Manyeol Han
Counselor for IP (IP Attaché)
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Manyeol Han serves as Counselor for IP (IP Attaché) at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. His prior roles include Assistant Secretary to the President for IP at the Office of the President of Korea, Presiding Administrative Patent Judge at the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board of the Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP, formerly the Korean Intellectual Property Office, KIPO), a secondment to the UAE Ministry of Economy as a patent examiner, and more than a decade as a patent examiner and deputy director at MOIP. He passed the Korean patent attorney examination and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.B.A. from Seoul National University, a B.A. in Law from Korea National Open University, and an LL.M. in International Law from Middlesex University. Counselor for IP, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C
Recent Articles by Manyeol Han
‘Joint Research’ Doesn’t Guarantee Joint Ownership: IP Pitfalls in U.S.-Korea Technology Collaboration
Technology collaboration between the United States and Korea has grown quickly, from semiconductors and artificial intelligence to biotechnology and advanced manufacturing. More joint research agreements are being signed, but the importance of their IP provisions is often overlooked. This can cause problems later, because the two countries have different legal rules that even experienced counsel can miss.