Berkeley Law welcomes Sang Jo Jong, who is a visiting professor with the Korea Law Center this semester. Professor Jong is spending his sabbatical at Berkeley Law after just finishing his term as Dean of the Seoul National University law school.
Professor Jong received his LL.B from Seoul National University and his LL.M and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. His research mostly centers around copyright, trademark, patent, unfair competition, antitrust, and internet laws. He has taught comparative intellectual property law at Harvard Law School, the University of Washington School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Duke Law School. He has served as a civilian member of the Presidential Council of Intellectual Property, the President of the Korea Game Law & Policy Society, the Director of the Center for Law & Technology, Seoul National University, and a Panel Member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. See Professor Jong’s CV here.
Professor Jong is the second distinguished visitor to our Korea Law Center. Last year, Hwang-sik Kim, former Korean Prime Minister and Supreme Court Justice, visited and advised on the founding of the Center.
Professor Jong is currently located in 307 Law Building, and can be reached at sjjong@snu.ac.kr.