21 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – DECEMBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM accountability of intermediaries, promoting responsible use of AI, and enabling various marks of leading national and international brands to be declared as well-known. Dr Mohan Dewan is the principal of R K Dewan & Co in India. His clients include Rishabh Plastic Products, Innovations Garment and Bajaj Auto. In addition, Dewan is a prolific inventor in his own right, having obtained and filed patents for more than 50 inventions. Dewan also regularly advises the Indian Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Information Technology, and other governmental institutions on IP matters. Do Quang Hung, a partner at Hanoibased Vision & Associates, specialises in trademark, IP rights enforcement and dispute settlement. Hung represents Singaporean fashion house Charles & Keith International to protect its housemark and take actions against the distribution of counterfeit goods in Vietnam. Hung also secures the protection of the IP rights of Yahoo! against an infringer with the name “Yahooooo!!! Private Company” in Vietnam. His other clients include Bridgestone, Jack Daniel’s and Hewlett-Packard. Over in Japan, Chie Kasahara is a senior partner at Atsumi & Sakai, leading the firm’s IP/IT team and advising many leading non-Japanese and Japanese corporations on protecting their IP rights in respect of cutting-edge technology. Serving as the director of Japan’s Entertainment Lawyers Network (ELN), Chie has also been named by ALB as one of Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers in 2021 and 2022. In Hong Kong, the co-leader of Mayer Brown’s IP practice, Gabriela Kennedy, maintains her market-leading position. She is highly sought-after for advising leading global brands and businesses on IP, media, IT, and telecommunications law as well as on data privacy and cyber-security issues. Kennedy is commended by her clients as having “deep knowledge and expertise in managing and advising on legal issues in connection with technology transactions” and is a “very personable and superbly capable lawyer”. An expert in IP litigation and counselling, Jihyun Kim is a partner at South Korea’s Bae, Kim & Lee. She represents LG Ensol in the trade secret lawsuit against SK innovation and Starbucks Korea in a patent dispute over electronic receipt system. Kim has also advised Netflix regarding music licensing for its Korean service. LG Energy Solution, LVMH Cosmetics Korea, Kakao Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company (Korea) are amongst her key IP clients. Hyeong Joo Lim, senior attorney at Yulchon, is also a well-known name in South Korea’s IP scene. In 2020, Lim successfully obtained a decision of guilty when representing Seoul Semiconductor in a case involving an accusation of infringement of trade secret by Everlight Electronics (Taiwan). Lim’s clients also include Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company and Daewoong Pharmaceutical. Apart BROUGHT TO YOU BY BAE, KIM & LEE A conversation with Jihyun Kim What strategies do you credit for your recognition as one of ALB Asia’s Top 15 Intellectual Property Lawyers? I have more than 25 years of experience in dealing with disputes related to various issues in the IP area. As an IP attorney, I have handled challenging and complicated cases across the field, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and IP contract disputes. Navigating the labyrinth of IP law, I have endeavored to explore issues proactively and figure out the optimal solution that my clients want from IP disputes. I believe such efforts have led to favorable outcomes. Can you share a notable intellectual property case where your innovative approach led to a favorable outcome? As it is hard to pick just one single notable case, I would like to talk about cases involving “trade secrets” in general. In the IP area, trade secret cases 1) revolve around technologies and industries with the greatest relevance in each era of history, and 2) usually entail a panoply of issues including civil and criminal cases as well as overseas disputes, posing a more daunting challenge than in any other IP areas, and thus demanding the highest caliber of experienced 2000, I have been engaged in trade secret cases across various fields including mechanics, chemicals, communications, energy generation, LED, polysilicon, rechargeable batteries, and pharmaceuticals, accumulating knowhow on digesting the technology at issue and delivering a holistic analysis of the trade secret infringement and a comprehensive set of ideas for raising the issue. How do you stay updated on industry trends, and how has this commitment influenced your success in intellectual property law? IP area, in its essence, is a legal framework on “technology and culture”. In other words, IP attorneys must equip themselves with the understanding of technology and culture defining each era and the accompanying insight into the present legal system as well as foresight into potential legal issues in the future. With this in mind, I have always kept abreast of industry and technology trends and various events and new business in the area of culture in an effort to provide proactive input for new issues that figured on my clients’ radar. I believe such trendmonitoring efforts have opened up opportunities for me to be engaged in newly emerged disputes and high-profile cases. attorneys—all the more so because they often escalate into criminal cases, and attorneys must delve into a fact-finding mission and devise case-specific strategies based on the understanding of technology at issue. 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