Junghi Park

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Overview

Junghi Park started his career as a judge with Daegu District Court in March 1996, and continued to work as a judge in Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Court, Daejeon District Court, Patent Court (as a judge), Supreme Court of Korea (as a research judge and a chief research judge), Cheongju District Court (as a presiding judge) until February 2013. Mr. Park joined Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in March 2013 after retirement. Based on his seven-year experience (February 2003 to February 2010) in the intellectual property law at Patent Court and Supreme Court of Korea, he now advises and represents clients in civil and criminal litigation involving intellectual property rights (including patent, utility model, trademark, design, unfair competition, trade secret, and copyright).

Based on his extensive experience and expertise in handling intellectual property issues for several years at courts, Mr. Park co-authored Commentary on Patent Law (co-author, Pakyoungsa), Study of Precedents on Patent Disputes (Korea Patent Law Society, Pakyoungsa), and Practical Affairs of Litigation on Intellectual Property (Research Society of Patent Court on Practical Affairs of Ligation on Intellectual Property, Pakyoungsa, 2006). He also authored several papers, including Recent Precedents by the Supreme Court of Korea regarding Selection Invention of Medicines (co-author), Analysis of the Supreme Court's Precedents regarding Determination of Similarity of Composite Marks, Study of Several Issues relating to Acquisition of Recognition of Trademark as a Result of Use of It, Correction of Patent during Invalidation Trial of Patent, and Scope of Hearing in Patent Litigation for Cancellation of Trial Decision.

Representative Experience

2013-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2010-2013 Presiding Judge, Cheongju District Court
2010 Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court (Justice research)
2010 Visiting Scholar, Duke University School of Law
2006-2010 Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (Chief research judge supervising research judges within intellectual property right group)
2003-2006 Judge, Patent Court
2002-2003 Judge, Daejeon District Court
2001-1999 Judge, Daegu District Court
1999-2001 Judge, Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Court
1996-1999 Judge, Daegu District Court
1993-1996 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
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2015-Present Member, Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Mediation and Arbitration Committee, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups
2014-2020 Expert, Central Pharmaceutical Committee, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS)

Representative Matters

Represented Autoliv in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented LG Chem in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented Dongkook Pharmaceutical in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented Boryung Pharmaceutical in the litigations involving in-service invention, cancellation of the trial decision on patent invalidation and infringement upon trademark right
Represented Hanmi Pharmaceutical in a patent infringement dispute
Represented Autoliv in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented LG Chem in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented Yuhan Corporation in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented Dongkook Pharmaceutical in a patent infringement dispute and patent invalidation litigation
Represented Boryung Pharmaceutical in the litigations involving in-service invention, cancellation of the trial decision on patent invalidation and infringement upon trademark right
Represented Hanmi Pharmaceutical in a patent infringement dispute
Represented Chungho Nais in a patent infringement dispute and claim for damages
Represented LG Household & Health Care in patent invalidation litigation
Represented Industrial Bank of Korea in claims for damages, including a copyright infringement dispute
Represented Kook Soon Dang in a claim for damages
Represented Max Power in a claim brought by a former employee seeking compensation for invention
Represented S.M. Entertainment in patent invalidation litigation
Represented CJ O Shopping in a case to revoke the ban on the sale of certain products
Represented GNS Solitech in a patent infringement dispute
Represented Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers in a case seeking an injunction to protect trade secrets and enforce non-competes
Advised LG Display on the legal issues involving the trademark license agreement
Advised Hanmi Pharmaceutical on the use of a trademark registered in China
Advised Daewoong Pharm on responding to a patent invalidation trial
Advised Hyundai Pharm on the legal issues involving the exclusive distribution agreement and the collaborative development agreement
Advised KCC on the legal issues involving the development of decorative coatings
Advised LG Chem on responding to its patent infringement
Performed a study on the legislation of the patent linkage system on behalf of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Advised Seoul National University Hospital on responding to an invalidation trial

Education

1993 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1991 Korea University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Publications
Trademark Law Commentary (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2018)
Scope of Application of Subparagraph 1 (j) of Article 2 of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, Collection of Papers to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Patent Court: Special Issue of Patent Litigation Research, pp. 831-860 (Patent Court, 2018)
Trade Secret Protection Law (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2017)
Study of Precedents on Patent Disputes Vol. 3 (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2017)
Acquisition of Distinctiveness by Use of Trademarks with Grounds for Nullity of Registration, Journal of Industrial Property No. 48, pp. 43-72 (Korea Intellectual Property Society, 2015)
White Paper of Precedents on Patent Disputes Vol. 4 (Korean translation, original was written by 中山信弘) (Pakyoungsa, 2014)
Recent Precedents by the Supreme Court of Korea regarding Selection Invention of Medicines, Intellectual Property Serial No. 14, pp. 179-202 (Co-author, Korea Patent Attorneys Association, 2011)
Study of Several Issues relating to Acquisition of Recognition of Trademark as a Result of Use of It, Studies in Special Law Vol. 9, pp. 886-899 (Jurisdiction Development Foundation, 2011)
Analysis of the Supreme Court's Precedents regarding Determination of Similarity of Composite Marks, Studies in Special Law Vol. 9, pp. 709-740 (Jurisdiction Development Foundation, 2011)
Patent Law Commentary II (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2010)
Correction of Patent during Invalidation Trial of Patent, Patent Litigation Research Vol. 4, pp. 213-222 (Patent Court, 2008)
Research Society of Patent Court on Practical Affairs of Ligation on Intellectual Property (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2006)
Possibility of Trials on Grounds of Invalidation of Patents in Infringement Lawsuits, Intellectual Property 21 No. 91 (Patent Court, 2005)
Scope of Hearing in Patent Litigation for Cancellation of Trial Decision, Law & Technology No. 2, pp. 145-149 (Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology, 2005)
Study of Necessity to Repeal Trials to Declare Scope of Right, Patent Litigation Research Vo. 3, pp. 441-448 (Patent Court, 2005)
Awards
Chambers Asia-Pacific - Leading Lawyer (2018-2024)
Chambers Global - Leading Lawyer (2021-2022)
Who's Who Legal - Leading Practitioner (2020-2023)

Qualifications

2013 Patent Attorney (Korea)
1993 Korea

Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition