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Mr Taeck Soo KWON

82.23404.0310 taecksoo.kwon@bkl.co.kr

Work Department

Intellectual Property Right Infringement Lawsuits

Position

Attorney Taeck Soo KWON is a partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. He is the head of IP Team at BKL and is in charge of IP litigation and advice. He began his career as judge in 1986. He worked as judge in several courts and also served as research judge at the Supreme Court and as chief presiding judge at the Patent Court. He resigned from judiciary after serving as presiding judge at the Seoul High Court and joined BKL in March 2014.

Career

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC(2014-present), Director, Korea Intellectual Property Society(2020-present), Member, Hearing Manual Review Committee, Patent Court of(2018-present), Member, Practice Area Registration Review Committee(2016-present), Arbitrator, Patent Court of Korea(2016-present), Member, Advisory Committee for Intellectual Property Policy, Korean Intellectual Property Office(2015-2017), Member, IP Hub Court Promotion Committee, Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea(2015–2016), Member, Judicial Administration Advisory Committee, Patent Court(2014-present), First President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association(2014-present), Adjunct Professor (in Patent Practice), Korea University Law School(2014-present), Panel & Presiding Judge in Korea Mock Trial of Korea-US IP Judicial Conference(2013.10),  President, Court Intellectual Property Community(2012-2014), Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (division handling litigation involving intellectual property, 2012-2014),  
 Chief Presiding Judge, Patent Court(2011-2012),  Presiding Judge, Cheongju Court Division, Daejeon High Court(2010-2011), Chief Presiding Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court(2008-2010), Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court(2006-2008), Presiding Judge, Northern Branch of Seoul District Court(2003-2006), Research Judge, Supreme Court (head of intellectual property right group, 1999-2003), Judge, Patent Court(1998-1999)
 Judge, Seoul High Court(1997-1998), Judge, Northern Branch of Seoul District Court(1994-1997), Judge, Suwon District Court(1991-1994), Judge, Daejeon District Court(1990-1991),  Judge, Hongsung Branch of Daejeon District Court(1989-1990),  udge, Daejeon District Court(1986-1989), Lecturer (in Patent Act, Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc.) at Judicial Research and Training Institute, Intellectual Property Training Institute (Korean Bar Association), Korea University, Hanyang University, and Graduate School of Legal Affairs of Kyung Hee University(1986-1989), Lecturer in Patent Litigation Practice at Korean and Seoul Bar Associations, and Korea Patent Attorneys Association(1986-1989), Question Designer & Scoring Panel for 1st and 2nd Patent Attorney Examinations(1986-1989)

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

Korean and Seoul Bar Associations

Education

Waseda University, Japan(1996.3-1997.2)
Seoul National University Law School(1978)