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Won KIM Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-1512 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Won KIM Attorney
Won KIM Attorney

Won KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1512 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.wkim@kimchang.com

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Bio

Won Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang who provides legal advice for intellectual property (IP) transactions, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Mr. Kim has extensive experience in providing legal advice and representing clients in conventional IP cases, as well as in handling the increasingly common employee invention cases.

Since joining Kim & Chang in 2005, Mr. Kim has gained broad experience in providing in-depth legal advice across various industries, including semiconductors, electronics, TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications), gaming, and entertainment. Based on his prior experience as a trainee at TMI Associates in Japan before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim actively handles Japan-related work for our firm.

Profile

Experience

Member, Contents Dispute Resolution Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency (2023.5.-Present)

Member, Copyright Protection Deliberation Committee, Korea Copyright Protection Agency (2022.12.-Present)

TMI Associates (2012.9.-2012.12.)

Kim & Chang (2005-Present)

Representative Mattersshow

  • Represented various companies on patent litigation. 
  • Represented various companies on copyright litigation. 
  • Represented various companies on trademark litigation. 
  • Represented various companies for trade secrets misappropriation. 
  • Advised various companies on matters of IP strategy. 
  • Advised various companies on matters of mixed issues on IP and antitrust. 
  • Advised various companies on matters of IP licensing and licensing negotiations. 
  • Drafted a patent transfer and non-exclusive license agreement. 
  • Prepared various policies for trade secret protection. 
  • Conducted due diligence on IP assets of target companies. 

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

  • Client Choice Awards - Copyright (Lexology, 2025)
  • Leading Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2024-2025)
  • Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Intellectual Property (Who’s Who Legal, 2023-2024)
  • Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2023)
  • Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: IP - Copyright (Who’s Who Legal, 2021-2024)
  • Minister of Justice Prize (Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, 2005)

Publications/Activities
    • Chambers Global Practice Guides - Gaming Law: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024)
    • "Recent Korean Supreme Court Decision on Fair Trade," LES JAPAN NEWS Vol.64, No.3 (Co-author, LES JAPAN, 2023.9.)
    • Questions and Answers on Protection of Trade Secrets in South Korea (PATENT, 2021.10.) 
    • Overview of Japan Intellectual Property High Court Grand Panel's Decisions Rendered in 2019 and 2020 (Co-author, Law and Technology, 2020.7.) 
    • The Past, Present and Future of Determining the Progress of Patents, Journal of Industrial Property, Vol. 52 (Korea Intellectual Property Association, 2017.4.) 
    • Speaker, “The Past, Present and Future of Determining the Progress of Korean Courts,” 50th Anniversary of the Korean Intellectual Property Association (Korea Intellectual Property Association, 2016.11.)

Education

    University of San Diego, School of Law (LL.M., 2012) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2005) 

    Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (M.S., 1997) 

    Seoul National University (B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, 1995)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2005

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

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Won KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1512      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Won Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang who provides legal advice for intellectual property (IP) transactions, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Mr. Kim has extensive experience in providing legal advice and representing clients in conventional IP cases, as well as in handling the increasingly common employee invention cases.

Since joining Kim & Chang in 2005, Mr. Kim has gained broad experience in providing in-depth legal advice across various industries, including semiconductors, electronics, TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications), gaming, and entertainment. Based on his prior experience as a trainee at TMI Associates in Japan before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim actively handles Japan-related work for our firm.






    Member, Contents Dispute Resolution Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency (2023.5.-Present)

    Member, Copyright Protection Deliberation Committee, Korea Copyright Protection Agency (2022.12.-Present)

    TMI Associates (2012.9.-2012.12.)

    Kim & Chang (2005-Present)






  •   Represented various companies on patent litigation. 
  •   Represented various companies on copyright litigation. 
  •   Represented various companies on trademark litigation. 
  •   Represented various companies for trade secrets misappropriation. 
  •   Advised various companies on matters of IP strategy. 
  •   Advised various companies on matters of mixed issues on IP and antitrust. 
  •   Advised various companies on matters of IP licensing and licensing negotiations. 
  •   Drafted a patent transfer and non-exclusive license agreement. 
  •   Prepared various policies for trade secret protection. 
  •   Conducted due diligence on IP assets of target companies. 





Awards

  •   Client Choice Awards - Copyright (Lexology, 2025)
  •   Leading Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2024-2025)
  •   Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Intellectual Property (Who’s Who Legal, 2023-2024)
  •   Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2023)
  •   Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: IP - Copyright (Who’s Who Legal, 2021-2024)
  •   Minister of Justice Prize (Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, 2005)

Publications/Activities

  •   Chambers Global Practice Guides - Gaming Law: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024)
  •   "Recent Korean Supreme Court Decision on Fair Trade," LES JAPAN NEWS Vol.64, No.3 (Co-author, LES JAPAN, 2023.9.)
  •   Questions and Answers on Protection of Trade Secrets in South Korea (PATENT, 2021.10.) 
  •   Overview of Japan Intellectual Property High Court Grand Panel's Decisions Rendered in 2019 and 2020 (Co-author, Law and Technology, 2020.7.) 
  •   The Past, Present and Future of Determining the Progress of Patents, Journal of Industrial Property, Vol. 52 (Korea Intellectual Property Association, 2017.4.) 
  •   Speaker, “The Past, Present and Future of Determining the Progress of Korean Courts,” 50th Anniversary of the Korean Intellectual Property Association (Korea Intellectual Property Association, 2016.11.)





Education

    University of San Diego, School of Law (LL.M., 2012) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2005) 

    Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (M.S., 1997) 

    Seoul National University (B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, 1995)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2005


Languages
  •    Korean, English and Japanese





Intellectual Property ,  Game, Resort & Entertainment ,  Japan ,  Intellectual Property Dispute ,  Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets ,  Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection ,  Employee Invention