Attorney
Younghwa Yang
Practice Areas
Key Achievements
Corporate Advisory
- •Former) Member of the Industrial Technology Dispute Mediation Committee, Member of the Public Data Provision Dispute Mediation Committee, Expert Member of the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, Advisor to the Korea Publishing and Cultural Industry Promotion Agency, Member of the Broadcasting Promotion Fund Steering Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency, Personal Information Protection Certification (PIPL) Examiner, Seoul Design Foundation, Expert Counselor, Seoul Northern District Court, Mediator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Center
- •Currently) Registered as a copyright and trade secret attorney with the Korean Bar Association
- •Current) Non-Executive Auditor of Postal Financial Development Institute
- •(Current) Seoul Family Court Guardianship, Incheon Family Court Guardianship
- •Current) Member of the Content Dispute Mediation Committee, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
- •Current) Member of the Data Dispute Mediation Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT
- •Current) Expert member of Open Government Data Strategy Committee
- •現) Korean Copyright Commission Appraiser
- •Current) Member, Defense Industrial Technology Protection Working Group, Ministry of Defense
- •Currently) Member of the Survey Review Committee of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Ministry of Defense
- •Currently) Advisory Attorney, Trade Secret Protection Center, Korea Intellectual Property Information Center
- •2014 Small Business Administration Award for Technology Protection at the 15th Annual Small Business Technology Innovation Competition
- •2020 Attorney General Award Recognition
Intellectual Property
- •Drafting and advising on contracts related to content business, including broadcast writer's writing contracts, contracts between broadcast program production companies and staff, webtoon/web novel writing contracts, contracts for granting drama rights/film rights/musicalization rights of webtoon/web novel, drama/movie production contracts, exclusive writer contracts, etc.
- •Drafting and advising on various copyright-related agreements, including copyright assignment agreements, copyright license agreements, and publication/exclusive publishing rights agreements.
- •Represented a number of injunctions, including an injunction relating to the rights of a database creator in connection with the sale of used cars and an injunction against the publication of a book.
- •Represented clients in a number of copyright infringement cease and desist cases, including a claim for damages for infringement of program copyright, a claim for cease and desist for copyright infringement of a thesis, and a claim for damages for breach of a webtoon character use contract.
- •Representation of defendants in various criminal cases of copyright infringement, including representation of defendants for copyright infringement of advertising videos, criminal prosecution of developers of programs to disable technical protection devices, and representation of defendants for copyright infringement of books.
- •Represented cell phone manufacturing technology trade secret case in criminal prosecution and civil litigation
- •Represented criminal defense in trade secret case involving display (AMOLED) technology.
- •Represented criminal defense in trade secret case involving electric vehicle battery pack technology.
- •Represented civil defendant in trade secret case involving lipoprotein technology.
- •Represented criminal defense in trade secret case involving plumbing technology, including heat exchangers.
- •Criminal defense representation in trade secret case involving automatic podium technology
- •Represented civil defendant in trade secret case involving railcar component manufacturing technology.
- •Representation of creditors in debarment actions against advertisers
- •Representation of criminal defendants, civil defendants and debtors in advertising-related patent infringement cases
- •Represented client in numerous trade secret and patent cases, including criminal prosecution for patent infringement of a water-based cleaning device for TV parts.
- •Corporate security training
- •Represented a fishing rod-related trademark infringement case in commercial arbitration.
- •Represented J Brand in criminal and civil cases involving trademark infringement and unfair competition (single and multiple).
- •Preliminary injunction against trademark infringement in the restaurant industry
- •Advised foreign companies such as Company M on trademark management and trademark transfer agreements.
- •Represented a civil defendant in a case involving design rights and unfair competition for face masks.
- •Represented debtor in preliminary injunction case involving shoe design rights
- •Represented a debtor in an injunction case involving lighting design rights.
- •Criminal defense of apparel-related unfair competition (self-designation)
- •Represented a debtor in a trademark and unfair competition case related to LED beauty devices.
Qualifications
- Korean Bar (Korean Bar Association, Seoul District Bar Association)
Education
1994
- Graduated from Namnyeong High School, Jeju Island
2000
- Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Economics
Professional Career
2007
- Pass the 49th Bar Exam
2010
- Completed the 39th Judicial Institute
- Yumi Law Firm Attorney
2012
- Law Firm Happy Maru Attorney
2013
- Hyun Oh Attorney
2016
- Attorney Song Baek Song
Languages
Korean