Profile
Cho, Won H. is a founding member and managing partner at DLG, where he focuses on technology M&A, ICT & new technologies, entertainment and start-up & venture capital. Recently, he is actively advising clients in blockchain industry. As an experienced patent lawyer with extensive commercial transactional experience in various specialty industries including entertainment, ICT and healthcare, Mr. Cho is uniquely positioned to advise clients in a wide range of complex IP, corporate and regulatory matters. He started his career as an associate at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (“BKL”) and went on to serve as a partner of the firm leading BKL’s prominent intellectual property and technology transaction practices, spanning a total of 16 years. Mr. Cho also worked on secondment at Ropes & Gray (New York) in 2014 in the firm’s Intellectual Property division. He has earned a reputation at home and abroad as an exceptional multi-disciplinary lawyer with deep and extensive career experience representing local corporations, multi-national companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Mr. Cho is now an adjunct professor at KAIST-MIP (Master of Intellectual Property) and serves in leadership roles at various local and state organizations, including the Korea Fair Trade Commission Advisory Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office, US Korea Law Foundation, Korea Licensing Executive Society, and Korea Association of Entertainment Law, among others. Mr. Cho holds a B.A. from Seoul National University and received a LL.M. from University of Texas.
Experience
- 2001-2017
Partner, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
- 2006-2008
Legal Counsel, Culture Industry Legal Support Center of the Korea Culture Content Agency
- 2011-2013
Committee Member, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
Committee Member, Presidential Council on Intellectual Property
- 2011-2014
Director, Korea Licensing Executives Society
Committee Member, Korea Fair Trade Commission Advisory Committee on Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights
- 2013-Present
Adjunct Professor, KAIST, Intellectual Property Graduate School
Committee Member, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Industrial Property Rights Dispute Resolution Committee
- 2014
Secondee Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP (New York)
- 2015-Present
Director, Korean Association of Entertainment Law
- 2017-Present
Partner, DLG Law Corporation
Director, Korea Licensing Executives Society
- 2019-Present
Committee Member, Korea Association of Research Institute Technology Transfer (KARIT)
Director, SME & Venture Law Forum, Korean Bar Association
Committee Member, Dental Medicare Business Incubation Center of Seoul National University
- 2020-Present
Legal Advisor, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Policy Advisor, Global Cooperation Committee, Korea Pharmaceutical & Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association
Director, Bank of Korea Law Society
Education
- 1994
Seoul National University, B.A.
- 2000
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (30th)
- 2007
University of Texas, School of Law, LL.M.
- 2023
Seoul Venture Graduate School in Business Administration (Ph.D.)
Activities
- Legal Guidelines for University & Research R&D (2024)
- Guidebook for Investment Contracts (Co-author, Startup Alliance, 2022)
- Comprehensive Guidebook on Bio-Technology Contracts (Co-author, IPMS, 2015)
- The Attorney-Client Privilege: Implications of the Differences between U.S. and Korea Law (Co-authorship, US-Korea Law Journal, 2014)
- A Comparison of Post Grant Proceedings Between The United Stated and Korea (Co-authorship, US-Korea Law Journal, 2013)
- Patent Disputes between Samsung and Apple (Legal Newspaper, 2013)
- Lecture Series on Licensing Contracts (Serial) (Patents and Trademarks, 2010-2011)
- Collective Licensing in Korea, Collective Licensing at the ISP Level (IAEL, 2010)
- Intellectual Property Issues in Establishing Joint Ventures (Seoul Bar Association Journal, 2009)
- Criteria for the Evaluation of Patent Inventiveness composed of Public Inventions (Seoul Bar Association Journal, 2008)
- Legal Aspects of Patent Misuse under US Patent Law (Justice, 2008)
- Study on Improvement of Technology Transfer Escrow Business (Co-author, Korea Technology Exchange, 2008)
- Does U.S. Antitrust Law Reach International Software Licensing; Applicability and Application (LL.M. Thesis, 2007)
- Creative Negotiation (Co-author, Garim Publishing, 2006)
- Essay on the Protection of Applied Fine Arts (Copyright, 2005)
- Legal Issues in Game Plagiarism Cases (Copyright Culture, 2005)
- Interpretation of Laws and Regulations for the Kaesong Industrial Complex (Contributed to Intellectual Property and Advertising sections, LawnB, 2004)
- Case Analysis on Copyright Infringement of Thumbnail Image Search Services (Copyright Culture, 2004)
- Study on Systematic Management of Research Results including Specific R&D Projects (Co-author, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004)
- Study on Financial System for Activating Venture M&A (Co-author, Korea Technology Exchange, 2003)
Qualifications
- 2000
Admitted to bar, Korea
- 2004
Admitted to patent bar, Korea
Languages
Korean, English