Kevin,
Kook-Hyun Kim, Attorney at Law / Patent Attorney, kkh@kasanlaw.com
Kevin,
Kook-Hyun Kim is an attorney at law who represents and provides counsel to
clients in in-depth legal matters related to intellectual property law. Since
starting his career as a patent and trademark attorney in 1994, his practice
encompassed virtually all aspects related to intellectual property from
drafting and prosecuting patent applications to patent trials and litigation,
and over the years, he has provided professional services relating to trademark
registration, licensing and litigation to both domestic and multinational
corporate clients.
Before joining KASAN, he worked at Kim & Chang, Lee & Ko and Myung-Shin
& Partners. While working at Kim & Chang, he has prosecuted a large
number of inbound patent applications and was extensively involved with
representing multinational corporate clients in patent trials and litigation.
At Lee & Ko, his major domestic clients included LG electronics and
LG-Philips LCD, which he represented in technology transfers, litigation, trade
secret, copyright and trademarks.
He
is regularly involved with patent and trademark infringement litigations.
Particularly, he has successfully represented domestic clients (defendants) in
landmark patent infringement lawsuits. Though a patentee asked for the largest
damage compensation in the history of our patent infringement lawsuits,
attorneys for the defendants, including Mr. Kim, successfully defended the
clients in a trial that lasted for 3 years.
At
KASAN from 2006, he has worked for many clients regarding IP infringement
litigation cases, arbitration cases, opinions, etc. The list of representative
litigation cases is attached below.
Kevin
is a frequent speaker at various seminars attended by domestic and
international patent practitioners. He served as an adjunct professor for
patent practice at Yonsei University, school of law for 5 years. And he regularly
gives lectures at the Korean Invention Promotion Association and the Korean
Patent Attorney Association.
Further, he was involved with the WIPO's educational project, as a counselor to
the Korean Invention Promotion Association and the Korean Intellectual Property
Office. Both organizations provided the WIPO with online education materials
related to patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, etc.
Mr. Kim is an active member of LESI, INTA, APAA, KPAA and the Korea Bar
Association.
Mr. Kim received a B.S. and an M.S. in Pharmaceutics from Seoul National
University (SNU) in 1987 and 1989, respectively, a Masters in IP from Franklin
Pierce Law Center of UNH in New Hampshire, U.S.A. in 1994, and a LL.B. from
Seoul National University in 2000.
Mr. Kim passed the Korean patent bar examination in 1993 and the Korean bar
examination in 2000.
Mr. Kim wrote a book, “Business Secrets Protection Law” in 2010.
He is versed in English and Japanese.
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Pfizer Inc. v. Ahn-Gook, a Korean Pharmaceutical Company
Kasan
IP and Law Firm successfully defended a Korean pharmaceutical company against
allegations of infringement of a patent relating to Pfizer’s blockbuster
medicine Norvasc® in preliminary injunction and permanent injunction
infringement litigation, and successfully represented the Korean company in
invalidation proceedings, trial to confirm the scope of a patent right and
appeals against the trial decisions before the Korean Patent Court and the
Supreme Court.
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Pfizer Inc. v. Hanlim, a Korean Pharmaceutical Company
This
is the first case regarding “off-label” drug issue in Korea. The patent is
directed a new use of a known compound, pregabalin. Kevin represented Hanlim
and successfully defended permanent injunction claim and restricted damages
against the patentee Pfizer.
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Tokyo Electron Limited v. IPS, a Korean semiconductor equipment company
We
successfully represented a Korean semiconductor manufacturing equipment company
in patent infringement litigation before a civil court, invalidation trials
before the IPT in KIPO, appeals against the trial decision before the Korean
Patent Court. Also we successfully represented our client in criminal
prosecution proceedings relating to trade secret theft allegation against TEL.
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Gilead v. Daewoong, a Korean pharmaceutical company
Our
firm successfully defended a Korean pharmaceutical company against allegations
of infringement of a patent relating to Gilead’s blockbuster drug Hepsera®, in
preliminary injunction case, patent infringement litigation, invalidation trials
before the IPT in KIPO and appeal against the trial decision.
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Konami v. a Korean game company
The
firm successfully defended a Korean game company in copyright and trademark
infringement litigations and criminal prosecution cases, relating to Konami’s
famous characters and trademarks.
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KEC, a Korean electronics company v. ASE
We
defended ASE against a Korean electronics company in criminal prosecution and
litigation relating to theft of trade secret involving semiconductor packaging
technologies.
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P&G v. Wooshin, a Korean pharmaceutical company
We
successfully defended a Korean generic company in invalidation trial, trial to
confirm the scope of a patent and appeal against the trial decisions before the
Korean Patent Court and the Supreme Court relating to developing and marketing
of a generic version of P&G’s patented medicine Risedronate Sodium for
treating osteoporosis.
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ALCON v. Hanlim, a Korean pharmaceutical company
Kasan
successfully represented a Korean generic company in invalidation trial and
appeal against the trial decision, relating to developing and marketing of a
generic version of ALCON’s patented medicine Patanol® for treating allergic
conjunctivitis.
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INNOMTEK v. CDM Bridge
The
firm successfully represented INNOMTEK in infringement litigation and
preliminary injunction cases involving Bluetooth and USB driver technologies.
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TRY Brands v. a personal business owner
We
successfully represented TRY Brands in trademark infringement litigation
involving a well-known trademark for clothing.
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Shinwha Inc. v. Mirae Inc.
We
represented Shinwha in patent infringement litigation and invalidation trial,
relating to a patent on diffusion film for LCD.
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Dash Co., Ltd v. a Korean consumer goods company
Kasan
successfully defended a Korean consumer goods company against allegations of
infringement of a patent relating to household goods in preliminary injunction.
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Sports TOTO Inc. v. a personal business owner
We
successfully represented Sports TOTO in patent infringement litigation,
invalidation trial and appeal for the trial decision against a personal
business owner.
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Wonik Inc., a Korean semiconductor equipment company v. a former researcher of
the company
The
firm successfully represented a Korean semiconductor equipment company in a
trade secret theft case against a former researcher of the company, throughout
criminal prosecution, preliminary injunction and infringement litigation.
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Ace Tech, a Korean electronics company v. Hirose Korea, an electronics joint
venture between a Korean company and a Japanese company
Kasan
IP and Law Firm successfully represented an electronics joint venture between a
Korean company and a Japanese company in a trade secret theft case involving
mobile antenna technology against Ace Tech throughout criminal prosecution,
preliminary injunction and litigation for damages.
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A Korean construction and engineering company “S” v. a Korean construction and
engineering company “I”
The
firm successfully represented a Korean construction and engineering company “S”
in patent disputes and disputes relating to “New Excellent Technology”
certification from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
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National Health Insurance Corporation v. Seoul National University
We
successfully defended Seoul National University in insurance benefits refund
litigation against National Health Insurance Corporation.
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SK Chemical, a Korean pharmaceutical company v. Dongkuk, a Korean
pharmaceutical company
We
successfully defended Dongkuk, a Korean pharmaceutical company in patent
infringement litigations, trademark infringement litigation, invalidation trial
and trial to confirm the scope of a patent before the IPT in KIPO relating to a
patented drug of a combination of existing two drugs.
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National Health Insurance Corporation v. Kyungbo, a Korean pharmaceutical
company
The
firm successfully defended a Korean pharmaceutical company in pharmaceutical
expenditure refund litigation, relating to active pharmaceutical ingredients
exemption provision.
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Daewoong, a Korean metal working company v. a personal business owner
We
successfully represented a Korean metalworking company in patent infringement
litigation, invalidation trial and appeal for the trial decision, against a
personal business owner.
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Choistech, a Korean electronics startup v. a Korean electronics company
Kasan
successfully represented Choistech, a Korean small electronics company in a
trade secret theft case relating to electronic accessories for iPhone by
obtaining injunctive relief against a Korean electronics company.
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Oy Ajat v. Vatech, a Korean medical device company
We
successfully represented a Finnish medical device company Oy Ajat in patent
infringement litigation, invalidation trial, post-grant amendment trial and
appeal against the trial decisions, relating to a dental instrument.
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Flowmaster Korea v. a Korean software company
Kasan
successfully represented Flowmaster Korea, a subsidiary of American software
company Flowmaster Inc., in a trade secret theft case relating to computational
fluid dynamics simulation software, against a Korean software company.
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Saerom v. a Korean cable TV company
We
successfully represented Saerom in design right infringement litigation and
related criminal prosecution against a Korean cable TV company.
