Kyu Bin LIM - Kim & Chang IP

Overview

KyuBin Lim is a senior patent attorney in Kim & Chang's Electrical Practice Group.

Since joining Kim & Chang in 2003, Mr. Lim has been providing IP counseling and advice to many major IT companies whose technical fields include wireless communication, display, semiconductor, and smartphone technologies. He has worked as the main supervising and coordinating patent attorney for various prosecution and litigation cases. Mr. Lim's practice covers a wide range of intellectual property matters, including prosecution of patent applications before the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), invalidation and confirmation of scope actions before the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (IPTAB) and the IP High Court, and patent infringement disputes before the court and the Korea Trade Commission (KTC).

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2003-Present)

Park, Kim & Partner (2002)

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Patent Litigations/Disputes

Patent infringement action before district courts and invalidation action before the Intellectual Property Tribunal and Appeal Board (IPTAB) regarding optics technology
Patent infringement action before Korea Trade Commission and invalidation action before the Intellectual Property Tribunal and Appeal Board (IPTAB) regarding semiconductor structure
Patent infringement action before district courts regarding user interface technology
Patent infringement action before district courts and invalidation action before IPTAB regarding parts and technologies used in smartphones
Patent infringement action before district courts and invalidation action before IPTAB regarding display
Patent infringement action before district courts and invalidation action before IPTAB regarding semiconductor equipment manufacturer
Provided strategic counseling and advice for responding to warning letter and license proposal

Patent Prosecution

Prosecution of various patent applications before the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) in the field of electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, display, and software
Reviewed and advised on prosecution of Korean patent applications for global technology companies

Other Technology Related Work

Criminal and civil litigations regarding trade secret issues of semiconductor equipment manufacturer
Review and counseling of export control issues regarding national core technologies
Prior art search to support foreign patent litigations/disputes
Review and counseling of global patent license agreement

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Publications/Activities

"South Korea: Recent Legislative Reforms and Judicial Efforts Expected to Improve Patent Enforcement Environment" (Co-author, Asia-Pacific Patent Litigation Review 2024, Intellectual Asset Management Magazine (IAM), 2023)
Prior Art Defense in Chinese Patent Infringement Litigation (Co-author, Legal Times, 2018.12.5.)
Trade Secret Protection in South Korea (Co-author, WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REVIEW DIGEST, 2010)
Doctrine of Equivalents in Claim Construction (Author, International Intellectual Property Training Institute, 2002)

Education

School of Law, University of Southern California (LL.M., 2009)

Department of Law, Korea National Open University (LL.B., 2006)

College of Engineering, Yonsei University (B.S., Radio Communication Engineering, 2002)

Qualifications

Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 2001

Languages

Korean and English

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