E-BIRD’s attorneys are experienced practitioners in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, designs and copyright. We will guide you through the process of applying for and registering your IP rights. Selecting the right attorney may be the most important decision to the applicants from overseas and our attorneys are well trained with the specific needs of overseas clients in mind. We are happy to provide all of our clients with the level of service they are used to from the top law firms in their home countries.

Our IP Research & Analysis services include patent landscape reports, freedom-to-operate reports, infringement analyses, design-around reports, patent mining reports, pre-litigation searches, pre-invalidation searches and trademark clearance searches. We have also led several projects of Korean governmental organizations aimed at preparing Korean SMEs for patent activities overseas. Our search and analyze service covers the patent documents written in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Our IP Enforcement practice covers all actions that can be filed before the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal, including oppositions, cancellation trials and invalidation trials. Also, we provide anti-counterfeiting services including customs monitoring, online and offline market sweeps and conducting raids of factories, wholesale markets and retail outlets.

Our IP Life-Cycle Management services include payment of annuity and renewal fees and recording assignments, licenses, changes of name or address and the like for IP assets. We can also take on big projects that arise, for example, when a big IP portfolio changes hands in an M&A deal.