Yoon & Yang LLC

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• 2018-present Yoon & Yang LLC
• 2025-present Member, Industrial Property Rights Legislation Advisory Committee, Ministry of Intellectual Property
• 2025-present Member, Judicial Administration Advisory Committee, Intellectual Property High Court
• 2025-present President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• 2025-present Director, Intellectual Property Training Institute, Seoul Bar Association
• 2023-present Member, Researcher Rights Protection Committee under the Ministry of Science and ICT
• 2020-present Mediator, Patent Court
• 2019-present Arbitrator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board
• 2019-present Head, Technology Infringement Investigation Advisory Group, Ministry of SMEs and Startups
• 2018-present Member, Special Committee of Judiciary Assessment, Seoul Bar Association
• 2018-present Member, International/SME/Venture Sub-Advisory Committee, KOSDAQ Association
• 2017-present Lecturer, Course for technical investigators/technical examiners at the Judicial Research and Training Institute
• 2017-present Lecturer, Courses on litigations regarding intellectual property rights at the Judicial Research and Training Institute
• 2009-present Member, Civil Law Research Society, Special Law Research Society, Patent Law Society and Information Law Society of the Supreme Court
• 2023-25 Senior Vice President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• 2021-25 Member, Industrial Property Rights Legislation Advisory Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office
• 2021-23 Director, Korean Arbitrators Association, Inc.
• 2018 Member, Editorial Board of the Collection of Papers Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Patent Court
• 2017-21 Commissioner, Personal Information Protection Commission under the Presidential Office (vice minister level)
• 2017-18 Member, Task force for International Trial Division of the Supreme Court
• 2017 Government delegate, 27th meeting of WIPO SCP at Geneva
• 2016-17 Advanced Intellectual Property Strategy Program of KAIST Graduate School of Future Strategy (1st -4th classes)
• 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 Member, Task Force for Research on Justification of Patent Lawsuit under the Office of Court Administration
• 2015 Member of steering committee, Judges’ Council of Seoul High Court (Representative of 26th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute)
• 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)
• 2009-10 Judicial Researcher, Supreme Court (Intellectual Property Right Team)
• 2008-09 Judge, Seoul High Court
• 2007-08 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court
• 2006 Government delegate, Vienna Conference of the UNCITRAL Working Group 2
• 2006-09 International Litigation and Arbitration Team, International Rules Society of the Supreme Court
• 2004-07 Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
• 2002-04 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
• 2000-02 Judge, Incheon District Court
• 1997-00 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force

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Admitted to bar, Korea (1994)
Admitted to patent bar, Korea (2018)

• 2024 Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health (Advanced Program, The Future of Bio Health and Regulatory Science)
• 2015 Seoul National University College of Engineering (Advanced Construction Project Management Program)
• 2014 Seoul National University College of Engineering (Advanced Industrial Strategy Program)
• 2013 Seoul National University (Professional Legal Research Program, Fair Trade)
• 2008 University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)
• 1997 Judicial Research and Training Institute
• 1992 Korea University College of Law (LL.B.)