概要
Since his appointment as judge in 2011, Sanghyun Lee served for 11 years as judge (including a judge in the Intellectual Property Division of the Seoul Central District Court) until his resignation as a law clerk of the Supreme Court in 2022. Mr. Lee earned a doctoral degree in intellectual property law from Seoul National University and also an LL.M. in intellectual property law from George Washington Law School. He has experience in analyzing from legal perspective, and conducting in-depth researches on, numerous criminal cases at the Supreme Court.
Mr. Lee jointly wrote the Annotation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and presented many papers on intellectual property rights including “Protection of Intellectual Creations under Tort Law,” “A Comparative Approach to Nonobviousness of Selection Inventions -Superior Effect and Motivation to Select,” and “Patent Infringement by Multiple Entities from the Perspective of Joint Tort Analysis.”
Related Practices
経歴
2022-現在
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2021-2022
Research Judge, Supreme Court
2019-2021
Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2015-2019
Judge, Suwon District Court
2011-2015
Judge, Gwangju District Court
2008-2011
Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
その他経歴
2023-現在
Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
主な案件実績
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a patent infringement case related to biosimilars
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a case involving infringement of trade secrets and industrial technology related to manufacturing processes, etc.
Advised a foreign game company on a copyright infringement case related to game products
Advised a domestic battery manufacturer on a product liability case related to electric vehicle batteries
Advised on a case involving violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act related to virtual assets Terra and Luna
Patents and Utility Models
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a patent infringement case related to biosimilars
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a patent infringement case related to synthetic drugs
Advised a domestic electronics company on a case involving the warranty of patent non-infringement
Advised a domestic financial company on a BM patent infringement case
Advised a domestic heavy industry company on a number of cases related to patents, etc.
Trade Secrets & Corporate Information Protection
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a case involving infringement of trade secrets and industrial technology related to manufacturing processes, etc.
Advised a domestic semiconductor manufacturer on a case involving infringement of trade secrets and industrial technology related to design drawings
Advised an overseas optical lens manufacturer on a case involving prohibition of trade secret infringement and moving to a competitor
Advised a domestic EPC company on a number of cases involving prohibition of trade secret infringement and moving to a competitor, etc.
Trademark, Design, Unfair Competition
Advised a domestic electronics company on a trademark infringement case related to mobile phones
Advised a well-known Korean restaurant on a case related to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act
Advised a domestic electronic cigarette manufacturer on a number of cases related to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, etc.
Copyright and Entertainment, Sports & Game
Advised a foreign game company on a copyright infringement case related to game products
Advised a domestic film company on a case related to a contract for the use of a copyrighted work
Advised a domestic game company on a copyright infringement case related to game products
Advised on a number of cases including copyright infringement cases related to domestic e-commerce
Employee Invention
Advised a domestic fintech company on an employee invention case
Advised a domestic chemical company on a number of cases including employee invention cases
Product Liability
Advised a domestic battery manufacturer on a product liability case related to electric vehicle batteries
Advised a domestic battery manufacturer on a case involving reimbursement related to ESS
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a number of cases including product liability cases related to humidifier disinfectants
Criminal Defense
Advised on a case involving violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act related to virtual assets Terra and Luna
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a case involving violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act related to kickbacks
Advised a domestic pharmaceutical company on a number of cases including cases involving occupational negligence resulting in death or injury related to humidifier disinfectants
学歴
2016
George Washington Law School (LL.M.)
2015
Seoul National University (LL.D.)
2009
Seoul National University (LL.M.)
2008
Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea
2005
Seoul National University (LL.B.)
主な活動
著述
Commentary on The Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2024)
100 Precedents regarding the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2023)
A Comparative Approach to Nonobviousness of Selection Inventions -Superior Effect and Motivation to Select, Juris No. 52 (Jurisdiction Development Foundation, 2020)
A Study on Right to Injunction under Amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Justice Serial No. 159, pp. 319-341 (Korean Society of Law, 2017)
Protection of Intellectual Creations under Tort Law (Doctoral Dissertation, Seoul National University, 2015)
A Consideration on Net-Neutrality Policy of Both Korea and the United States - Based on 2014 Verizon Judgment, Law & Technology Vol. 10 No. 4, pp. 3-22 (Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology, 2014)
Replacement of Consumables and Indirect Infringement of Patent Rights (Master's Thesis, Seoul National University, 2009)
資格
2005
Korea
