Attorney Lee currently provides civil and criminal litigation and advisory services at Shin & Kim in cases involving intellectual property rights, trade secrets, data, and personal information.

Drawing from her expertise in science and technology, Ms. Lee handles various dispute cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition and personal information, while also providing related advisory services. She also handles general civil and criminal cases involving technical issues and corporate advisory work.
Ms. Lee graduated as valedictorian from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Hanyang University’s College of Engineering. She earned a Masters degree from the Department of Bio and Chemical Engineering from KAIST’s College of Engineering, and further graduated with honors from Seoul National University’s Law School and passed the 12th Bar Examination.

Key Litigation Cases

• Criminal case on trade secret infringement related to secondary battery cathode material manufacturing technology
• Criminal case on trade secret infringement related to lithium mining technology
• Civil case on trade secret infringement related to OLED display technology
• Civil and criminal case on trade secret infringement related to semiconductor cleaning equipment technology
• Criminal case on trade secret infringement related to optical fiber manufacturing technology
• Civil and criminal case on violation of copyright and unfair competition prevention laws related to unauthorized reproduction of postings on a medical industry recruitment platform
• Civil case on infringement of an author’s copyright by a webtoon platform
• Civil case on a dispute related to a public institution’s software development service contract
• Case on cancellation of trademark non-use
• Civil case on trademark infringement, violation of Unfair Competition Prevention Act and Labeling And Advertising Act by a consumer goods company
• Case on non-compete injunction against an employee of a secondary battery case manufacturer
• Other general civil and criminal cases

Key Advisory Cases

• Advised on legal risks of unstructured data crawling, collection and utilization for LLM development
• Advised a display manufacturer on legal risks of establishing a web crawling sensing system
• Advised a chemical company on risks of trade secret infringement and design changes related to plant expansion
• Advised a university industry-academic cooperation foundation on risks of trade secret infringement related to anticancer drug patents and technology transfer
• Advised on risks of non-compete and trade secret infringement related to employees joining competitors
• Advised a chemical company on risks of breaching exclusive license agreements on depolymerization technology transfer
• Advised a global pharmaceutical company on risks of patent infringement related to the launch of generic drugs
• Advised a pharmaceutical company on the termination of an anticancer drug patent license agreement
• Advised on sole non-exclusive license agreements on patents related to solar power generation facilities
• Advised on Personal Information Protection Act regarding the use of disciplinary records and CCTV footage of executives and employees
• Advised on Personal Information Protection Act related to external audit forensics and provision of personal information of executives and employees
• Advised overseas mobile game operators on Personal Information Protection Act and games related laws
• Advised a delivery platform on copyright and Unfair Competition Prevention Act related to the launch of mini-games
• Advised a publisher on disputes related to the infringement of the trade dress of a book series
• Advised on response to disputes over infringement of copyright and unauthorized use of software products
• Advised on legal risks related to the launch of an OTT channel subscription service
• Advised a broadcaster on copyright infringement disputes involving music works
• Advised online shopping platforms on Electronic Commerce Act and related laws
• Advised entertainment companies on Promotion of the Motion Pictures and Video Products Act and related laws
• Advised on response strategies to media reports on celebrities’ personal information leaks
• Participation in IP due diligence for a cosmetic company’s mergers and acquisitions