IP Expert

Overview

Mr. Jeong Yeol Choe is the most senior partner at Yulchon’s
IP & Technology Group. Mr. Choe directly represents
clients for civil, administrative and criminal cases relating
to intellectual property, as well as general litigation.
Before joining Yulchon, Mr. Choe served as a judge for
21 years, including at the Patent Court of Korea and at
several district courts.
Mr. Choe authored the trademark section of the Patent Trial
Practice Guidelines and co-authored Unfair Competition
Prevention Law (2015) and other books, such as “New
Principles of Patent Law” and “Entertainment Law.” He
also published many articles covering various areas of IP
law, information technology, and entertainment. Mr. Choe
served as a lecturer at various institutions, including the
Judicial Research and Training Institute, where he lectured
IP topics to trainees, attorneys, and judges.
In addition, Mr. Choe has served on the following
committees and organizations:
• member of the board of bar examiners for the Korean
Patent Bar;
• expert appraiser at the Korean Copyright Commission;
• active arbitrator at the Korean Commercial Arbitration
Board;
• former President of the Korean Intellectual Property
Lawyers’ Association (KIPLA); and
• commissioner at the Personal Information Protection
Commission (PIPC) (an independent commission under
the jurisdiction of the President).
Lastly, he has been recognized as a leading lawyer by
Chambers, MIP, Legal 500, IAM Patent, Asia, Asia Business
Law Journal, and World Trademark Review.