Monica Hyon-Kyong Leeu, a senior patent attorney in the firm's IP Group, participated as a speaker at the 2014 AIPPI Trilateral Meeting, which took place in Seoul from June 13 to 15, 2014. During the "Second medical use or indication claims" session, Ms. Leeu presented on the topic of "Second medical use inventions in Korea," outlining an overview of current laws and practices in Korea in relation to patent protection of therapeutic uses of known chemical compounds.

The annual AIPPI trilateral meeting, hosted alternately by the national groups of China, Japan and Korea of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), provides IP practitioners from these three neighboring countries with a unique platform for mutual understanding and cooperation.