Mr Dongju Kwon > Yoon & Yang LLC > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Mr Dongju Kwon

82 2 6003 7572 djkwon@yoonyang.com

Work Department

Intellectual Property, General Litigation, International Arbitration and Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

2018-present / Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC
2019-present / Mediator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board
2018-present / Member, Special Committee of Judiciary Assessment, Seoul Bar Association
2018-present / Member, Gyeongsang-namdo Strategic Project Planning Committee
2018-present / Member, International/SME/Venture Sub-Advisory Committee, KOSDAQ Association
2018 / Member, Editorial Board of the Collection of Papers Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Patent Court
2017-18 / Member, Task force for International Trial Division of the Supreme Court
2017-present / Lecturer, Course for technical investigators/technical examiners at the Judicial Research and Training Institute
2017-present / Commissioner, Personal Information Protection Commission under the Presidential Office (vice minister level)
2017-present / Lecturer, Courses on litigations regarding intellectual property rights at the Judicial Research and Training Institute
2017 / Government delegate, 27th meeting of WIPO SCP at Geneva
2016-18 / Head of Intellectual Property Team (consisting of 25 judges specialized in intellectual property), International Rules Society of the Supreme Court
2016-18 / Judge, Patent Court (collegiate court dedicated to invalidation and infringement of patent, etc.)
2016-17 / Lecturer, Advanced Intellectual Property Strategy Program of KAIST Graduate School of Future Strategy (1st -4th classes)
2016 / Member, Task Force for Research on Justification of Patent Lawsuit under the Office of Court Administration
2015 / Advanced Construction Project Management Program of Seoul National University College of Engineering (12th)
2015 / Member of steering committee, Judges’ Council of Seoul High Court (Representative of 26th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute)
2014 / Advanced Industrial Strategy Program of Seoul National University College of Engineering (52nd)
2012-14 / Judge, Seoul High Court [collegiate court dedicated to international transactions (insurance, marine affairs)]
2010-12 / Chairman, Chungju Election Commission
2010-12 / Chief Judge, Chungju Branch of Cheongju District Office (Presiding Judge, Civil/Criminal/Family Affairs/Application Collegiate Division)
2009-present / Member, Civil Law Research Society, Special Law Research Society, Patent Law Society and Information Law Society of the Supreme Court
2009-10 / Judicial Researcher, Supreme Court (Intellectual Property Right Team)
2008-09 / Judge, Seoul High Court (Criminal Division)
2007-08 / Judge, Seoul Southern District Court (Civil Affairs/Tenders Division)
2006-09 / International Litigation and Arbitration Team, International Rules Society of the Supreme Court
2006 / Government delegate, Vienna Conference of the UNCITRAL Working Group
2004-07 / Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court (Warrant Issuance/Civil Affairs Division)
2002-04 / Judge, Seoul Central District Court (Criminal Appeal/Civil Affairs Division)
2000-02 / Judge, Incheon District Court (Civil Collegiate/Criminal Collegiate/Civil Application Collegiate Division)
1997-00 / Judge Advocate, Korean Air Force
1997 / Completed the 26th Class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute
1994 / Passed 36th Korean Bar Examination

Languages

Korean, English, German

Education

2013 / Seoul National University, Professional Legal Resaerch Program (Fair Trade)
2008 / University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M.
1992 / Korea University College of Law, LL.B.