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Having become licensed in 2021, Ms. Yeonwoo Lee is a Korean patent attorney at LEE & MOCK IP with extensive experience in intellectual property law. Her practice focuses on domestic and international intellectual property matters, particularly in the areas of trademarks and designs.
Ms. Lee handles a broad range of trademark and design matters, including domestic and international filings, registrability reviews, information submissions, oppositions, trial proceedings before the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board, litigation before the Intellectual Property High Court, and domain name disputes. She also provides advisory services on trademark, design, and copyright infringement, unfair competition matters, customs appraisal of suspected infringing goods, copyright registration and management, and license agreement review.
By taking into account the commercial practices and market circumstances of each industry, Ms. Lee provides practical advice on pre-filing risk assessment, Office Action responses, rights maintenance, and dispute resolution, helping clients secure and protect their intellectual property rights.
EDUCATION
- Seoul National University (B.S. in Food and Nutrition, 2018)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- LEE & MOCK IP (2022-Present)
- HAEUM Patent & Law Firm (2021-2022)
ADMISSION
- Patent Attorney, Republic of Korea (2021)
LANGUAGES
- English, Korean
KEY ACTIVITIES
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Handled a full range of trademark matters, including trademark searches, filings, trial proceedings, and dispute responses, for local governments and universities, as well as major companies across various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, health and beauty, entertainment and digital content, finance and IT, industrial materials, construction and interior materials, and food service and distribution.
- Handled domestic trademark dispute-related matters, including information submissions, oppositions, and trials and litigation, for clients such as a U.S. biotechnology company, a fashion and accessories company holding a global bag brand, a leading Korean food company, a global lighting company, and an international sports event-related organization.
- Handled overseas trademark dispute matters, including oppositions, invalidation actions, and appeals against refusal decisions in China, Vietnam and other jurisdictions, for clients such as a Korean construction and interior materials company and a leading Korean health and beauty platform.
- Handled domain name dispute mediation proceedings and domain name acquisition negotiations in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.
- Prepared infringement opinions for a semiconductor equipment company in connection with trademark infringement, and for a household goods company in connection with trademark, design, copyright infringement and unfair competition issues.
- Handled customs appraisal and customs clearance suspension matters involving suspected infringing goods for a global cosmetics company.