Professionals

Experts

Introducing passionate experts of YOON & LEE with high levels of expertise and vast experience

Education

Practice Areas: Patent, Utility Model, Trademark, Prosecution, Search, Analysis, Strategy, Appeal Cases, Trials, Dispute Resolution, Consulting, Collaborative Work with ETHICS Law Office

Technical Fields: Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Electrochemistry, Biochemistry, Textile engineering, Agricultural chemistry, Nano materials, Green renewable energy, New materials engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Food Processing Cosmetics, Cosmetic composition, Trademark, Design, Copyright

Career ∙ Activities

1980 ~ 1982 KIPO Patent Examiner
1981 ~ 1982 KIPO Liaison Officer at WIPO for PCT
1982 ~ 1985 Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Division of Petrochemical Industry, Deputy Director
1985 ~ 1991 KIPO Patent Examiner
1985 ~ 1987 Korean Government Negotiation Member with USTR for Chemical Patent Protection
1990 ~ 1991 Korean Government Negotiation Member for WTO TRIPs
1991 ~ Present Practicing Patent Attorney (KPAA Member of Select Committee for Uruguay Round, Patent Litigation Committee Chair, Director, Vice President, Advisor for Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement)
2011 ~ 2017 President of AIPPI Korea
2022 ~ Present YOON & LEE International Patent & Law Firm, LLC.

Qualifications ∙ Memberships

Patent Attorney, Republic of Korea

Member, The State of New York Bar, Washington D.C. Bar

Korean Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA)
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle (AIPPI)
Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

Publications ∙ Others

Seong-Ki Kim, Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in Europe-Implications to Korean Patent System, Joint Seminar of KOFST & KPAA (2022)
Seong-Ki Kim, Jurisdiction over Standard Essential Patent Disputes: Unwired Planet Decision in UK, KIPLA J. of Industrial Property, no. 67, pp. 233-290 (2021)
Seong-Ki Kim, Plausibility of patent Disclosure: Warner-Lambert Decision in UK, KIPLA J. of Industrial Property, no. 64, pp. 269-332 (2020)
Seong-Ki Kim, The 2019 Amendment to the Patent Act of Korea, KIPLA J. of Industrial Property, no. 60, pp. 1-55 (2019)
Seong-Ki Kim Actavis Decision and Patent Construction in the United Kingdom, KIPLA J. of Industrial Property, no. 55, pp. 115-180 (2018)
Seong-Ki Kim, Proceedings before the Unified Patent Court, KIPLA J. pf Industrial Property, no. 53, pp. 371-426 (2017)
Seong-Ki Kim, Establishment and Organization of The Unified Patent Court, KIPLA J. of Industrial Property, no. 52, pp. 253-297 (2017)

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