- Practice Areas
- Media/Information&Communications
- Media • Information & Communications
Media • Information & Communications
- Practice Areas Introduction
Hankyul provides specialized legal services in all sectors of cultural industry and information & communications.
Legal advice in the media and entertainment areas needs in depth knowledge about the law as well as insight and understanding about the workings of the industry. Lawyers in this area need to understand not only the legal effect of an action, but also how the general public would respond to that. Haykul’s lawyers have a wealth of experience in various areas of the cultural industry and will work to be an instrumental part of the success of the client with outstanding legal services.
Furthermore, in the e-commerce area which has grown dramatically in recent years and the personal information management area which is now more regulated due to the enforcement of the Personal Information Protection Act, Hankyul has built up its experience and reputation by playing a leading role in providing legal services in all sectors of e-commerce distribution business and in the establishment of a compliance system.
- Practice Areas
- Advising performers on management
- Advising in various sectors of the cultural industry including recording, performance, films, newspapers, and broadcasting businesses
- Advising and litigation on e-commerce
- Advising on personal information protection compliance
- Advising newspaper, broadcasting, and publishing companies
- Representative Matter
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n Advising and representing performers in litigation on management
- Litigation and advising on infringement upon right of likeness and publicity right
- Litigation on termination of exclusive contract between a performer and a management company
- Advising on exclusive contract and management
- Preliminary injunction litigation against infringement upon singer’s phonogram copyright
n Litigation and advising on recording, performance, films, and broadcasting
- Advising on contracts in each stage of scenario writing, production, investment, renting, and marketing
- Advising on various contracts involving director, staff, and investors, etc.
- Taking actions in response to preliminary injunction against showing and defamation litigation
- Advising Korean Film Counsel and Korean Film Archive
n Litigation and advising on e-commerce
- Advising Homeplus Co., Ltd. on e-commerce and consumer protection
- Advising on publishing company’s transmission right, contents development, and e-book
- Litigation and advising on domain names
- Advising on international e-commerce contract
n Litigation and advising on personal information protection
- Advising on company’s overall personal information protection system compliance
- Advising on the Personal Information Protection Act in relation to various contract terms, contracts, and forms
n Litigation and advising involving newspaper, broadcasting, and publishing companies
- Representing newspaper companies and broadcasting companies in numerous litigations seeking damages and a correction on a news report involving defamation
- Litigation seeking preliminary injunction against broadcasting
- Advising on right of likeness and copyright in relation to press report
- Advising on development of derivative works such as books and films
- Litigation seeking information disclosure in relation to national pension plan
- Professionals
Yun Boknam
Hwang Yeyoung
Lee Jisun
Yoon Sangwon