Ms. Jeong Eun KIM is a partner at D&A LLC. Her practice is primarily focused on Intellectual Property, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Entertainment (Game, Sports, Etc.), and Bio & Healthcare.

Ms. Kim primarily deals with patent trademark design copyright and other intellectual property rights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and civil and criminal lawsuits related to personal information. After graduating summa cum laude from Yonsei University with a Bachelor of Engineering in biotechnology, she obtained her law degree from Yonsei University Law School, passed the Korean bar, and worked for IP law firms and law firms specializing in intellectual property rights. With her engineering background, Ms. Kim provides optimal legal solutions to technology disputes for both domestic and foreign businesses, and lectures annually on intellectual property law for engineers at the graduate school of Yonsei University based on her extensive experience.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2013)
• Admitted to Patent Bar, Korea (2013)

Education

• Yonsei University Law School (JD, 2013)
• College of Engineering, Yonsei University (Summa Cum Laude, BS, 2010)
• Ewha Womans University High School (2005)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2016-Present)
• Attorney, KANGHO Attorneys at Law (2014-2016)
• Attorney, YOU ME Patent & Law Firm (2013-2014)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Represented a company that supplied proprietary goods to a patent licensee to conduct a patent infringement lawsuit
• Represented a patentee in a lawsuit for patent infringement of a mobile application
• Represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in cases involving patent infringement, confirmation of the scope of rights, invalidation trials, and litigation
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in a trademark registration invalidation lawsuit
• Represented a food manufacturer in a trademark transfer claim case
• Represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in cases involving trademark infringement, confirmation of the scope of rights, invalidation trials, and litigation
• Represented a toy manufacturer in a case involving the confirmation of the scope of design rights
• Advised a machinery manufacturer on the Design Protection Act
• Represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in cases involving design rights infringement, confirmation of the scope of rights, invalidation trials, and litigation
• Represented a golf design company in criminal and civil cases involving copyright infringement
• Represented a specialty coffee shop operator in a copyright infringement lawsuit related to in-store music reproduction
• Advised a game developer on the Copyright Act
• Represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in criminal and civil cases involving copyright infringement
• Represented a mobile application developer in criminal and civil cases involving non-compete agreements and trade secret infringement
• Conducted criminal cases for trade secret infringement related to semiconductor technology
• Conducted criminal cases for trade secret infringement related to GPS technology
• Advised pharmaceutical companies on trade secret infringement under the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act
• Represented an auto parts manufacturer in a case involving unfair competition practices
• Represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in criminal and civil cases involving trade secret infringement and unfair competition practices
• Responded to the Personal Information Protection Commission’s disposition regarding violations of the Personal Information Protection Act by an online shopping mall operator
• Advised numerous domestic and foreign companies on the Personal Information Protection Act
• Provided intellectual property due diligence and advisory services in proceedings involving M&A and investments for domestic and foreign companies

• Commercialisation of Healthcare in South Korea: Overview (Co-author, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, 2021)