
Ghyo-Sun Park
Senior PartnerIntroduction
Mr. Ghyo-Sun Park is a senior partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Park focuses on commercial litigation including intellectual property, product liability, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance and international arbitration.
Mr. Park has been involved in many significant patent infringement cases and product liability cases including first Korean Tobacco Litigation. He has also provided legal advise to SBS, one of the premier private broadcasting station and KBL, one of the popular professional sports entity. Mr. Park serves as a member of Advisory Committee for Intellectual Property Rights of the Korea Trade Commission. Also, He has elected as the President of the KIPLA (Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association) in 2021.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Career
- 2023-2024.3Outside Director, SBS Contents Hub
- 2021-2022President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA)
- 2019-2023.3Outside Director, Genie Music
- 2019-2020Vice President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA)
- 2012-2018Member, E-Commerce Mediation Committee, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
- 2012-2014.2Director, Korean Bar Association
- 2008-PresentMember, Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, Korea Trade Commission, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
- 2002-PresentLegal Counsel, Seoul Broadcasting System
- 2000-2004Legal Counsel, Korean Intellectual Property Office
- 2000-2016Legal Counsel, Korean Basketball League
- 1996-2020.5Legal Counsel, ETRI
- 1999Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garett & Dunner, Washington, D.C.
- 1998Associate, Morrison & Foerster, Palo Alto, U. S. A.
- 1991-PresentShin & Kim LLC
- 1991Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
Key Experience
- Represented a Korean tobacco company in tobacco litigation
- Represented a Korean broadcasting company in a claim for copyright royalty against the Korea Music Copyright Association
- Represented a link site in civil and criminal litigation in relation to aiding and abetting copyright infringements
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in a claim for damages over the price cut of an original drug from the launch of a generic drug (Korea’s first damages claim of this kind)
- Represented a client in a claim for damages from infringement and invalidation of patent of a new HIV medication between original drug companies
- Represented clients in multiple patent litigations in relation to medical inventions, including world-renowned immunosuppressants and diabetes medications
- Represented a client in Agent Orange product liability class action lawsuit raised by Vietnam veterans of Korea
- Represented a client in a claim for invalidation of use patents for Sildenafil for erectile dysfunction and use and dosage patents for Tadalafil
- Represented Korean and foreign automobile companies in a vehicle emission damages claim
- Represented a client in Korea’s first alcohol litigation
- Represented a client in Korea’s first cigarette fire damages lawsuit
Education
- 1996-1997U. C. Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.)
- 1982-1986Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B.)
Qualifications
- 1997Admitted to bar, New York
- 1991Admitted to bar, Korea
Languages
Korean, English
Professional Activities
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Product Liability & Safety 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Product Liability 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Product Liability 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Product Liability 2021: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Product Liability 2016: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- South Korea: A Legal Guide to Doing Business in the Asia-Pacific, ABA, May 2010 (Co-authored)
Professional Accolades
- "Leading Individual" for Intellectual Property, Chambers Global/Chambers Asia, 2011-2025
- "Leading Individual" for Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers Global/Chambers Asia, 2012-2025
- "Leading Individual" for Intellectual Property, Legal500, 2015-2018, 2024-2025 / "Recommended Lawyer" for Intellectual Property, Legal500, 2014, 2019-2020
- "Leading Lawyer" for Intellectual property, Dispute resolution, Asialaw Profiles, 2019-2024
- "Leading Lawyer" for Intellectual Property, Legal Times, 2017, 2019, 2021-2022, 2024
- "Leading Lawyer" for Litigation, Who's Who Legal, 2021, 2024
- "North Asia Top 15 Litigators", Asian Legal Business, 2023
- Litigation Award at the 4th Korea Legal Awards-lawsuit seeking damages for decreased prices of original drugs due to patent infringement
- "Recommended Lawyer" for Dispute Resolution, Legal500, 2020
- "Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers", Asia Business Law Journal, 2019
Media
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Newsletters Taxation of Virtual Assets and NFTs
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Newsletters NFTs and Their Copyright Implications
2022.03.28