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Choong Jin Oh is a senior partner at Lee & Ko's IP Practice Group. He is recognized as one of the leading IP trial lawyer in Korea, and is highly regarded for his expertise and extensive experience in assisting clients with a broad range of IP matters.

His practice covers all areas of IP litigation, including patent, copyright(PC, mobile game), trademark, design, trade secret, unfair competition and in-service invention. Having reviewed numerous patent and trademark cases on the bench, he is particularly well-experienced in patent, trademark and design litigations in various venues, including prosecution matters before the Korean Intellectual Property Office, invalidation, cancellation and scope confirmation trials before the Industrial Property Tribunal and the Patent Court, and infringement actions before the judicial courts.

He joined Lee & Ko in 2010 after serving on the bench for 13 years. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, Mr. Oh served as a judge at the Seoul District Court, the Seoul High Court and the Patent Court, (which handles the greatest number of patent and trademark cases in Korea). He was also Chief Judge at the Pusan District Court. In 2003, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Vienna. Mr. Oh is admitted to the Korean Bar and the Korean Patent Bar.

He has been awarded with many accolades in Chambers Asia, Managing IP, Benchmark Litigation and Legal 500 for his involvement in many of Korea's notable cases.
Representative Cases
Infringement and Invalidation action concerning a pharmaceutical patent of a multinational pharmaceutical company.
Infringement and invalidation actions involving patents for a blockbuster anticoagulant, dementia treatment drug, contrast medium.
Infringement and invalidation actions of patents related to Semiconductor, LED, CMP Pad, slurry, and other IT-related technologies.
Infringement and invalidation actions of patents concerning polymer, polymerization initiator, adhesives, and other chemical technologies.
Infringement and invalidation actions of patents related to cigarette.
Criminal and civil trade secret misappropriation actions for trade secrets related to strains for pharmaceutical purposes, IT-related chemical containers, OLED, and other technologies.
Copyright infringement action for game, computer program, and other matters.
Injunction actions to enjoin unfair trade practices concerning the marketing and sales of cosmetic/pharmaceutical containers, electronic products, and etc.
Civil action to defend a multinational company against a leading domestic company in a case involving compensation for employee inventions.
Infringement and invalidation actions for various internationally-recognized trademarks.
Preliminary Injunction against employee's transfer.
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Education
2003 University of Vienna – Visiting Scholar
1992 Seoul National University – LL.B
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Work Experience
2010-Present Lee & Ko
2009-2010 Pusan District Court, Chief Judge
2006-2009 Patent Court, Judge
2005-2006 Seoul High Court, Judge
1997-2005 District Court, Judge
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Admissions
2010 Admitted to the Korean patent bar
1994 Admitted to bar, Korea
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Languages
English, Japanese and Korean
Awards and Recognitions
2022 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Leading Individuals - Intellectual property
2022 Chambers Asia-Pacific, Ranked Lawyers - Intellectual Property
2021 Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars - Patent, Trademark
2021 IAM Patent 1000, recommended experts - Litigation
2021 Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, Litigation star - Intellectual Property
2021 Asia IP Magazine, Top 50 IP Experts of South Korea
2020-2021 Chambers Global edition, Ranked Lawyers - Intellectual Property
2020 Who's Who Legal, Korea's leading expert - Intellectual Property y
2020 Legal 500, Leading individuals - Intellectual Property
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
'Identifying the Invention Subject to Review in a Patent Scope Confirmation Trial', (Patent Litigation Research, Vol. 4, Patent Court, 2008)
'WIPO's Discussions on Protection of Non-traditional Marks and their Meaning', (Patent Litigation Research, Vol. 4, Patent Court, 2008)
'Determining Similarity between an Invention and Prior Arts', (Study on Patent Cases, Korean Patent Law Society Edition, Pakyoungsa Publishing, 2009)
'Whether the Specification is Supporting the Patent Claim', (Study on Patent Cases, Korean Patent Law Society Edition, Pakyoungsa Publishing, 2009)
'Standards for Determining Double Jeopardy', (Study on Patent Cases, Korean Patent Law Society Edition, Pakyoungsa Publishing, 2009)
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