Filing is the beginning. Value realisation is the goal.
We begin with the technology, the brand and the product’s visual form. One responsible team handles patents, trademarks and designs from filing and disputes to international expansion and value realisation.
Obtaining a right is not the end. The goal is to make it work for the business.
The attorney in charge works with you from start to finish. We preserve the technical context, read the business stage and competitive landscape, and design both the right protection method and the route to value realisation.
Registration is only the start. We make rights work in the business.Seungyeob Baik · Founding Partner
ENGINEERING IN PRACTICETechnology must be understood before rights can be designed.Photo: ThisisEngineering · Unsplash
2020—2026 · ANONYMIZED MATTER RECORDS
Patents. Trademarks. Designs. Depth across every practice.
Our record of more than 1,900 matters and projects extends well beyond patents to trademarks, designs, copyright, advisory work and IP valuation. We protect technology, brands and product form across markets worldwide.
1,900+matters and projects handled
WORLDWIDELESI · AIPPI · INTA · APAA network
OCEAN TOMOKorea liaison
20+valuation and technology-listing records
Across every form of IP
We connect the work a business needs at each stage: patents and utility models, trademarks, designs, copyright, contracts and advisory services, public programs and IP valuation.
We combine close knowledge of MOIP standards and local practice with relationships built through LESI, AIPPI, INTA and APAA to coordinate work across virtually every major jurisdiction.
MOIP PRACTICEKorean filings · prosecution · trials and disputes
PCT · WOInternational filings and national-phase entry
Anonymized totals from internal matter-management records as of September 2026. Client names and individual matter details are not disclosed.
TRADEMARK, DESIGN & COPYRIGHT
Protecting brands, product form and creative work
Trademark, design and copyright work does not end with a filing or registration. Drawing on experience across industries, we connect protection strategy with contracts, licensing, disputes and portfolio care in Korea and worldwide.
01 · TRADEMARK
Trademarks
Helping names and marks endure in the market
From clearance and specification strategy to Korean and international filings, oppositions, trials, MADRID, renewals and portfolio management.
Turning product form and visual distinction into rights
We connect prior-design review, drawings and product indications, Korean and overseas filings, similarity analysis, HAGUE, disputes and overseas annuities.
Each stage informs the next. Experience in transactions and exits changes how rights should be designed from day one.
Core stages Core Practice
01SECURE
Secure
Korean patent, utility model, design and trademark filing and registration, including office-action strategy.
→02DEFEND
Defend
Infringement analysis, opinions, design-arounds, warning-letter response, trials and litigation—before a dispute hardens.
→03EXPAND
Expand
PCTMADRIDHAGUE
We connect PCT patent, MADRID trademark and HAGUE design filings with national procedures, expanding protection in step with market entry.
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Business-facing stages Business Practice
04REALISE
Realise
Valuation, sale-oriented portfolio design, technology-listing review and IP-backed finance. Registration is not the finish line.
→05OPTIMISE
Optimise costs
We identify available public funding and recoverable costs, then refine jurisdiction, scope, local-counsel and translation choices to avoid unnecessary spend.
→06DECIDE TOGETHER
Decide together
Meet directly with the responsible patent attorney—in person or online—to align technical priorities, commercial timing and budget.
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Overseas rights maintenance Global Portfolio Care
07PATENT ANNUITIES
Overseas patent annuities
We monitor country-specific deadlines and costs, then coordinate payment through trusted local counsel so overseas patents remain in force.
→08TRADEMARK RENEWALS
Overseas trademark renewals
We track renewal windows and local document requirements across jurisdictions so valuable trademark registrations do not lapse.
→09DESIGN ANNUITIES
Overseas design annuities
We monitor country-specific payment deadlines and costs, coordinating overseas design annuities through trusted local counsel.
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04 · IP VALUE
We know valuation from the evaluator’s side.
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Experience beyond registration changes how rights are designed from day one. We consider proof of infringement, family structure and transaction potential from the outset.
Four patent attorneys and one of-counsel attorney bring their expertise together, staying connected from the first technical question through protection, disputes and value realisation.
Taeweon Lyu joins NwiseIP — Electronics practice launched
Strengthening our protection capabilities in electrical, electronics and software technologies.
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TEAM NEWS
Jiyoung Yoon joins NwiseIP — Expanding our chemistry, biotech and AI transformation capabilities
Bringing together patent practice in chemistry and biotech with business process automation and AI transformation.
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PRACTICE GUIDE
Korean patent practice — what differs from the EPC?
Practical differences in MOIP examination and procedure that foreign applicants can easily overlook.
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Firm news and practical guidance are updated here as they are published.
START A CONVERSATION
Patents, trademarks, designs or copyright— start the conversation with us.
From pre-filing or registration review to contracts, disputes, international expansion and portfolio maintenance, the responsible attorney will identify the right protection and next step with you.
