Trade Secrets Practice
With the continuing advancement of technologies, protecting trade secrets against misappropriation has become more important than ever for many companies. HwaHyun advises on protective measures for clients to prevent trade secret misappropriation. We have accumulated our expertise and experience in this area from representing some of the largest companies in Korea in various trade secret misappropriation disputes.
Services
We provide the full range of legal services in this practice area, including the following:
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Protection of trade secrets and proprietary information
- Compliance audits
- Enforcement and litigations
Selected Cases
- Hyundai: Represented Hyundai Card in a civil action against its former employee for theft of trade secrets
- Taekwang: Represented Taekwang SCT in a civil action against its former employee for theft of trade secrets and misappropriation of technologies
- Steel Plantec: Represented Steel Plantec (based in Japan) in a civil action against its competitors in Korea for disclosure of trade secrets and misappropriation of technologies