IT specialized law firm, Law firm Veat

Law firm Veat specializes in Venture and Technology. Veat has been striving to be a trusted partner providing the most suitable legal services to technology-based companies since its establishment in 2015.
Veat boasts lawyers with deep understanding of IT and legal knowledge. Based on this expertise, Veat resolves legal disputes faced by IT companies by quickly and accurately identifying client needs.
Innovative IT companies are consulting with Veat on legal issues, and actively pursuing lawsuits with a deep understanding of technology and experience.

Veat’s experience and understanding of IT businesses are well reflected in the firm’s lawyers.
Partner Attorney Cho Seong-ho, a graduate of Seoul National University’s Department of Computer Science, passed the 50th Judicial Examination and completed the 42nd Judicial Training Program. He has accumulated a significant amount of legal advisory and litigation experience based on his in-depth understanding of technology and his business insights gained through his extensive network in the IT industry.

Partner Attorney Baek Seung-cheol, recognized as an “IT Specialist Lawyer” after passing the rigorous review of the Korean Bar Association’s Professional Division Review Committee, has also handled numerous cases related to personal information protection and infringement incidents. He provides preventive training on personal information protection and infringement incidents for various companies and public institutions.

Attorney An Il-won, Senior Attorney, graduated from Yonsei University’s Department of Engineering and Computer Science and worked at Naver Corporation’s Search Development Center. He researched and developed the Decision-Making System for Search Engine Rankings (Search Engine Ranking System) and Distributed Database. He also participated in the ACM-ICPC Korean Regional Final Round, placing 7th (Silver Award) in the world’s largest and most competitive coding competition. He’s currently a member of the Open Source Software License Expert Community of the Korean Copyright Commission, and leverages his technical understanding of software and intellectual property to resolve legal issues.

In 2019, Veat provided the following key advisory cases related to IT:
● Provided legal advisory to A, a company operating major portals and communities, regarding the feasibility of web crawling.
● Provided legal advisory to D, a company operating a virtual currency exchange, regarding the possibility of “Bitcoin Unfair Gain Recovery”.
● Provided legal advisory to H, a manufacturer and supplier of video software, during its investment process by Venture Capital firm R.
● Provided legal advisory to E, a website solutions company, regarding “Copyright Infringement” regarding similar sites operated by F.
● Provided legal advisory to S, a program development outsourcing company, regarding “Unpaid Development Costs for Programs”.
● Provided legal advisory regarding “Legal Response Strategies for Unlicensed Copying and Plagiarism” and other multiple cases.

The following are representative winning cases provided by Veat in 2019:
● Successfully obtained an acquittal for Q, a company specializing in IT system development, in a case involving the infringement of trade secrets.
● Successfully reached a settlement after initiating a criminal adjustment procedure for V’s actions of deleting all data uploaded to its cloud storage service (web storage space).
● Successfully won the entire case including the counter claim against hardware and software manufacturing companies for W, a company operating in the manufacturing and retail of beauty tools, in a main case and counter case.

Since its establishment in 2015, Law firm Veat has consistently provided legal support and advice regarding litigation and legal consultation related to new technologies leading the IT and 4th Industrial Revolution. New technologies often involve unfamiliar legal disputes that have not been previously known. Veat’s accumulated expertise in both IT and legal fields will be a great help in solving legal problems of innovative companies leading the new age.
If you need legal advisory related to IT and advanced technologies, please feel free to contact Law firm Veat.
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