Overview
Profile
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
- 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, 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