Kyeong Tae Kang is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the Intellectual Property Practice and Litigation Practice with particular emphasis on intellectual property and trade secrets.

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kang served in the judiciary for 17 years, first as an associate district court judge, and later as a presiding judge and High Court judge. During his tenure as a judge, Mr. Kang gained extensive experience in various types of litigation. While serving on the Patent and IP Panel of Seoul’s High Court as a judge, Mr. Kang contributed to many renowned cases in the area of intellectual property.

Mr. Kang authored various articles including “The Relationship of Claim Construction with Other Patent Practice” (Administrative and Patent Law Research 12, Jurisdiction Development Foundation, 2014), “Separating the Claim Elements and the Solutions for Problem Solving with regard to Doctrine of Equivalents” (Law & Technology 9-1, Seoul National University Center for Technology and Law, 2013), “Infringement by an Object which has more than All Elements Claimed with regard to Composite Invention” (Law & Technology 8-1, Seoul National University Center for Technology and Law, 2012), “Construction of the Scope of Claims which has Multiple Patent Categories” (Intellectual Property No. 23, Korea Intellectual Property Law Institute, 2008), and “Evidential Materials with respect to Similarity of Trademarks” (Information and Rights, 2007 Spring/Summer, Korean Patent Attorney Association, 2007). He was also awarded the 14th Law Review Award from the Korean Legal Center for his article “Various Problems Related to Selection Invention” (Supreme Court Law Review, No. 46, Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2010).

Mr. Kang received an LL.B. in 1991 from Korea University College of Law. He also graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1994.