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Jong Seok KIM Attorney

Jong Seok KIM Attorney
Jong Seok KIM Attorney

Jong Seok KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-4607 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.jongseok.kim@kimchang.com

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Bio

Jong Seok Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in intellectual property, litigation, and entertainment. 

As a patent specialist at the firm, Mr. Kim is an expert in patent, trademarks, design, and trade secret infringement cases. 

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served in the Korean judiciary for 16 years, initially as a district court judge, and later as a judge at the Patent Court and a research judge at the Supreme Court of Kore. During his tenure as a judge, Mr. Kim gained extensive experiences in a variety of litigations involving intellectual property related issues. 

He received his LL.B. from Yonsei University and attended Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. He is admitted to the Korean bar. 

Profile

Experience

Auditor, Yonsei University Law School (2018) 

Director, Korea Patent Law Society (2017-Present) 

Co-Writer, Patent Act of LAWnB OnJu (2017-Present) 

Kim & Chang (2013-Present) 

Returning Officer, Election Commissions of Daejeon Metropolitan City (2012.3.-2013.2.) 

Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court (2012) 

Research Judge, the Supreme Court of Korea (2010-2011) 

Judge, Patent Court of Korea (2006-2009) 

Judge, Daejeon District Court (2004-2005) 

Judge, Geochang Branch of Changwon District Court (2001-2003) 

Judge, Seoul Southern District Court (1999-2000) 

Judge, Incheon District Court (1997-1998)

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Awards

  • Litigation Award, The Sixth Korea National Legal Award (Money Today, Korean Bar Association and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2023)

Publications/Activities
    • Annotated Edition of Trademarks Law (Pakyoungsa, 2018) 
    • Defend Trade Secrets Act (Pakyoungsa, 2017) 
    • Intellectual Property Litigation Practice (Pakyoungsa, 2010) 
    • Determining the Legal Period for the Determination of Applicability of Res Judicata, Juris (2012) 
    • The Study of Patent Law Report (Pakyoungsa, 2009, 2012)

Education

    Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1997)

    College of Law, Yonsei University (LL.B., 1993)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1997

Languages

Korean and English

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Jong Seok KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-4607      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Jong Seok Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in intellectual property, litigation, and entertainment. 

As a patent specialist at the firm, Mr. Kim is an expert in patent, trademarks, design, and trade secret infringement cases. 

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served in the Korean judiciary for 16 years, initially as a district court judge, and later as a judge at the Patent Court and a research judge at the Supreme Court of Kore. During his tenure as a judge, Mr. Kim gained extensive experiences in a variety of litigations involving intellectual property related issues. 

He received his LL.B. from Yonsei University and attended Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. He is admitted to the Korean bar. 






    Auditor, Yonsei University Law School (2018) 

    Director, Korea Patent Law Society (2017-Present) 

    Co-Writer, Patent Act of LAWnB OnJu (2017-Present) 

    Kim & Chang (2013-Present) 

    Returning Officer, Election Commissions of Daejeon Metropolitan City (2012.3.-2013.2.) 

    Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court (2012) 

    Research Judge, the Supreme Court of Korea (2010-2011) 

    Judge, Patent Court of Korea (2006-2009) 

    Judge, Daejeon District Court (2004-2005) 

    Judge, Geochang Branch of Changwon District Court (2001-2003) 

    Judge, Seoul Southern District Court (1999-2000) 

    Judge, Incheon District Court (1997-1998)






Awards

  •   Litigation Award, The Sixth Korea National Legal Award (Money Today, Korean Bar Association and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2023)

Publications/Activities

  •   Annotated Edition of Trademarks Law (Pakyoungsa, 2018) 
  •   Defend Trade Secrets Act (Pakyoungsa, 2017) 
  •   Intellectual Property Litigation Practice (Pakyoungsa, 2010) 
  •   Determining the Legal Period for the Determination of Applicability of Res Judicata, Juris (2012) 
  •   The Study of Patent Law Report (Pakyoungsa, 2009, 2012)





Education

    Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1997)

    College of Law, Yonsei University (LL.B., 1993)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1997


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Intellectual Property ,  Litigation ,  Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection ,  Aerospace & Defense ,  Intellectual Property Dispute ,  Product Liability & Consumer Claims ,  Administrative & Public Law Litigation ,  Construction & Engineering Disputes ,  China (IP) ,  Unfair Competition