Yong Hwan Park

• YHP & Associates, Founder & CEO, 1975 ~ present

• YHP & Associates, Representative Patent Attorney

Expertise

Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property and Law

Representative Matters

C-Level Counseling, Corporate Due Diligence, International Infringement Opinion and Licensing, International IP Management and Strategic Consulting & Trademark Prosecution and Counseling.

Experience

Republic of Korea

• Chairman of the Korean Patent Attorney's Association Appraisal System (1982 ~ 1984)

• Editorial Board Member of Newspaper "Patents and Trademarks" (1985 ~ present)

• Commentary Editor of Industrial Property Act (1986) for the Patent Office of the Rep. Korea

• Director of Korean Patent Attorneys Association (1992 ~ 1994)

• Audit of Korean Patent Attorneys Association (1996 ~ 1998)

• Arbitrator of Korean Commercial (1997 ~ present)

• Member of Civil Conciliation Committee, Busan District Court (1998 ~ present)

• Counsel of Busan Metropolitan City Legal (1998 ~ present)

• Board Member of Legal Advisory of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (1998 ~ present)

• Director of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (1999 ~ 2003)

International

• Audit Director, Korean Association of Asian Patent Attorneys (APPA) (1999 ~ 2003)

• Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

• Member of International Trademark Association (INTA)

• Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Lawyers (FICPI)

• Member of European Communites Trademark Association (ECTA)

• Member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES)

Educational Background

• Diploma of Mechanical Engineering, Korea.

• Kookmin University, Laws

• Dong-A University, Intellectual Property

• Editorial Member and Columnist of "Patents and Trademarks"

• Editor-in-Chief of the Central Newspaper

• Editor and Columnist of "IPnomics"

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• Contributed the 40th Anniversary Article to the Korean Patent Attorney's Association

• Contributed Many Articles for the Korean Patent Attorney Association

• Co-author of '33 Ideas to Become a Billionaire', Korea Patent Attorney's Association

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• Consultant of Korea Regional Chamber of Commerce

• Advisory Committee of Invention Promotion Association Busan Branch

• Advisor of Industry-University Incubator Center

• Advisory Committee of Busan West Office of Education Invention Research Center 

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• Consulting on Local SMEs' Technical Development and Growth

• One-on-One Consulting for Young Inventors for Busienss and Intellectual Property

• Many Lectures for High Schools in South Korea

• Many Lectures for University for Intellectual Property, Business and Future Strategy