to promotional materials.
      • Advised Korea Institute of Design Promotion.
      • Represented a design company in copyright infringement litigationt related to golf course design.
      • Represented Nexon in a game copyright infringement lawsuit.
      • Represented MBC in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to the drama 'Queen Seondeok'.
      • Represented plaintiff in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to the drama 'Iris'.
      • Represented the copyright holder in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to the novel 'Dead of Winter'.
      • Representation of copyright holder in litigation for confirmation of copyright holder and injunction against broadcasting in relation to cartoon characters.
      • Represented SK Telecom in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to advertising music.
      • Represented a coffee shop in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to in-store music reproduction.
      • Represented a program producer in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to a computer program.
      • Represented a mobile phone manufacturer in a litigation for injunction against copyright infringement related to mobile phone OS programs.
      • Represented a car manufacturer in a copyright infringement litigation related to a car grill design.
      • Represented the respondent in a litigation for injunction against copyright infringement of Korean textbooks.
      • Represented the respondent in an injunction lawsuit against copyright infringement of English textbooks.
      • Undertook a case of canceling a license contract and claiming damages for a character.
      • Undertook a case of violation of copyright law regarding battlefield management information system software.
      • Represented the plaintiff pharmaceutical company in an unfair competition action litigation related to the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals.
      • Represented the defendant parts manufacturer in an unfair competition action litigation related to the manufacture and sale of automobile parts.
      • Represented a clothing manufacturer in an unfair competition action involving the manufacture and sale of clothing.
      • Represented a program developer in a case of an injunction against a program developer who transferred to Naver Co., Ltd. and a criminal case of trade secret infringement.
      • Represented the applicant in a litigation for injunction against infringement of trade secrets related to ship technology.
      • Undertook criminal cases for trade secret infringement related to semiconductor technology.
      • Undertook criminal cases for trade secret infringement related to GPS technology.
      • Represented the plaintiff PPF manufacturer in a trade secret infringement and copyright infringement lawsuit related to the design pattern of a protective film for vehicles (PPF).
      • Represented Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. in a criminal case of trade secret infringement.
      • Represented IR Wind Power Co., Ltd. in a criminal case of trade secret infringement.
      • Represented STX Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in a criminal case of trade secret infringement.
      • Represented Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in a trade secret infringement case.
      • Represented Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in a trade secret infringement case.
      • Represented a professional inventor in a case of claiming for compensation for an employee's invention related to a bridge construction invention.
      • Undertook IP due diligence and advice on the acquisition of Hyundai Corporation.
      • Undertook IP due diligence and advice on the acquisition of Woongjin Food.
      • Undertook IP due diligence and advice regarding Siwon School acquisition.
      • Undertook IP due diligence and advice on acquisition of computer program developers.
  • Professionals
    • Myong Ahn KANG

      Myong Ahn KANG

      Patent Attorney (DAE-A Intellectual Property Consulting)

      Dae Hyun KWON

      Dae Hyun KWON

      Partner

      Gab Joong KIM

      Gab Joong KIM

      Patent Attorney (DAE-A Intellectual Property Consulting)

      Kyoung-Tae KIM

      Kyoung-Tae KIM

      Patent Attorney (DAE-A Intellectual Property Consulting)

      Bo Hyun KIM

      Bo Hyun KIM

      Patent Attorney (DAE-A Intellectual Property Consulting)

      • Tier 2 ranking in Patents and Copyright/Trademarks - Asian Legal Business (ALB) IP Rankings 2023 (2023)
      • Awarded in Asia Business Law Journal(ABLJ) - Data compliance & cybersecurity (2022)
      • Tier 2 ranking in Patents and Copyright/Trademarks - Asian Legal Business (ALB) IP Rankings 2022 (2022)
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