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Kim & Chang
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea

Work Department

Intellectual Property Dispute; Litigation; Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense; Intellectual Property; Family, Trusts & Estates Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection

Career

Minjung Park is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. She practices primarily in the areas of litigation, arbitration and intellectual property.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Ms. Park served in the Korean judiciary for 13 years, first as a judge in Seoul and Uijeongbu district courts and later in the Patent Court. During her tenure as a judge, Ms. Park accumulated extensive experience in a wide range of civil, criminal, domestic and patent litigation.

As a patent attorney in the firm, Ms. Park is an expert on patents, trademarks and design protection law, and litigation.

Ms. Park was a Visiting Scholar at Duke University School of Law. She received her LL.M. with a degree in intellectual property law from the Korea University School of Law in 2007 and her LL.B. from Korea University College of Law in 1994. She attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2000. She is admitted to the Korean bar.

Languages

Korean and English

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2000

Education

School of Law, Duke University (Visiting Scholar, 2009)
School of Law, Korea University (LL.M., 2007)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2000)
College of Law, Korea University (LL.B., 1994)

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Minjung ParkKim & Chang

Kim & Chang continues to prove itself as an excellent adviser in all matters relating to IP, including copyrights, patents, trade secrets, domain names, and unfair competition. The team is led by managing partner Jay (Young-June) Yang, a ‘top tier lawyer’ with over 40 years of experience across all areas of IP law. Young Kim specialises in patent law and has extensive experience handling infringement cases, with key expertise in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors. Chul Hwan Jung stands out for his work on various IP matters within the firm’s mechanical practice, alongside Won Kim, who regularly handles IP matters relating to IT, trade secrets, and entertainment industries. Having previously served as a judge in the IP High Court, Minjung Park brings her expertise to patent litigation and is especially recommended for trademark cases. Other key exceptional members of the team include In Hwan Kim, Monica Hyon Kyong Leeu, Kang Kwan, and associate Jongmin Lee.