Lee, Yeong Woo

The office was founded in 1936 as a forerunner in Korea by Mr. Lee, Yeong Woo, who had majored in Law at Chuo University, Japan and qualified as a patent and trademark attorney in 1936. He was also famous for his own library in the field of intellectual property laws, and made a great contribution towards the Korean patent systems, which can be found in the chronicle of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). Since the beginning age of the Korean Patent System he had dedicated his whole life to the System. He was the first vice president of Chosun Patent Attorney Association (the former KPAA) in 1946 and also the vice president of KPAA (Korean Patent Attorney Association) from 1963(2nd) until 1967(6th).