Overview
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2011-Present)
Cho & Partners (2008-2011)
Sidley Austin LLP (2005-2007)
Representative ActivitiesView All
Awards
- Leading Practitioner (World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2023)
- Leading Lawyer, Who's Who Legal: IP - Trademarks (Who's Who Legal, 2022-2023)
- Leading Trademark Practitioner, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (Globe BMG, 2018)
Publications/Activities
- Can a well-known mark owner raise a consumer confusion claim against a good-faith prior user? (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2023)
- Korean Customs 2020 statistics show increased seizures of counterfeit goods (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2022)
- Partial design applications becoming more popular in South Korea (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2021)
- Patent Court holds that ASICS' use of Novak name is not trademark use (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2021)
- Supreme Court confirms that use of later-registered mark can infringe earlier-registered mark in landmark decision (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2021)
- Expedited examination of trademark filings now easier to request (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2020)
- KIPO amends Trademark Examination Guidelines - Key changes highlighted (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2019)
- Korea Customs Service announces amendments to IP rights protection guidelines (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2018)
- Supreme Court rules that AMERICAN UNIVERSITY trademark is inherently distinctive (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2018)
- Franchise Founders Criminally Indicated for Failure to Transfer Trademarks to Their Franchises (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2018)
- Working with Customs: Vital and Effective Way to Combat Counterfeiters (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2017)
- Amendments to Design Protection Act (Co-author, ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, 2017)
- Supreme Court Rejects KIPO's Examination Practice for 3D Marks (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2015)
- Supreme Court Decision Provides New Tool against Trademark Infringers (Co-author, World Trademark Review Daily, 2014)
Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004)
University of California, Irvine (B.A., Political Science, 2001)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, California, 2005
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005
Languages
English and Korean
Insights
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Recognitions
11 Individual Recognitions – WWL: IP 2023
2023.08.22 -
Recognitions
131 Professionals Selected as “National Leaders” – WWL: Korea 2023
2023.06.30 -
Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - Can a well-known mark owner raise a consumer confusion claim against a good-faith prior user?
2023.05.24 -
Newsletters
Can a Well-Known Mark Owner Raise a Consumer Confusion Claim Against a Good Faith Prior User?
2023.04.17 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Ranked Among Top Trademark Firms in WTR 1000 2023
2023.02.16 -
Newsletters
US Commerce Department’s Additional Restrictions on Exports of Semiconductors to China Impact Korean Industries
2023.01.06
