Joosung Park

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  • T. +82-2-3404-6953
  • F. +82-2-3404-0805
  • E. joosung.park@bkl.co.kr

概要

Joosung Park's main practice focuses on traditional intellectual property rights (including patent right, copyright and trademark right) as well as litigations and advices relating to trade secret infringement and unfair competition-related disputes. Mr. Park provides both domestic and overseas IT companies with advice primarily on the legal issues that arise in connection with the state-of-the-art technologies. He particularly has extensive experience in the field of entertainment including game and contents.

While working as a judge advocate for public service at the Ministry of Justice, he obtained various experiences of serving as the head of the tax administrative litigation team and administrative secretary general of the Administrative Appeals Commission at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office as well as a reviewer of the Korean bar examination. He also appeared as a panel on "Monday Living Law," a radio program of KBS (Gangneung), for eight months. Dispatched to Woowa Brothers, which operates the delivery app service Baedal Minjok, Mr. Park offered advice on a range of issues that arise on the scene of a platform business's operations. He also worked at IP Practice Group of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a global law firm, and had firsthand experience in the United States in connection with the patent application and related disputes. Mr. Park is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Seoul National University School of Law (major of international economics law).

経歴

2024-現在 International Lawyer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington D.C.
2023 Woowa Brothers
2019-現在 Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2017-2019 Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice, Seoul High Prosecutors' Office
2016-2017 Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice, Korea Legal Aid Corporation
その他経歴
2018-2019 Reviewer, 7th and 8th Korean Bar Examination
2017-2018 Administrative Secretary General, Administrative Appeals Commission, Seoul High Prosecutors' Office

主な案件実績

Advised Company B on merger and acquisition of a mobility company
Advised and represented Company I on the infringement of robot technology-related trade secret
Advised Company Q on compliance related to the opening of an e-commerce website
Advised Company T on the creation of film contents and overseas licensing
Provided advice and represented cases involving speculation, classification and other game-related regulations
IP Litigation & Counseling
Advised Company A on the launching of new business related to metaverse and NFT platform
Advised Company B on merger and acquisition of a mobility company
Advised Company C on possible responses to the unauthorized crawling by a competitor
Advised Company D on the IP trading strategies for software technology
Advised Company E on software technology escrow
Advised Company F on the dispute with a well-known instructor with respect to the exclusive contract
Advised Company G on the licensing of pharmaceutical technology
Represented Company H in a lawsuit related to the infringement of online game copyright
Trade Secrets & Corporate Information Protection
Advised and represented Company I on the infringement of robot technology-related trade secret
Represented Company J in the lawsuit related to the infringement of trade secret of HR management system
Advised and represented Company K on the infringement of patent/trade secret concerning elevator technology
Advised Company L on the response to major data leaks related to its management
Advised and represented Company M on the leak of software source code data
Advised Company N and a number of other companies on trade secret compliance
Represented Company O in the lawsuit seeking injunction for prohibition of employees' transfer in connection with the infringement of semiconductor technology
E-Commerce
Advised Company P on compliance with the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce and the Electronic Financial Transactions Act in connection with delivery apps
Advised Company Q on compliance related to the opening of an e-commerce website
Entertainment, Sports & Game
Advised Company R on the dispute with a member of a well-known idol group with respect to the exclusive contract
Advised Company S on compliance related to the launching of an entertainment platform
Advised Company T on the creation of film contents and overseas licensing
Advised Company U on the launching of new service related to famous AOS genre games and the general operation of the e-sports league
Represented Company V in the criminal and civil lawsuits against the producer of similar games and private servers
Advised Company W on NFT-linked games and P2E games
Represented Company X in the lawsuits involving the infringement of board-game copyright and the violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act
Advised Company Y on the new designation of independent rating business entities and annual evaluation
Provided advice on probability-type items, web-board games, and the amendment of game industry laws
Provided advice and represented cases involving speculation, classification and other game-related regulations

学歴

2024 Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M.)
2016 Sungkyunkwan University Law School (J.D.)
2012 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

主な活動

著述
A Study on Copyright Legislation and System in North Korea (Co-author, Korea Copyright Commission, 2020)
Understanding of Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax Act with Recent Cases (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2019)
受賞
Citation (Ministry of Justice, 2018)

資格

2016 Korea