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Hyung-Geun JI Patent Attorney

T.+82-2-2122-3503 F.+82-2-2122-3800
Hyung-Geun JI Patent Attorney
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Hyung-Geun JI Patent Attorney

Hyung-Geun JIPatent Attorney

T.+82-2-2122-3503F.+82-2-2122-3800E.hgji@kimchang.com

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Areas of Expertise

Overview

Hyung-Geun Ji is a senior patent attorney specializing in patent litigation and prosecution, product liability litigations, trade secrets, employee invention issues, and various regulatory compliance issues. 

He has extensive experiences in providing strategic advice for patents and industrial designs and also legal opinions on validity, freedom-to-operate, licensing and infringement issues. Belonging to the firm's Integrated Technology Practice Group, he has covered various technical areas including medical devices, automobile parts, machine tools, semiconductor devices, boilers, consumer and personal care goods, and home appliances. He is also a primary member of the firm's IP medical device team to counsel, manage and promote the interests of clients requiring representation in medical device art. He has an IP LLM degree from University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2002-Present)

Koreana Patent Firm (2001)

Representative MattersView All

Representative Cases
  • Represented numerous global medical device companies in a patent invalidation and infringement actions relating to medical devices 
  • Represented a global automobile part company in infringement actions relating to a windshield wiper 
  • Represented a major semi-conductor company in a patent invalidation relating to a container for wafers and successfully settled the case 
  • Represented a major ship part company in a patent invalidation relating to a marine boiler  
  • Represented a global ship part company in a patent trial and litigation relating to a ballast water sterilization device 
  • Represented a face mask company in a patent dispute and successfully settled the case 
  • Represented a cell-phone case company in a patent dispute and successfully settled the case
  • Represented a local manufacturing company in a preliminary injunction action relating to a molding device and successfully settled the case
  • Represented a local manufacturing company in a patent invalidation relating to a cap for drink containers
  • Represented a global manufacturing company in a patent invalidation relating to a fluid dispenser and successfully settled the case
  • Provided a technical support for global automobile companies in product liability litigations and regulatory compliance issues
  • Provided strategic counseling and advices for numerous foreign and local companies regarding employee invention issues

Representative ActivitiesView All

Publications/Activities
    • IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2024)
    • IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2023)
    • IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2022)
    • IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2021)
    • Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective (3 Ed.) (Co-author, Wolters Kluwer, 2020)
    • IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2019)
    • Teaching Assistant for the Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP, University of Washington, 2008)
    • Comparative Research on Requirements for Inventiveness in U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and Thailand (Co-author, Tokugikon, 2008 Aug. No. 250)
    • Comparative Research on Duty of Candor under U.S. patent practice (Thesis for IP LL.M., 2008)
    • Study on Inventiveness under Korean patent practice (Author, International Intellectual Property Training Institute, 2002)

Education

Department of Law, Cyber University of Korea (LL.B., 2017)

School of Law, University of Washington (IP LL.M., 2007-2008) 

College of Engineering, Seoul National University (B.A., Mechanical Design & Production Engineering, 2001)

Qualifications

Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 2001

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

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Hyung-Geun JI
Patent Attorney


T. +82-2-2122-3503      
F. +82-2-2122-3800      
  




Hyung-Geun Ji is a senior patent attorney specializing in patent litigation and prosecution, product liability litigations, trade secrets, employee invention issues, and various regulatory compliance issues. 

He has extensive experiences in providing strategic advice for patents and industrial designs and also legal opinions on validity, freedom-to-operate, licensing and infringement issues. Belonging to the firm's Integrated Technology Practice Group, he has covered various technical areas including medical devices, automobile parts, machine tools, semiconductor devices, boilers, consumer and personal care goods, and home appliances. He is also a primary member of the firm's IP medical device team to counsel, manage and promote the interests of clients requiring representation in medical device art. He has an IP LLM degree from University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University.






    Kim & Chang (2002-Present)

    Koreana Patent Firm (2001)






Representative Cases
  •   Represented numerous global medical device companies in a patent invalidation and infringement actions relating to medical devices 
  •   Represented a global automobile part company in infringement actions relating to a windshield wiper 
  •   Represented a major semi-conductor company in a patent invalidation relating to a container for wafers and successfully settled the case 
  •   Represented a major ship part company in a patent invalidation relating to a marine boiler  
  •   Represented a global ship part company in a patent trial and litigation relating to a ballast water sterilization device 
  •   Represented a face mask company in a patent dispute and successfully settled the case 
  •   Represented a cell-phone case company in a patent dispute and successfully settled the case
  •   Represented a local manufacturing company in a preliminary injunction action relating to a molding device and successfully settled the case
  •   Represented a local manufacturing company in a patent invalidation relating to a cap for drink containers
  •   Represented a global manufacturing company in a patent invalidation relating to a fluid dispenser and successfully settled the case
  •   Provided a technical support for global automobile companies in product liability litigations and regulatory compliance issues
  •   Provided strategic counseling and advices for numerous foreign and local companies regarding employee invention issues





Publications/Activities

  •   IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2024)
  •   IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2023)
  •   IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2022)
  •   IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2021)
  •   Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective (3 Ed.) (Co-author, Wolters Kluwer, 2020)
  •   IP PROTECTION IN ASIA (Co-author, LexisNexis, 2019)
  •   Teaching Assistant for the Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP, University of Washington, 2008)
  •   Comparative Research on Requirements for Inventiveness in U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and Thailand (Co-author, Tokugikon, 2008 Aug. No. 250)
  •   Comparative Research on Duty of Candor under U.S. patent practice (Thesis for IP LL.M., 2008)
  •   Study on Inventiveness under Korean patent practice (Author, International Intellectual Property Training Institute, 2002)





Education

    Department of Law, Cyber University of Korea (LL.B., 2017)

    School of Law, University of Washington (IP LL.M., 2007-2008) 

    College of Engineering, Seoul National University (B.A., Mechanical Design & Production Engineering, 2001)


Qualifications

    Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 2001


Languages
  •    Korean, English and Japanese





Patent & Utility Model ,  Healthcare & Medical Devices (IP) ,  Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection ,  IP Counseling, Portfolio Management & Strategy ,  Mechanical Engineering ,  Intellectual Property Dispute ,  IP Administrative Action & Appeal ,  Border Measures ,  Employee Invention ,  Industrial Security and Export Control