• Office History
  • LEADERS International Patent Law Office was established in September 2001. Since its inception, it has secured a reputation as a patent office with expertise in the field of intellectual property such as patents and trademarks.
  • The LEADERS Patent Law Office was established in Gwangju in April 2018. Professor Won-Joon Kim of Chonnam National University Law school, founded the office after his honorary retirement. LEADERS Patent Law Office is a new intellectual property law office established in the Gwangju Chum-Dam High-Tech District with goals of researching advanced technology and the field, and pursuing innovation.
  • We work with passion and a sense of responsibility.
  • Most of the inventions that have brought comfort to human life and raised productivity started from efforts to solve the problems of existing technology. Today, we are living in the era of the fourth industrial revolution.
  • In the 4th industrial revolution era of the 21st century, the world is changing rapidly with technological advancement in areas such as digital, design and DNA, along with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things and Big Data.
  • Today, with the rapid development of the Internet and Information Technology (IT), the necessity of international protection of intellectual property rights is increasingly being recognized. In addition, when products move in international trade, patents, trademarks and design move with them, and thus protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights over the world is also an essential consideration.
  • To this end, patent attorney Won-Joon Kim actively participates in various research activities and academic seminars, and represents clients with a great passion and sense of responsibility.
  • We provide professional legal services.
  • Ever since the invention of the wheel in the history of mankind, inventions have acted as a catalyst for the development of human civilization. Creative technological innovation is the driving force behind economic development in the world today.
  • The common goal of humanity in the global world is the development of civilization and the promotion of culture. In a knowledge-based society, patents, trademarks, design and copyright works are considered to be key intellectual property. Peter Drucker, the father of management philosophy, has said, “The basic function of business management consists of only two things: marketing and innovation. Patent plays a key role in innovation, while trademark and design play a central role in marketing.”
  • The concept of economic and customer value has changed over the years, and if price, quality and function have been important elements of competition in the past, consumers of today tend to focus on brand, design, convenience and emotional experience.
  • While maintaining a close working relationship with the LEADERS Seoul Office, the LEADERS Gwangju Office provides high-quality and professional legal services ranging from industrial property rights creation to rights protection, including patents, trademarks, design, IP trials & appeals, IP litigations and technology transfer.