Awards

• Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Intellectual Property (Chambers & Partners, 2014-2024)
• Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Intellectual Property (Chambers and Partners, 2014-2024)
• Leading Individual, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Intellectual Property (Legalease, 2019-2024)
• Distinguished practitioner, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Intellectual property (Euromoney, 2020-2023)
• IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals (IAM, 2018-2020, 2022-2023)
• Patent Star, Managing IP Stars (Euromoney, 2014, 2018-2023)
• The A-List: Korea's Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2019, 2021-2023)
• Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides - Women in Business Law: Patents (Expert Guides, 2021-2022)
• Named as a leading patent attorney in Korea (Who's Who Legal, 2003-2015) 
• Named as a leading Patent Law Practitioners in Korea (Legal Media Group Expert Guide, 2005-2013) 
• Named as a leading lawyer (Asia IP Experts, 2013)

Publications/Activities

• Korean chapter, Patent Enforcement in the UK and Trans-Pacific Countries (Global Law and Business, 2021)
• Korean chapter, International Patent Litigation (Bloomberg BNA, 2018-2019) 
• Korean chapter, Practical Law - Life Sciences Global Guide 2018/2019 (Thomson Reuters)
• Drug manufacturer obtains first damages award for infringement of second medical use patent (ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, Nov. 2017)
• Pharmaceutical industry IP practices under scrutiny again (ILO Intellectual Property Newsletter, Sept. 2017)
• Korea Supreme Court Upholds Pfizer Patent Validity (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., April 2016)
• Speaker, "Patent Linkage System in Korea," AIPPI WS Pharma 4 (Toronto, Sept. 2014) 
• Korean court holds for the first time that "skinny labeled" generic still infringes a patent for a non-labeled indication (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., August 2014) 
• Speaker, "Patents & Regulatory Affairs Development in Korea," INTERPAT General Assembly Meeting (Kyoto, June 2014) 
• Speaker, "Patent Eligibility of Human Genes in Asia," AIPLA Annual Meeting (Washington, DC ., Oct. 2013) 
• Pfizer Obtains Preliminary Injunction in Korea Based on Unfinalized Patent Claims (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., July 2013) 
• Supreme Court upholds validity of selection invention patent for first time (International Law Office (ILO), Nov. 2012) 
• Korean Supreme Court Reverses Patent Court Decision for Improper Hindsight Bias (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., March 2011) 
• Rejection of Compulsory License for AIDS Drug Patents Becomes Final (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., February 2010) 
• International Patent Litigation - A Country-by-Country Analysis; Republic of Korea (BNA Books, 2010 Supplement) 
• Intellectual Property Protection in Asia, Korea Chapter, Co-author (LexisNexis, 2009) 
• Speaker, "Patent Options in Korea," AIPLA Annual Meeting (Washington D.C., Oct. 2008) 
• Speaker, "Opposition Proceedings in Korea," AIPPI 41st World Intellectual Property Congress (Boston, MA, Sept. 2008) 
• Speaker, "Recent Developments in Procurement and Enforcement of Patents in Korea," Akron IP Conference (Akron, OH, March 2007) 
• Panelist, "Enforcement of Patents in Korea," Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) Winter Meeting (Carefree, AZ, 2006) 
• Panelist, "Enforcement of Patents in Korea," AIPLA Annual Meeting, IP Practice in the Far East (Washington D.C., Oct. 2004)
• Panelist, "Update on Patent prosecution and Enforcement in Korea," AIPLA Annual Meeting, Pacific Rim Seminar (Washington D.C., Oct. 2004) 
• Panelist, "Administrative Actions Related to Patent Enforcement in Korea," International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL) Annual Conference (San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2004) 
• Korean Supreme Court's Decision on Prosecution History Estoppel (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., January 2003) 
• Analysis of Korean Patent Court Ruling That Any Amendment of Patent Claims Creates Prosecution History Estoppel (World Intellectual Property Report, BNA International Inc., July 2002)
• Panelist: DuPont Intellectual Property, "Enforcing Patents in a Global Economy," CLE Seminar (Washington D.C., Oct. 2002)
• Patent Litigation in Korea (Patent World, United Kingdom, 2001) 
• Panelist, "Entitlement to Priority for Chemical Invention in Korea," AIPLA Mid-Winter Meeting (Boca Raton, FL, Feb. 2001) 
• Panelist, "Recent Developments in Korean Patent Law" and "Introduction to Patent Law and Enforcement of Patents in Korea," CLE International Conference (San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2000) 
• Panelist, "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Korea (with a focus on patents)," CLA Pacific Rim Conference (San Francisco, CA, Feb. 1999) 
• Protection of Intellectual Property in Korea (Korea's Economy 1998, Korean Economic Institute of America and Korea Institute of International Economic Policy, Volume 14) 
• Panelist: Singapore-WIPO Joint Training Course for Asia and the Pacific Region on Licensing, "Topic 3.1 Motivations and Incentives for Licensing," Technology Transfer and Valuation of Industrial Property Asset (Singapore, Nov. 1998) 
• Panelist, "Protection of Intellectual Property in Korea," Japan Information Access Project (JIAP) (Washington D.C., Oct. 1997) 
• Background Reading Material on the Intellectual Property System of The Republic of Korea (WIPO, Switzerland, 1996)