Based on its wide range of expertise in all areas of intellectual property rights, Kim Chang Lee assists its clients prosecute patent, trademark, and design applications from Korea and around the world; represents clients in invalidation and cancellation trials, represents clients in litigation involving patent, trademark, and design infringement and damages claims; represents clients in litigation involving compensation of employee’s invention and in litigation involving injunction against unfair competition and trade secret infringement (including non-compete disputes) and claims for related damages; represents clients in civil litigation involving copyright (including software copyright) infringement and in criminal complaints, actions and investigations relating to infringements of copyrights; represents clients in technology transfer, licensing, and domain name disputes; and advises clients on formulating strategies for protecting their corporate intellectual property. Kim Chang Lee partners with Aju Kim Chang Lee, a renowned IP law firm, to provide clients with the highest level of comprehensive IP legal services.

Patent, utility model, and technology disputes

Kim Chang Lee offers a broad array of legal services in relation to patent rights. The firm provides its clients with advice on the validity and infringement of patents and represents its clients in various civil and criminal litigation. The firm maintains a close working relationship with Aju Kim Chang Lee to provide effective resolutions to complex technical issues via collaboration with patent attorneys with diverse technical backgrounds in fields such as mechanical engineering, semiconductors, chemistry, genetic engineering, materials science and others.

Trademark, design, unfair competition, and domain name disputes

Kim Chang & Lee has been managing the trademark portfolios of major domestic and foreign corporate clients, including those of The Coca-Cola Company and Callaway Golf, and the firm provides highly specialized advisory services based on its broad spectrum of experience in this practice area and the highest level of representation in related litigious matters.

In addition, Kim Chang & Lee provides superior legal services in domain name disputes with a team of experienced lawyers, led by an expert in the field with over 20 years of experience serving in the Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Committee.

Trade secret disputes

Kim Chang & Lee has extensive experience handling trade secret disputes and provides superior legal services to its clients wishing to protect their trade secrets from misappropriation. The firm represents its clients in disputes involving trade secrets and non-competes and restrictive covenants and provides the highest quality of representation in investigations and litigation involving infringement of trade secrets.

Copyright disputes

Based on its broad range of experience and practice capability, Kim Chang Lee has handled numerous copyright infringement matters, including disputes relating to software copyrights. The firm provides top-notch copyright-related legal services to a diverse range of clients, including software developers, entertainment companies and information and communications companies.

Licensing and IP Transactions

Kim Chang Lee has deep experience in handling licensing and IP transactions by leveraging its outstanding expertise in IP matters and extensive track record in transactional matters in general. The firm has successfully negotiated, drafted and reviewed licensing agreements on behalf of clients in a wide range of industries, including the automotive, machinery, pharmaceutical, chemical, computer, semiconductor, information and communications, e-commerce, Internet, online games, and golf industries. In handling IP transactions, the firm pays particular attention to the interplay between IP-specific issues and the transactional context to provide practical and commercially relevant advisory to our clients.

• Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving smoking device containing cracking capsules
• Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving methods for measuring saccharification hemoglobin
• Litigation seeking cancellation of invalidation decision on patents involving methods for issuing optic settlement system cards
• Patent invalidation trial involving mammal manifestation vectors
• Advisory on possible infringement of patents involving three-dimensional object tracking system
• Application for preliminary injunction against patent infringement involving wastewater processor
• Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving semiconductor equipment
• Patent litigation involving kimchi refrigerator
• Patent litigation involving piperidine derivative pharmaceutical
• Patent litigation involving liquid WooHwangCheongShimWon composite
• Lawsuit for compensation of employee’s invention involving “semiautomatic slide mobile phone technology”
• Patent litigation involving “manufacturing formula for soju containing asparagine acid”
• Lawsuits for damages and injunction against infringement involving renowned beverage, clothing, pharmaceutical, and golf ball trademarks, etc.
• Lawsuit seeking injunction against act of unfair competition involving exterior of franchised restaurants
• Lawsuit seeking injunction against act of unfair competition involving cosmetics container packaging
• Lawsuit seeking cancellation of decision on scope of rights concerning nut product packaging
• Application for preliminary injunction against act of unfair competition involving a convenience food container
• Lawsuit for damages involving piracy of a cooking oil container design
• Lawsuits relating to a cosmetics container design and alleged act of unfair competition involving such design
• Lawsuit involving a wallpaper design
• Application for preliminary injunction seeking enforcement of non-compete obligations and prohibiting infringement of trade secrets involving development and mass production of LED packaging
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of trade secrets involving manufacturing processes for hydraulic hammers
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of trade secrets involving PCB circuit testing device
• Representation in a trade secret infringement investigation involving pad printing technology for automobile parts
• Lawsuit for damages arising from infringement of trade secrets involving door-to-door sales network and sales records
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of trade secrets involving industrial diamonds
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of trade secrets involving water purifiers
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of trade secrets involving manufacturing processes for hydraulic pile drivers
• Lawsuit seeking enforcement of non-compete obligations involving employees in charge of LED and Wicop technology for automobiles
• Lawsuit involving copyright of a real-time stenography software program
• Lawsuit seeking injunction against infringement of copyright of a US cross-stitch design book
• Lawsuit involving copyright of an accounting textbook
• Lawsuit involving copyright of a video chatting software program
• Lawsuit for injunction against infringement of copyright of design blueprints of Incheon International Airport Corporation
• Lawsuit involving copyright of a game product
• Lawsuit seeking compensation for restored works
• Establishment of joint ventures in the biopharmaceuticals industry by Samsung Group with global biopharmaceuticals companies including the establishment of a biosimilar research and development joint venture (Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.) between Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc.
• Drafting and negotiation of numerous IP licensing, research & development and other technology transaction agreements.