Practice Areas of KASAN

We specialize in intellectual property matters, including patent, utility model, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition dispute, and licensing of technology. Further we have regularly assisted our clients on business law issues and represented our client in legal disputes regarding their business interest before courts, government agencies, arbitration board, police, etc.

Litigation, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution 

Our firm represents clients on a regular basis in regard to warning letters, preliminary or permanent injunctions, damage compensation, and criminal action. Our patent litigation team consists of an attorney at law as litigator, patent attorneys and patent engineers with specific technological backgrounds. The attorneys at KASAN have a great deal of experience in IP disputes at the IP Tribunal of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). KASAN has been dealing with numerous IP disputes, which makes them the right choice as a strategic mediator in this area. We provide search services of the prior art for patents, registered trademarks, designs, and we have expertise in analyzing the prior art and providing expert opinions on the availability of registration or the possibility of infringement.

IP Management Services 

Within KASAN, a separate IPMC (the Intellectual Property Management & Consulting Company) provides maintenance services for patents, trademarks and designs. We have helped our clients pay annuities, record changes and transfers, and others. And Kasan's licensing attorney had worked for many years in the largest corporation in Korea–Samsung–dealing with licensing matters. With the extensive knowledge and deep insight into Korean industry we offer, our clients are guaranteed to secure both suitable partnerships and a firm customer channel. We also provide Intellectual Property evaluation services, including due diligence, validity studies, liability checks and assessment of IP rights in Korea.

Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Domain Name Disputes 

Our services extend to the areas of unfair competition prevention and trade secret protection. Under the Korea Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, we advise clients on the best strategy to protect valuable information or new technologies that are not covered by patent system. Our practices cover the prevention of unfair competition by third parties. We also help clients in preparing and filing copyright registration applications and often represent clients in mediation procedure before the Korea Copyright Commission for Mediation and Conciliation or in litigation before courts. And we advise clients regarding domain name disputes, internet or e-commerce issues.

IP Prosecutions 

- Patents and Utility Models
We have years of experience in drafting patent specifications, translating foreign language specifications into Korean versions, preparing patent applications, filing and prosecuting patent applications before the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Covering all technological areas, our members are organized into three working groups: Electrical and Electronics team, Mechanical and Metallurgical team and Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological team. Each team consists of patent attorneys and patent engineers with technical backgrounds.

• Mechanical and Metallurgical group: mechanical devices, precision machinery, automobiles, metallurgy, and materials science
• Electrical and Electronics group: electrical, electronics, semiconductor, computer software, business methods, information technology, communications, and displays
• Chemical and Biotechnological group: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, biotechnology, textiles, and polymers

- Trademarks and Designs
We understand the essential role of trademarks in today's business world. Our experienced trademark attorneys and staff offer the most cost effective and practical approaches to resolving the trademark-related problems our clients face. We provide a trademark search service based on the largest databases in Korea and expert opinions on the availability of the trademark in the Korean market, and on the registration of the subject trademark. We have a wealth of experience in preparing, filing, prosecuting trademark and design applications before the Korean Intellectual Property Office. We also have extensive experience in the areas of oppositions, invalidation trials and cancellation trials.