What we do

Practices

DAOM IP Law Firm handles intellectual property, and DAOM Law Firm handles litigation and legal matters. We take on matters in every field, from filing to disputes, and are especially strong in trademarks and designs for fashion and beauty brands and in AI and data patents.

DAOM IP Law Firm

Intellectual Property

We handle patents, trademarks, designs and copyright in every field, with particular experience in trademarks and designs for fashion and beauty brands and in AI and data patents.

Key strengths

Trademark

Trademarks

From clearance at the naming stage to post-registration management and disputes, we cover the full life of a brand, with extensive experience with fashion and beauty brands in Korea and abroad.

  • Trademark law lecturer for the patent attorney exam
  • Author of a trademark law commentary
  • Clearance searches and registrability opinions before filing
  • Korean filings, office action responses, oppositions and trials
  • Filings in the U.S., China, Japan, Europe and under the Madrid Protocol
  • Infringement and unfair competition response, including warning letters
  • Brand-related contract review and dispute negotiation in Korea and abroad
  • Portfolio management for consumer brands such as beauty and fashion
  • Trademark valuation

Lead attorneyPARK Young Long, Patent Attorney

Design

Designs

We turn product shapes and appearances into registered rights and defend them against copies, with particular experience in fashion goods, beauty devices and cosmetic packaging.

  • Member, Trademark and Design Subcommittee, KPAA-KIPO Policy Council
  • Prior design searches and registrability opinions before launch
  • Filing strategies using partial designs and related designs
  • Design drawings and grace-period (novelty exception) claims
  • Filings in the U.S., China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and under the Hague Agreement
  • Design infringement, trials and disputes

Lead attorneyLEE Tae Gyu, Patent Attorney; PARK Young Long, Patent Attorney

AI & Data Patent

AI & Data Patents

A patent attorney with a statistics degree and the SAS Certified Advanced Programmer credential works through the AI and data technology first, then turns the core of the invention into claims.

  • Statistics major
  • SAS Certified Advanced Programmer
  • Data attribute evaluator for data valuation
  • AI inventions including machine learning, deep learning and big data
  • Platform, business method (BM), online and mobile service inventions
  • IT inventions in data security, video analytics and blockchain
  • Also: devices such as beauty devices, medical devices and mobile accessories
  • Patent valuation and data valuation (data attribute evaluation)

Lead attorneyLEE Tae Gyu, Patent Attorney

Scope of work

Scope

Creating IP

  • Developing ideas into inventions
  • Registrability and infringement analysis
  • Filing and registration

Protecting IP

  • Disputes, trials and litigation
  • Warning letters
  • Negotiation

Leveraging IP

  • R&D support
  • Technology valuation and appraisal
  • Technology certification
  • Technology transfer

Business Consulting

  • Building IP portfolios
  • Brand and IP contract review
  • Public and private support programs
  • Branding, design and BM support

How it works

Process
  1. 01

    Consultation

    We review your brand, product or invention and your business timeline.

  2. 02

    Search & assessment

    We search prior marks, designs or art and recommend whether and how to file.

  3. 03

    Drafting & filing

    We design the scope of protection, draft the application and file after your review.

  4. 04

    Prosecution

    We analyze office actions and respond with arguments and amendments.

  5. 05

    Registration & care

    We handle registration fees, renewals, monitoring and enforcement.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What areas does DAOM IP Law Firm handle?

We handle the full range of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. We have particular experience with trademarks and designs for fashion and beauty brands and with patents in AI and data, platforms and business methods, and IT, and we also handle devices such as beauty and medical devices.

Can you file trademarks and designs outside Korea?

Yes. We file in major jurisdictions including the U.S., China, Japan and Europe, and through the Madrid Protocol and the Hague Agreement, working with local counsel in each country.

Do you also handle IP disputes and litigation?

Yes. Patent attorneys at DAOM IP Law Firm work with the attorney at DAOM Law Firm on warning letters, trials, infringement suits and unfair competition cases.

Can we get IP work and legal counsel from you together?

Yes. DAOM IP Law Firm and DAOM Law Firm work from one office and provide filing and registration, brand contract review in Korea and abroad, dispute negotiation, litigation and corporate counsel as one integrated service. A number of companies already receive their IP and legal counsel from DAOM together.

Do you provide patent or data valuation?

Yes. Our attorneys, including a KPAA-certified IP valuation patent attorney who also serves as a data attribute evaluator for the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund's data valuation, value patents, trademarks and data.

How do I request a consultation?

For IP matters, call +82-2-529-8995 or email [email protected]. For legal matters, call +82-2-6368-7172 or email [email protected].

Where is your office?

Our office is at 3F, 4 Seolleung-ro 107-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06143, Republic of Korea. DAOM IP Law Firm and DAOM Law Firm share the same office.

Contact

Start with a conversation.

Your idea does not need to be fully formed. We begin by working out which rights it can become.

Contact us Location

DAOM IP Law Firm

+82-2-529-8995[email protected]

DAOM Law Firm

+82-2-6368-7172[email protected]

Address

3F, 4 Seolleung-ro 107-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06143, Republic of Korea