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Minwook Kim is an associate in the IP Practice Group specializing in intellectual property law. His areas of expertise include, among other things, patents, trade secrets, copyright, IP licensing, trademarks and employee invention. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2016, he worked as a patent attorney in Koreana Patent Firm and also an in-house patent counsel in IP Prosecution Group, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Representative Cases
[Patents]
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving 3D Semiconductor
Patent Invalidation Lawsuit involving Re-liquefaction System of LNG Carrier
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving Compressor of Re-liquefaction System of LNG Carrier
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving Lettering Service of Telecommunication Service Provider
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving IPTV Technologies
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving One-Time Password Technologies
Patent Invalidation Lawsuit involving Mobile Game Platform
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving Smartphone User Interface
Patent Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving Electronic Compressor of HVAC
Patent Infringement and Invalidation involving Smart Card
Patent Infringement and Invalidation involving Mobile Driver's License
Patent Infringement and Invalidation involving Test Equipment for Semiconductor Process
Patent Infringement and Invalidation involving Screen Golf
Patent Invalidation involving Wheel Bearing for Automobile
Counsel on Patent Infringement and Invalidation involving Electronic Cigarette
[Trade Secrets]
Patent/Trade Secret Infringement and Patent Invalidation Lawsuit involving Bluetooth Antenna embedded in Smartphones
Trade Secret Lawsuit involving LED Manufacturing Equipment
Trade Secret Lawsuit involving Treadmill
Trade Secret Lawsuit involving Amplifier for Mobile Telecommunication Repeater delivered to the Military
Trade Secret Lawsuit involving Un-manned Forklift Vehicle
Counsel on Response to the Investigation of the Korean Intellectual Property Office's Special Judicial Police involving Trade Secrets related to Call Center Software Solution
Preliminary Injunction Lawsuit involving Prohibition of Employee's Transfer related to Flash Memory Technologies
Preliminary Injunction Lawsuit involving Prohibition of Employee's Transfer related to Rechargeable Battery Technologies
Preliminary Injunction Lawsuit involving Prohibition of Employee's Transfer related to LCD, OLED Display Technologies
[IP Counsels]
Counsel on Open Source Software License
Counsel on IP Rights of National Technology Development Project
Counsel on In-house IP Compliance
Counsel on Introduction of In-house IP Management System
Due Diligence and Counsel on IP issues in relation to M&As (LG Household & Health Care Ltd.'s acquisition of Physiogel brand assets from GSK, etc.)
Various kinds of Counsels on Patent Law, Copyright Law, IP Licensing, etc.
[Etc.]
Design Infringement and Invalidation Lawsuit involving Frames for Cargo Box of Truck
Lawsuit involving LTE System delivered to the Military
Lawsuit involving License Agreement on Construction New-Technology
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Education
2023 UCI(University of California, Irvine) School of Law – LL.M.
2016 Korea University, School of Law - J.D.
2009 Seoul National University - B.A. in Electrical Engineering
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Work Experience
2016-Present Lee & Ko
2011-2013 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
2009-2011 Koreana Patent Firm
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Admissions
2016 Admitted to bar, Korea
2008 Admitted to Korean patent bar
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards and Recognitions
2023-2024 Rising star (Managing Intellectual Property )
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