Kim & Chang

Intellectual Property; Games, Resorts & Entertainment; Japan; Intellectual Property Dispute; Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets; Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection; Employee Invention

Won Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang who provides legal advice for intellectual property (IP) transactions, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Mr. Kim has extensive experience in providing legal advice and representing clients in conventional IP cases, as well as in handling the increasingly common employee invention cases.

Since joining Kim & Chang in 2005, Mr. Kim has gained broad experience in providing in-depth legal advice across various industries, including semiconductors, electronics, TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications), gaming, and entertainment. Based on his prior experience as a trainee at TMI Associates in Japan before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim actively handles Japan-related work for our firm.

Korean, English and Japanese

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2005

University of San Diego, School of Law (LL.M., 2012)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2005)

Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (M.S., 1997)

Seoul National University (B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, 1995)