Partner
崔仁鎬
IP Litigation
Inho Choi is a partner in Lee & Ko’s Intellectual Property (IP) Group. Drawing on his extensive experience as a patent attorney specializing in electrical and electronic engineering, as well as his prior experience leading the in-house intellectual property team at a major corporation, Mr. Choi represents and advises clients on a broad range of IP and technology-related matters, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, employee inventions, and computer programs.
주요처리사례
- Patent infringement litigation involving mobile communication standard-essential patents (SEPs) and smartphone feature patents in the Samsung v. Apple dispute
- Patent infringement litigation involving mobile messenger program technologies
- Multiple patent infringement litigations involving map, shopping, web editor, and advertising services for a major domestic portal provider
- Patent infringement litigation involving auxiliary information provisioning services for mobile terminals
- Patent infringement litigation involving automotive HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems
- Patent invalidation proceedings and related appellate litigation involving marine fuel gas supply systems
- Patent infringement litigation involving audience reaction survey systems for internet broadcasting
- Patent infringement litigation involving synthetic resin profiles for windows and doors
- Criminal proceedings involving patent infringement related to a mobile business card application
- Criminal proceedings involving patent infringement related to dental medical equipment
- Patent transfer and damages litigation involving manufacturing technology for melting furnaces
- Civil and criminal litigation involving misappropriation of trade secrets and industrial technology relating to semiconductor testing devices
- Criminal proceedings involving unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets relating to textile manufacturing processes
- Criminal proceedings involving unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets relating to automotive cooling systems
- Criminal proceedings involving unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets relating to machine-vision lighting systems for automated production lines
- Criminal proceedings involving unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets relating to skin-imaging diagnostic devices
- Employee invention compensation litigation involving mobile communications standard-essential patents
- Employee invention compensation litigation involving internet e-commerce technologies
- Employee invention compensation litigation involving metal manufacturing technology
- Civil litigation involving copyright infringement arising from imitation products featuring messenger service characters
- Civil litigation seeking transfer of domain names registered by cybersquatters in bad faith
- Civil litigation involving trademark infringement and unfair competition relating to alcoholic beverages using regional landmark names
- Criminal proceedings involving unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets and copyright infringement relating to software for credit card point-of-sale (POS) terminals
- Civil litigation involving service fee disputes arising from IT system integration (SI) projects
학력
| 2012 | Yonsei University Law School – J.D. |
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| 2003 | Seoul National University Graduate School - M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2001 | Seoul National University – B.S. in Electrical Engineering |
경력
| 2026-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2016-2026 | Managing Partner, Chaewoom Law Firm; Partner Patent Attorney, Hansung Patent Law Firm |
| 2012-2016 | Lee & Ko |
| 2007-2009 | Head of Intellectual Property Team, Legal Affairs Department, NAVER Corporation |
| 2006-2007 | Hansung International Patent Law Office |
언어
| Korean and English |
