Jay (Young-June) Yang > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Jay (Young-June) Yang
Work Department
Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Dispute; Trademark; Patent & Utility Model; Game, Resort & Entertainment; Product Liability & Consumer Claims; Industrial Security and Export Control; Japan (IP); France (IP); China (IP); Border Measures; International IP Disputes
Career
Jay (Young-June) Yang is an attorney at Kim & Chang with over 40 years of experience in all areas of intellectual property practice, including patent, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret and entertainment.
Mr. Yang is the leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. He has extensive experience in patent, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property litigation, including Korea’s Patent Court cases and Korea Trade Commission cases. He has also handled several landmark cases involving copyright infringement or unfair competition. He has represented many multinational clients in various industries including the electronics, IT, pharmaceutical, chemical, health care, food, consumer products and luxury industries. He also has extensive experience in all areas of entertainment law, including entertainment licensing, entertainment contract negotiation and preparation. He speaks English and Japanese fluently, and his clientele include US, European and Japanese companies.
He also has significant experience in intellectual property transactions such as technology licensing and other intellectual property licensing, franchising, and intellectual property due diligence.
He is a member of the Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Korean Patent Attorneys Association.
He has been consistently recognized in various peer-based directories and rankings, including Chambers Global, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, Managing Intellectual Property, and World Trademark Review 1000, as a leading IP attorney. Mr. Yang is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). He served as a chair of the East Asia & Pacific sub-committee in 2012-2013 and also served as the chair of the INTA’s Famous & Well-Known Marks Committee (FWKMC) in 2016-2017.
Mr. Yang is admitted to practice in Korea and New York.
Languages
Korean, English and Japanese
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1977; New York, 1986
Education
University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1985)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1977)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1977)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms South Korea
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