Wonyoung Chung

Overview

Wonyoung Chung is a partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. She mainly engages in resolution of disputes over infringement of intellectual property rights, provides advice on foreign lawsuits for Korean companies and management strategies relating to intellectual property rights for Japanese companies.

She graduated from Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Kobe University, and She earned a master’s degree from Graduate School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST. Based on her knowledge and experience in chemical engineering, bio and medicine areas, she represents and advises Korean and Japanese companies in relation to intellectual property rights. She graduated from Chungnam National University Law School and passed the 1st Korean Bar Examination. Before joining BKL, she worked at a law firm specialized in intellectual property rights for about four and a half years and completed the 9th training course of the Patent Training Institute.

Representative Experience

2016-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

2012-2016 AIP Patent & Law Firm

2015 Member, Patent System Sub-Committee for Research Exchange Association Operation Project, Korea Research Institute of Intellectual Property

Representative Matters

Represented CJ in the patent infringement lawsuit and patent invalidation trial filed against Ajinomoto in Japan

Advised SNU R&D Foundation on CRISPR technology patent

Advised Japanese companies on intellectual property right issues relating to its business operations in Korea

Represented clients in various litigations for prohibition on infringement of patent rights and claim for damages

Represented clients in litigations for cancellation of invalidity trial judgement of parents in various industry sectors including pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, chemistry and machinery

Represented CJ in the patent infringement lawsuit and patent invalidation trial filed against Ajinomoto in Japan

Advised SNU R&D Foundation on CRISPR technology patent

Advised Japanese companies on intellectual property right issues relating to its business operations in Korea

Represented clients in various litigations for prohibition on infringement of patent rights and claim for damages

Represented clients in litigations for cancellation of invalidity trial judgement of parents in various industry sectors including pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, chemistry and machinery

Represented clients in litigation for prohibition on unfair competition, etc.

Advised clients on issues over infringement of trade secrets

Represented clients in litigation seeking to claim the compensation for employee invention

Advised clients on issues over damages arising from infringement of copyrights

Advised clients on issues over violation of license agreement and infringement of intellectual property rights

Education

2012 Chungnam National University Law School (J.D.)

2008 Korea Advanced Institude of Science and Technology (KAIST) (M.S.)

2006 Kobe University (B.E.)

Selected Activities

Publications

Manual for Imitation Prevention Measures-Korea (Co-author, Japan External Trade Organizationjetro (JETRO), 2018)

Strategy Intellectual Property Dispute in Bio Sector and Stategies for Patent Licensing, BioINpro Vol. 48 (Biotech Policy Research Center, 2018)

Corporate IP Strategy after Nagoya Protocol entering into force, Annual Report on International IP Trend (Co-author, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency , 2017)

A Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) DNA chip for the diagnosis of genitourinary infections, Biosensors and Bioelectronics Vol. 26 No. 11, pp. 4314-4319 (Co-author, Elsevier, 2011)

Mismatch DNA-specific enzymatic cleavage employed in a new method for the electrochemical detection of genetic mutations, Chemical Communications No. 28, pp. 4230-4232 (Co-author, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009)

Improvement of a Candida antarctica lipase B-displaying yeast whole-1 cell biocatalyst and its application to the polyester synthesis reaction, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 82 No. 1, pp. 59–66 (Co-author, Springer, 2009)

Direct and nondestructive verification of PNA immobilization using click chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Vol. 376 No. 4, pp. 633-636 (Co-author, Elsevier, 2008)

Use of modified glasses for microarray-based diagnosis of BRCA mutation, BioChip Journal Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 111-115 (Co-author, Korean BioChip Society, 2008)

Development of DNA chip for the diagnosis of the pathogen of genitourinary infection (Master’s Thesis, Korea Advanced Institude of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2008)

Development of integration type CALB cell-surface display yeast strain to improve productivity of yeast whole cell biocatalyst (Bachelor's thesis, Kobe University, 2006)

Activity

「 Bio Technology and Protection of Intellectual Property Right –Focusing on Patent」, Lecture (Bio I-Corps Business Group, Daedeok Special Zone Innovation Technology Network Bio-Health Research Society, 2021)

Lecturer, Bioindustry and Intellectual Property Right (Gachon University, 2017)

Panelist, (Patent Court/Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA), 2016)

Korean Patent Registration No.10-1272017, DNA Chip for Diagnosing Urogenital Infection Disease (Filed on 23 Sep. 2011, Registered 31 Jun. 2013)

Qualifications

2012 Korea