Mr Sang-yong Lee > Yoon & Lee > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Yoon & Lee Offices
3RD FL. ACE HIGHEND TOWER-5
3RD FL. 226, GASAN DIGITAL 1-RO, GEUMCHEON-GU
SEOUL 08502
South Korea
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Mr Sang-yong Lee
Work Department
Trademark & Design
Position
Senior Partner Patent Attorney
Career
Sang-Yong Lee has 30 years of in-depth experience working within the intellectual property protection area. Specifically, he has served as a trademark examiner in the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and as a trial examiner for trademark and design disputes on the Korean Patent Tribunal. During his position as an examiner he attended the professional training program at Mark & Clerk in the UK in 1994 and was further appointed as a Patent Attaché of the Korean Representative to the European Union in 2002.
In 2009, Mr. Lee was named as a director of the Research and Analysis Division at the Korean Institute of Patent Information, an affiliated public institute of KIPO, where his sophisticated knowledge was instrumental in leading the division to provide effective prior art searches and IPC headings both for the public and private sectors. He was also elected to the position of Secretary General of the Korean Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA) in 2012, where he was actively involved in coordinating a number of plans and projects for supporting KPAA committees and institutes outside the Association.
Mr. Lee is a partner in our firm and takes overall responsibility for all trademark and design matters including prosecution, management, defense, litigation, opposition, and cancellation proceedings.
Languages
Korean, English
Memberships
Korean Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA)
World Intellectual Property Association of Korean Practitioners (WIPA)
Education
Jeonnam National University, B. A. Public Administration
Institute of Social Studies in Netherlands, Diploma in International Relations
Chungnam National University, M. A. Intellectual Property Law
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms
(Hall of Fame: PATMA)With a team that is ‘very knowledgeable both in domestic and overseas jurisdictions’, Yoon & Lee is a well-regarded patent prosecution firm, regularly active for both domestic and international clients. The firm is home to experts in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, mechanics, and cosmetics, among others. The ‘extremely responsive and reliable’ team is especially skilled at handling trademark and design infringement cases. Dong-yol Yoon, managing partner and founder of the firm, has almost four decades of experience navigating the IP landscape, and has a focus on the chemistry and biotech sectors. Sang-yong Lee is in charge of the trademark and design team, while Byeong-ok Song focusses on matters within the mechanical sector. Ji-man Park heads the telecommunications division within the firm and is recommended for IP matters relating to major electronic companies. Other prominent members of the team include Yong-won Lee, who is at the forefront of the standard patent team, and Seong-ki Kim, a US attorney and Korean patent attorney, who joined from Lee & Ko in 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame: PATMA South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms South Korea