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Heon LEE
IP Litigation
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Heon Lee joined Lee & Ko's IP Group in 2021 after a distinguished 15-year career as a judge in the Korean court system. While serving the Patent Court as a judge, and the Supreme Court as a research judge, he contributed to establishing many leading IP cases in the areas of patent, trademark, design, copyright, and unfair competition.
学歴
| 2016 | Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law - Ph.D. in Law |
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| 2014 | George Washington University Law School - Visiting Scholar |
| 2005 | Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law - Master of Law |
| 2003 | Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2000 | Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B. |
経歴
| 2021-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2019-2021 | Changwon District Court, Presiding Judge |
| 2016-2019 | Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (Intellectual Property) |
| 2012-2016 | Patent Court, Judge |
| 2009-2012 | Namwon Branch Court, Jeonju District Court, Judge |
| 2006-2009 | Daegu District Court, Judge |
| 2003-2006 | Judge Advocate Officer, Korean Army |
言語
| Korean, English and Japanese |
受賞実績
| 2026 | Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, Litigation Star - Intellectual Property |
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| 2026 | World Trademark Review 1000, Bronze rank - Enforcement and Litigation |
| 2025 | World Trademark Review 1000, Bronze rank - Enforcement and Litigation |
| 2025 | Asialaw Leading Lawyers, Notable Practitioner - Intellectual Property |
| 2024 | World Trademark Review 1000, Silver rank - Enforcement and Litigation |
著書/活動
- 「A Study on Determination of Inventive Steps」(2017)
- 「IP Litigation Practice Ⅲ」(2014), co-author
- 「IP Litigation Practical Handbook Ⅱ」(2020), co-author
- 「ONJU's Patent Law Commentary」(2017), co-author
- 「ONJU's Design Protection Act Commentary」(2020), co-author
- 「A Study on the Authorship of Employee-Created Computer Programs」, Master's Thesis, Seoul National University Graduate School of Law(2005)
- 「A Study on Determination of Inventive Steps」, Ph.D.'s Thesis, Seoul National University Graduate School of Law(2016)
- 「Criteria for Specifying Charges Against Criminal Patent Infringement」, Supreme Court Case Commentary Issue No. 108 (2016)
- 「Criteria for Determining Novelty and Inventive Step for Selection Inventions」, Supreme Court Case Commentary Issue No. 112 (2017)
- 「Positive Requirements in the Doctrine of Equivalents」, Supreme Court Case Commentary Issue No. 116 (2018)
- 「Claiming Abuse of Rights in Design Infringement Cases」, Supreme Court Case Commentary Issue No. 118 (2019)
- 「Protection of TV Formats Under the Copyright Law」, Juris Issue No. 43 (2018)
- 「Identifying Distinctive Trademarks Containing Well-Known Geographical Names」, Juris Issue No. 46 (2018)
- 「Method Claims and Patent Exhaustion」, Juris Issue No. 48 (2019)
- 「A Study on Protection of Ideas」, Law & Technology Vol. 6 No. 1 (2010)
- 「Secondary Liability of Online Service Providers Relating to Copyright Infringement」, Law & Technology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2020)
- 「Criteria for Distinguishing Between Independent Claims and Dependent Claims」, IP Litigation Research Issue No. 7 (2017)
- 「A Study on the Creativity Requirements in the Design Protection Act」, Supreme Court Law Review Issue No. 71 (2020)
- 「Liability for Damages Relating to Reduction of the Original Drug Price After the Market Entry of Generic Medicines」, Special Law Review Issue No. 17 (2020)
- 「Protection of TV Formats Under the Copyright Law」, Supreme Court Law Journal Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)
- 「Method Claims and Patent Exhaustion」, Supreme Court Law Journal Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019)
- Main Issues on Inventive Step for Inventions - Judicial Research and Training Institute (2019, 2020)
- Main Issues on IP Criminal Cases - Judicial Research and Training Institute (2020)
- Patent Litigation Practice(Novelty, Inventive Step) - Judicial Research and Training Institute (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- International IP Court Conference attendance as a Speaker (2015, 2020)
- Litigation for Cancellation of a Tribunal Decision Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal (2012)
- Patent Litigation Practice Korean Patent Attorney Association (2012, 2013, 2015)
- IP Litigation Practice Korean Patent Attorney Association (2016)
- Inventive Step Determination for Inventions Seoul Bar Association (2016, 2018, 2020)
- Decision-Explanation on Novelty and Inventive Step Requirement – Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal (2021)
