Criminal (Industrial Technology, Trade Secrets)
Yulchon has a team of professionals including an attorney who was formerly head of a patent crime investigation division of the court as well as attorneys who come from the police and the prosecution, providing best solutions to clients based on cooperation with the IP & Technology team of the firm.
Introduction
Criminal patent or intellectual property cases have traditionally been limited to patent rights and trade secret infringements. Such scope, however, is expanding due to recent changes including amendments to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, rising technology disputes between large companies and SMEs, discreet infringements of trade names and know-how, and Industrial Revolution 4.0, which is drawing attention of the media and the people. Therefore, it is now important to minimize risks for companies from early stages of an investigation, whereas in the past, criminal patent cases used to be settled simply by agreement between parties. Yulchon has a team of professionals including the former head of the patent crime investigation division of a district court as well as attorneys with deep interest in intellectual property who come from the police and the prosecution. The team provides best solutions by working closely with the firm’s IP & Technology team depending on the area of expertise required by the case at hand.
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