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Yu-Seog WON Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-1869 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Yu-Seog WON Attorney
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Yu-Seog WON Attorney

Yu-Seog WONAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1869 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.yuseog.won@kimchang.com

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Yu-Seog Won is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices. Mr. Won worked at the Patent Court for multiple years and is experienced in advising clients on a variety of patent cases.

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Won served in the judiciary for almost two decades, first as a judge in district courts, and later as a presiding judge in the Patent Court and the Seoul High Court. During his tenure as a judge, he accumulated extensive experience in a wide range of civil, patent, trademark and design litigation.

Reflecting his varied experience as a judge, Mr. Won practices in a broad range of patent litigation at the firm. In his civil litigation practice, he specializes in intellectual property. He also has considerable experience in giving legal advice to junior attorneys when he served as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute.

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Kim & Chang (2011-Present)

Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (2009-2011)

Presiding Judge, Patent Court (2007-2009)

Chief Judge, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Court (2005-2007)

Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute (2002-2005)

Presiding Judge, Daegu District Court (2000-2002)

Judge, Seoul High Court (1997-1999)

Judge, Yeoju Branch of Suwon District Court (1996-1997)

Judge, Daejeon District Court (1993-1996)

Judge, Seoul Civil District Court (1991-1993)

Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court (1989-1991)

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Awards

  • Litigation Award, The Fifth Korea National Legal Award (Money Today and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2022)
  • IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (IAM, 2021-2022)
  • Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2023)
  • Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2022)

Publications/Activities
    • Drug Manufacturer Obtains First Damages Award for Infringement of Second Medical Use Patent (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2017)

Education

    University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., 1995)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1985)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1984)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1985

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese (reading only)

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Yu-Seog WON
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1869      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092      
  




Yu-Seog Won is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices. Mr. Won worked at the Patent Court for multiple years and is experienced in advising clients on a variety of patent cases.

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Won served in the judiciary for almost two decades, first as a judge in district courts, and later as a presiding judge in the Patent Court and the Seoul High Court. During his tenure as a judge, he accumulated extensive experience in a wide range of civil, patent, trademark and design litigation.

Reflecting his varied experience as a judge, Mr. Won practices in a broad range of patent litigation at the firm. In his civil litigation practice, he specializes in intellectual property. He also has considerable experience in giving legal advice to junior attorneys when he served as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute.






    Kim & Chang (2011-Present)

    Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (2009-2011)

    Presiding Judge, Patent Court (2007-2009)

    Chief Judge, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Court (2005-2007)

    Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute (2002-2005)

    Presiding Judge, Daegu District Court (2000-2002)

    Judge, Seoul High Court (1997-1999)

    Judge, Yeoju Branch of Suwon District Court (1996-1997)

    Judge, Daejeon District Court (1993-1996)

    Judge, Seoul Civil District Court (1991-1993)

    Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court (1989-1991)






Awards

  •   Litigation Award, The Fifth Korea National Legal Award (Money Today and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2022)
  •   IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (IAM, 2021-2022)
  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2023)
  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2022)

Publications/Activities

  •   Drug Manufacturer Obtains First Damages Award for Infringement of Second Medical Use Patent (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2017)





Education

    University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., 1995)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1985)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1984)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1985


Languages
  •    Korean, English and Japanese (reading only)





Litigation ,  Intellectual Property ,  Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense ,  Licensing & IP Transactions ,  Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation ,  Intellectual Property Litigation ,  Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection ,  China (IP)