The BKL IP Group offers the full range of intellectual property services needed in doing business in Korea. Combining the Bae, Kim & Lee Patent Law Firm (BKL-PLF), with the intellectual propety department and related practice groups of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, the BKL IP Group provides comprehensive IP skills and resources for a variety of overseas as well as domestic clients. Our specialist attorneys, in close cooperating with a full complement of supporting professionals, offer intensive expertise in IP litigation, consulting and patent prosecution, spanning all major fields of industrial technology.
As a core area of our long-established practice, we handle all of the various types of IP applications, registrations and related processs before the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). This includes patents and trademarks, and, equally, trade secrets and copyrights. The tasks involved in IP applications, fundamental to any IP practice, are carried through in a meticulous and painstaking—but cost-effective—manner.
Beyond this, the BKL IP Group offers unsurpassed litigation capabilities. We are regularly called on, at both trial and appellate levels, for litigation over KIPO findings, and for litigation and administrative review of IP infringement claims (together with the related area of fair trade practices). It is our privilege to handle, at any given time, a variety of cases involving challenging and cutting edge issues of IP law. In this, the BKL IP Group is proud to draw on the resources and traditions of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC—one of the largest litigation practice groups in Korea.
In addition to our strengths in litigation, we are pleased to offer expert strategic and transactional advice. With the experience of many veteran specialists, we are able to assist clients in effectively trading IP in technology transfer and licensing arrangements, and to advise on a wide array of objectives and concerns, such as issues that often accompany franchise agreements or arise in M&A deals and joint ventures. The professionals of BKL IP Consulting, in particular, work closely with clients to identify efficient ways to make the most of IP, including technology evaluations and optimum terms of transfer.
In areas frequently linked to IP matters, such as data privacy, broadcasting and entertainment, and unfair trade, the BKL IP Group fields a team of attorneys and specialists (including BKL-LLC practice groups) who can expertly handle the issues and navigate the proceedings that may confront a business in Korea. For example, the BKL IP Group regularly represents foreign as well as domestic clients before the Korean Trade Commission, in investigative proceedings that could mean import suspensions.
In cooperation with BKL-LLC (including offices in Beijing and Shanghai as well as Seoul), and collaborating with leading overseas law firms, the BKL IP Group is proud to offer an integrated platform of IP-related legal capabilities, or “one-stop” IP service in Korea: We are ready to meet all the IP-related legal needs of our clients, ranging from patent and trademark applications to infringement prosecution or defense, from M&A deals to stand-alone licenses, from cross-border trading restrictions to the tax implications of technology transfer.
For all aspects of its work, the BKL IP Group maintains state-of-the-art data management systems and information processes. Case-specific updates are implemented as a matter of course, using the most efficient methods. We are pleased. also, to provide our clients, both in Korea and overseas, with general and timely updates on important developments in IP law and administration in Korea, covering court cases as well as notable articles, statistics and academic papers. Samples may be found on our <IP News Letter> page.
