Chawon IP Law Firm — From Ideas to Rights, Protecting Your Business at Every Stage

When you need to file a patent, you find one attorney. For overseas filings, you go somewhere else. When a dispute arises, you hunt down a litigation specialist. Startups trying to build an IP strategy don't even know where to begin — and sometimes after a "consultation," all they walk away with is a stack of filing forms.

If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone. And this isn't a reflection of your preparation. The problem is that IP services were never designed to travel with your business from start to finish, all under one roof.

Chawon IP Law Firm is here to change that.

Table of Contents

• What Makes Chawon Different
• Building Rights: Patents, Trademarks, Designs, and International Filings
• Dispute Resolution: Trials, Litigation, and FTO Analysis
• Strategy: Patent Strategy Consulting and Portfolio Advisory
• For Startups: The CIPO Program
• Trade Secrets and Technology Leak Prevention
• Valuation and Technology-Based IPO Consulting
• IP Infringement and Invalidation Expert Opinions
• Inside the Organization: Employee Invention Compensation and IP Education
• A Structure Where Both Sides Win
• A Final Word
• Contact
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What Makes Chawon Different

Chawon IP Law Firm covers the full lifecycle of intellectual property — from filing and registration, to trials and litigation, strategic consulting, asset valuation, and education — all in one place. Located in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, the firm is led by three co-managing patent attorneys: Sunghyun Kim, Juhyeon Park, and Kyungjin Oh.

The idea is straightforward. Instead of finding a different attorney for filing, a different representative when a dispute breaks out, and yet another consultant when preparing for an IPO — you get consistent, end-to-end support from the same team that has known your case from day one.

Where a standard patent office focuses on processing applications, Chawon goes further. The goal isn't just to create rights — it's to make sure those rights actually work in the real world of business.

Building Rights: Patents, Trademarks, Designs, and International Filings

Technology into patents. Brands into trademarks. Aesthetics into design rights. This is the first step in turning ideas into business assets.

Chawon handles domestic filings across patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs — as well as international IP filings. PCT international applications, Paris Convention routes, Madrid trademark filings, and Hague design registrations are all part of the picture. For companies with global ambitions, domestic and international strategies need to be designed together from the start. Filing internationally as an afterthought often means running into already-disclosed technology, or finding that your claims don't translate well. The difference between writing a specification with international coverage in mind from day one — and not — can produce drastically different outcomes years down the line.

Dispute Resolution: Trials, Litigation, and FTO Analysis

A registered right that can't be defended in a dispute is no right at all.

Chawon handles the full range of proceedings at the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board — including invalidation trials, scope confirmation trials, and appeals against rejection — as well as litigation before the Patent Court and general courts. Having the same attorney who wrote your original application handle trials and litigation means they already understand the technical context and background of your case. There's no time lost getting a new representative up to speed.

FTO (Freedom to Operate) analysis is an essential step before launching any new product. By checking whether your technology might infringe existing patents, you can reduce dispute risk before it materializes — and if needed, pivot toward design-arounds or licensing negotiations. Encountering a patent dispute after the product is already built is a very different situation from identifying risks early and planning accordingly. The difference can define the future of a business.

Strategy: Patent Strategy Consulting and Portfolio Advisory

A single strong patent is good. A portfolio of interconnected patents is better.

Patent strategy consulting is about designing rights that competitors can't easily work around, setting filing priorities that match your stage of growth, and placing defensive patents around your core technology. Chawon's focus isn't on maximizing the number of filings — it's on building a portfolio that works both offensively and defensively in real business situations.

IP portfolio advisory takes stock of what you already own — patents, trademarks, designs — identifies gaps, and addresses rights nearing expiration. As companies grow, IP assets need to be managed alongside the business. Chawon's approach is not transactional, but built for the long term.

For Startups: The CIPO Program

Early-stage startups rarely have the budget or headcount to dedicate to IP management. But putting it off tends to backfire — often at the worst possible moments, like during an investment round or overseas expansion push.

Chawon's Startup CIPO (Chief IP Officer) Program is designed to give early-stage companies access to strategic IP management without needing an in-house IP team. From filing operations and IP strategy, to investor due diligence support and technical asset organization — the program adapts to where you are in your growth journey.

Trade Secrets and Technology Leak Prevention

Not every valuable asset ends up in a patent. Know-how that walks out the door with key employees. Information pathways hidden in vendor contracts. A significant portion of what makes a company valuable exists outside the scope of registered rights.

Trade secret and technology leak prevention consulting identifies your most sensitive technical information, closes off potential leak channels in advance, and puts in place the legal structures you'll need if a dispute ever arises. When it comes to technology leaks, responding after the fact is almost always too late. Prevention is the only real defense.

Valuation and Technology-Based IPO Consulting

IP is not just a shield — it's an asset. There will come a moment when you need to put a number on it: for investment, technology transfer, licensing negotiations, collateral, or listing review.

Technology and IP valuation services establish the economic value of your IP assets with documentation that holds up to external scrutiny. Technology-based IPO consulting supports companies pursuing KOSDAQ listing on the strength of their technology — from preparing for evaluation agency reviews, to organizing IP assets throughout the process. Patent portfolios and IP protection systems are central criteria in listing reviews, which means consistent preparation from filing strategy through valuation is essential.

IP Infringement and Invalidation Expert Opinions

When courts or institutions require specialist judgment on a specific technology or right, expert IP opinions come into play. Chawon provides objective, technical assessments on infringement, validity, and technical identity or similarity. In trials and litigation, expert opinions often directly shape the outcome — making technical depth and legal judgment equally important.

Inside the Organization: Employee Invention Compensation and IP Education

A company's IP competitiveness can't be built by outside services alone. It requires an internal environment where inventions are naturally discovered and employees understand how to work with IP.

Employee invention compensation system consulting builds the framework for inventors to receive fair compensation while ensuring the company holds clear legal rights over workplace inventions. Most disputes that arise when key employees leave can be prevented with a well-structured system in place from the start.

IP education programs are tailored to each organization — covering fundamentals of patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, through dispute case studies and IP strategy, at the right level for everyone from decision-makers to R&D staff. The goal is an organization where IP is part of the common language of business.

A Structure Where Both Sides Win

What Chawon IP Law Firm is building isn't a filing counter — it's a partner that stays with you across the full IP lifecycle of your business. Startups build their IP foundation strategically from the beginning. Growing companies refine and expand their portfolios. Pre-IPO companies convert their technical assets into recognized value. And when disputes arise, the attorney who has known your case from day one is already in the room.

Engaging someone for a single filing is one thing. Having a partner who knows the shape of your business is something else entirely.

A Final Word

Chawon IP Law Firm wasn't built because someone spotted a gap in the patent services market. It was built because we saw firsthand the frustration that businesses face trying to protect their technology, defend their rights, and turn their IP into real business value — using services that were never designed to do all of that together. There are plenty of places that will file a patent for you. Far fewer that will stay with you from the first filing through a courtroom, understanding your business the whole way through.

Chawon IP Law Firm is our answer to that problem.

Contact

Chawon IP Law Firm

6F, NK Building, 306 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Yeoksam-dong)

Tel. 02-6949-5038

chawonip.com

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