Wonil Kim

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

IP Compliance

TMT

Healthcare

Antitrust & Competition

Career

Wonil Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main areas of practice include intellectual property, anti-trust, broadcasting, information & telecommunications, and bioindustry.

Mr. Kim has lectured as a professor at the Patent Training Institute of the Seoul Bar Association and has served as a member of the Competition Policy Advisory Board for the Korea Fair Trade Commission. Mr. Kim currently is an arbitrator for international arbitrations at the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. After graduating from Seoul National University College of Law, he received his LL.M. from University of Washington School of Law.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (1994)

Publications

Korea Chapter, Copyright, Chambers Global Practice Guide, Chambers and Partners (Co-author, 2021-2023)

Korea Chapter, Trade Secrets, Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners (Co-author, 2020-2023)

Brand and reputation management for general counsel in South Korea, The In-House Lawyer, Legalease (Co-author, 2020)

Korea Chapter, Defence & Security Procurement, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2017-2020)

Korea Chapter, Intellectual Property & Antitrust, Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2015-2018)

The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2013-2017)

Bridging the gap, Asia Fintech Special Focus, International Financial Law Review (Co-author, 2017)

Accelerating growth, Asia-Pacific Fintech Special Focus, International Financial Law Review (Co-author, 2016)

Regulation of personal information in new fields, IP & TMT Personal information and patent IP technology update, Asian-Mena Counsel, Pacific Business Press (Co-author, 2016)

Korea Chapter, The Energy Regulation and Markets Review, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2015)

Korea Chapter, Data Protection & Privacy, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research Co-author, 2015)

Korea Chapter, Public Procurement, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2015)

Korea Chapter, Intellectual Property Law Guide, LexisNexis (Co-author, 2014)

Securing the cloud, IP & TMT chapter, Asialaw Korea Annual Review, IFLR (Co-author, 2013)

When do counterfeit sales cause confusion?, International Briefings, Managing Intellectual Property (Co-author, 2013)

Prohibition against Former Employee’s Competition or Employment with Competitor for Trade Secret Protection and Necessity of Compensation, Human Rights and Justice (2011)

Overview and Trends of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law in Korea, The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review (2007)

New Weight Class in Korea, The Securities-related Class Action Act, Asian Counsel (2005)

Reinforced Regulations on Spam Mail, asialaw (2005)

Right of Publicity, Korean Lawyers Association Journal (2003)

Languages Spoken

Korean and English

Work Highlights

Advised on KFTC’s patent abuse and antitrust investigation against a manufacturer of semiconductors for mobile communications

Represented a client in a patent dispute over multivalent pneumonia vaccination

Represented a client in a claim for compensation for employee invention related to 3D NAND flash memory manufacture process

Experience

2003-present: Yoon & Yang LLC

2020-present: Commissioner, Intellectual Property Training Institute Steering Committee, Korean Bar Association

2017-present: Sole Arbitrator, International Matters, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

2017-present: Legal Advisor, Korea Drug Development Fund (formerly Investment Deliberation, Korea Drug Development Fund)

2016-present: Civil Affairs Mediator, Patent Court

2016-present: Director, Korea Patent Attorney Association

2015-present: Commissioner, Internet Law System Forum, Korea Internet & Security Agency

2014-present: Legal Advisor, Personal Information Protection Commission

2012-present: Advisor, Legal Advisory Panel on International Investment and Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Justice

2009-present: Director, Korea Industrial Property Law Association

2015-21: Vice Chairperson, Korea Intellectual Property Lawyers Association

2020-21: Vice Chairman, Korean Arbitrators Association

2011-13: Investment Deliberation Commissioner, Korea Drug Development Fund (formerly Investment Deliberation, Korea Drug Development Fund)

2008-09: Outside Director, Ilsung Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

2005-07: Member of Competition Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2004-07: Professor, Patent Law Research and Study Center, Seoul Bar Association

1998-03: Yoon & Partners

1996-98: Shimin Law Firm, Seoul, Korea

1994-96: Judge, Incheon District Court

Clients

SK hynix, SK Innovation, Hyundai Motros

Education