Mr. Seong Joon PARK is a foreign attorney at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on intellectual property (patents, trademarks, and designs) trials and litigation, policy advisory services, technology leakage and trade secret protection, international intellectual property and trade matters, technology misappropriation and matters relating to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, and legal advisory services relating to technology security and advanced industries.
Mr. Park is an intellectual property specialist with more than 20 years of experience in intellectual property policy, legislation, examination and adjudication, and international cooperation at the Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP), the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (IPTAB), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He served as Commissioner of the IPTAB and currently serves as Head Professor of the Advanced Intellectual Property Strategy (AIP) program at KAIST, where he leads training on intellectual property and technology security for executives in industry and public institutions. As a patent attorney and a New York-licensed attorney, he advises companies on intellectual property strategy, technology leakage/misappropriation and trade secret disputes, and international intellectual property matters. Drawing on his global network and extensive policy experience, he contributes to the expansion of D&A’s legal services in intellectual property, technology security, and advanced industries.
Director, The Korean Academic Society of Business Administration and Law (2026-Present)
Director, Korean Society of Trade Remedies (2023-Present)
Advisor, The Listen (2023-Present)
Trade Advisory Committee Member, Ministry of Health and Welfare (2022-Present)
Visiting Professor, Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy; Head Professor, Advanced Intellectual Property Strategy (AIP) Program, KAIST (2022-Present)
Patent Attorney and Foreign Attorney (U.S.), Jipyong IP (2021-2026)
Commissioner, Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (2019-2020)
Director General, Industrial Property Protection and Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Intellectual Property (2016-2018)
Seconded to the Senior Policy Course, Central Officials Training Institute (2015-2016)
Director General, Trademark and Design Examination Bureau, Ministry of Intellectual Property (2013-2015)
Chair, TM5 (Meeting of the Five Leading Trademark Offices) (2013)
Director General, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Ministry of Intellectual Property (2012-2013)
Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (2012)
Director General, Intellectual Property Promotion Bureau, Presidential Council on Intellectual Property (2011-2012)
Chair, WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (2011)
Patent Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva (2007-2010)
Acting Chair, 46th Session of the Extraordinary WIPO General Assembly (2009)
Chair, Asian Group, World Intellectual Property Organization (2007)
Director, Trademark Policy Division; Director, Information Development Division; Head, Innovation Team, and other positions, Ministry of Intellectual Property (1994-2007)
Passed the 35th Higher Civil Service Examination for Administrative Service (1991)
Numerous appearances on domestic and international broadcast and media programmes, including KBS’s “Issue PICK with the Teacher,” SBS’s “Pyeon Sang-wook’s News Briefing,” National Assembly TV, and others
Numerous presentations on intellectual property and technology security for the National Assembly, government ministries and agencies, and industry, including at the WIPO, Korea Trade Commission, and National Assembly forums