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Sang Young LEE Patent Attorney

T.+82-2-2122-3549 F.+82-2-2122-3800
Sang Young LEE Patent Attorney
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Sang Young LEE Patent Attorney

Sang Young LEEPatent Attorney

T.+82-2-2122-3549F.+82-2-2122-3800E.sylee4@kimchang.com

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Overview

Mr. Sang Young Lee joined Kim & Chang in 2001 and is a patent attorney in the firm's Chemical/Pharma Practice Group.

Mr. Lee received his BS in Food Science and Technology (1993) from Seoul National University and an LLM (2005) from the University of Washington School of Law.  He was admitted to the Korean Patent Bar in 1998. Before joining the firm, Mr. Lee prosecuted and litigated matters relating to chemical and pharmaceutical inventions for the First Law Offices of Korea from 1998 to 2001.  His practice now specializes in chemistry-related fields, including pharmacy, biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and environmental engineering.  He is a member of the Intellectual Property Forum and Korea Patent Attorneys Association.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2001-Present)

First Law Offices of Korea (1998-2001)

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Representative Cases
  • Represented patentee in the first Supreme Court case to confirm validity of a dosage regimen patent
  • Represented patentee in the first Supreme Court case to recognize the pharmacological data description exception
  • Represented patentee in the first Patent Court case to recognize patent term extension period based on foreign clinical trials
  • Represented patentee in the first and only case to successfully recapture a price reduction to an original drug after generic entry
  • Represented patentee in the first Patent Court case to confirm inventiveness of an in vivo profile patent
  • Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to recognize the inventiveness of a selection invention patent based on qualitatively superior effects
  • Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to recognize the inventiveness of a salt-form patent and to clarify double patenting issues between genus and species claims
  • Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to assess the scope of a patent during its patent term extension based on a first approved indication
  • Represented patentee in the first Korea Trade Commission case to issue an immediate injunction against a Korean generic pharmaceutical company
  • Represented patentee in a compulsory licensing case
  • Represented patentees in numerous infringement cases involving various technologies such as diapers, shrinkable films, etc.
 
Specialties
  • Patent infringement, invalidity, and scope litigation
  • Patent prosecution and appeals
  • Patent term extensions
  • Patent-related pharmaceutical regulatory matters
  • Patent-related fair trade and competition law issues

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Awards

  • IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals (IAM, 2022-2024)
  • Next Generation Lawyer (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017)
  • Rising Star (Managing Intellectual Property, 2013)   

Publications/Activities
    • IP Value 2006: Building and enforcing intellectual property value, Global White Page (Co-author, Recent developments in IP issues, 2006)
    • IP Value 2004: Building and enforcing intellectual property value, Global White Page (Co-author, Overview of Korean IP laws, 2004)

Education

University of Washington, School of Law (IP LL.M., 2005)

College of Agriculture, Seoul National University (B.S., Food Science and Technology, 1993)

Qualifications

Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 1998

Languages

Korean and English

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Sang Young LEE
Patent Attorney


T. +82-2-2122-3549      
F. +82-2-2122-3800      
  




Mr. Sang Young Lee joined Kim & Chang in 2001 and is a patent attorney in the firm's Chemical/Pharma Practice Group.

Mr. Lee received his BS in Food Science and Technology (1993) from Seoul National University and an LLM (2005) from the University of Washington School of Law.  He was admitted to the Korean Patent Bar in 1998. Before joining the firm, Mr. Lee prosecuted and litigated matters relating to chemical and pharmaceutical inventions for the First Law Offices of Korea from 1998 to 2001.  His practice now specializes in chemistry-related fields, including pharmacy, biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and environmental engineering.  He is a member of the Intellectual Property Forum and Korea Patent Attorneys Association.






    Kim & Chang (2001-Present)

    First Law Offices of Korea (1998-2001)






Representative Cases
  •   Represented patentee in the first Supreme Court case to confirm validity of a dosage regimen patent
  •   Represented patentee in the first Supreme Court case to recognize the pharmacological data description exception
  •   Represented patentee in the first Patent Court case to recognize patent term extension period based on foreign clinical trials
  •   Represented patentee in the first and only case to successfully recapture a price reduction to an original drug after generic entry
  •   Represented patentee in the first Patent Court case to confirm inventiveness of an in vivo profile patent
  •   Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to recognize the inventiveness of a selection invention patent based on qualitatively superior effects
  •   Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to recognize the inventiveness of a salt-form patent and to clarify double patenting issues between genus and species claims
  •   Represented patentee in the first IPTAB case to assess the scope of a patent during its patent term extension based on a first approved indication
  •   Represented patentee in the first Korea Trade Commission case to issue an immediate injunction against a Korean generic pharmaceutical company
  •   Represented patentee in a compulsory licensing case
  •   Represented patentees in numerous infringement cases involving various technologies such as diapers, shrinkable films, etc.
 
Specialties
  •   Patent infringement, invalidity, and scope litigation
  •   Patent prosecution and appeals
  •   Patent term extensions
  •   Patent-related pharmaceutical regulatory matters
  •   Patent-related fair trade and competition law issues





Awards

  •   IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals (IAM, 2022-2024)
  •   Next Generation Lawyer (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017)
  •   Rising Star (Managing Intellectual Property, 2013)   

Publications/Activities

  •   IP Value 2006: Building and enforcing intellectual property value, Global White Page (Co-author, Recent developments in IP issues, 2006)
  •   IP Value 2004: Building and enforcing intellectual property value, Global White Page (Co-author, Overview of Korean IP laws, 2004)





Education

    University of Washington, School of Law (IP LL.M., 2005)

    College of Agriculture, Seoul National University (B.S., Food Science and Technology, 1993)


Qualifications

    Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 1998


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Chemicals ,  Intellectual Property Dispute ,  Intellectual Property ,  Patent & Utility Model ,  France (IP) ,  Pharmaceuticals (IP)