The 2013 Korea-US IP Judicial Conference was held in Seoul on October 21-22, 2013. The conference was organized by the Patent Court of Korea, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As a sponsoring firm, five attorneys from Kim & Chang's IP Group actively took part in the conference as discussion leaders, moderators, and presenters.

In the "Panel Discussion - Section 337" session, Duck-Soon Chang, as moderator, facilitated discussions among all participants on the role of the ITC and the KTC commissioners in the IP sector. Seong-Soo Park co-moderated the "En Banc Session of the Courts" session, and Yu-Seog Won participated as an attorney for the plaintiff in the "Korea Mock Trial." In addition, Sung-Jai Choi and Mee-Sung Shim presented during a parallel seminar on the topics of "Patent and Fair Trade" and "Patent-Approval Linkage System," respectively.

Consisted of panel discussions with judges from each nation, parallel seminars, mock trials, a session for views from the heads of the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, etc., the conference provided a premier venue for networking with experts in the field, and also helped to enhance the understanding of differences between the US and Korean legal systems and litigation practices regarding IP rights.