YP Lee, Mock & Partners

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YP Lee Mock & Partners is the largest IP boutique in Korea, with more than 120 patent and trade mark attorneys, over 200 patent engineers and two full-time litigators. Peers recognise the firm for its prowess in prosecution work and its strong domestic client base, which includes Samsung as a top client. Several other well-known companies that turn to the group for IP matters include Nokia and Renault.

The firm's contentious practice has been boosted as a result of an alliance with full-service outfit Yulchon, which outsources work and cooperates with the team on a number of court cases. A recent example saw the group work with Yulchon in the representation of Daewoong Pharmaceuticals in a patent infringement suit. Managing partner Youngpil Lee is a key contact with nearly 30 years of experience in the IP industry.

Firm contact

South Korea

Koryo Building, 1575-1
Seocho-dong
Seocho-gu
Seoul
Republic of Korea, 137-875
Tel: +82 2 588 8585
Fax: +82 2 588 8586/8547/8548
Email: iplaw@leemock.com
Website: www.leemock.com

Major IP contacts

Youngpil Lee (Representative Patent Attorney), Y.T. Mock, Kyoojong Yoo, Howard Jean, Hengsub Jin, Joonhyo Kim, Daesik Kim, Taeho Lee, Jordan Yongsik Kim, Sunyoung Mock, Hyekyung Lim, Keumho Lee, Seungyong Lee, Byungjae Kim, Eunhui Joo, Euibak Kim, Yijoo Park, Hyunju Kim, Jason Pahng, Jeongkeun Lee, Heuiyoung Yang, Unsuk Koo, Hyuntae Cha, Hoyong Son, Taehyung Kim, Kyuseung Choi, Jehyun Kim, Haeyoung Lee, Hokeun Lee, Sungmin Park,Jaeho Shin, Sooyoung Ha, Janghyouk Lee and Younhee Kim.

Scope of services

Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights, Searches, Licensing, and Litigation.

Firm profile

Founded in 1985, the firm has grown, extending its capacity and building experience in all areas of intellectual property, to become one of the most prominent intellectual property law firms in Korea. The firm has an extensive network of foreign associates enabling it to meet the needs of its clients on a worldwide basis. On 1 April 2003, Y.P. Lee & Associates merged with D.S. Mock Patent Office to form Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners.

Presently, the firm consists of over 100 patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, and attorneys at law in addition to about 200 employees including patent engineers and administrative and support staff members. The attorneys of the firm are each well-educated and experienced in various disciplines such as mechanical and electrical engineering, communications technologies, physics, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and microbiology, not to mention law. Despite the size of the firm, clients are always assisted on an individual and personal basis.