Intellectual Property; Patents & Utility Models ㆍ Employee Invention; Copyright; Trade SecretsㆍIndustrial TechnologyㆍBusiness Information Protection; Unfair Trade PracticesㆍCustoms Clearance; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; New Technologies & New Industries; R&D; Constitutional & Administrative Litigation; Media Disputes; Legislation & Public Policy; IP Litigation; Entertainment, Sports & Leisure; Game & E-Sports

Partner

Ms. So Young Lee is a partner in the IP & Technology Team, and mainly advises and represents clients in IP/ICT and R&D issues. While providing advice and representation to the leading entertainment, ICT, and media companies in Korea, she has covered legal issues related to the media, ICT and entertainment industry, such as copyright and IP right, personal information, and FinTech.

She is one of the few attorneys in Korea who has provided advice and representation on legal issues related to national R&D projects, such as sanctions including restriction on participation, royalty, fraud and misconduct in research, trade secret infringement, and joint cross-border research. She has also been involved in various projects and committees to reform laws, regulations and systems related to national R&D projects.

She is also actively engaged in alleviation and reformation of the regulations by participating in various committees and giving advice on matters such as reformation of the existing administrative regulations, enhancement of the legal system, and granting of regulatory exceptions especially in the areas of science and technology which does not have an established legal system yet, such as autonomous driving and artificial intelligence, as well as new industries such as the sharing economy.

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2002

Yonsei University (LL.B., 1998)