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Patent Attorney

Samyong KIM
Patent Attorney/Partner

Professional Activities

  • Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

  • Korean Standards Association

  • Patent Dispute Subcommittee of IPMS (Intellectual Property Management & Strategy) in SERI (Samsung Economic Research Institute)

  • IP financing subcommittee of IPMS in SERI

Education

  • M.S. in Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University

  • B.S. in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Hanyang University

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before KR Patent Office & Patent Court

Biography

  • Mr. Kim is a registered Korean patent attorney and partner at Envision Patent & Law Firm and has been working in a broad range of technologies such as wireless communication (e.g., 4G mobile communication such as LTE-Advanced, Mobile WiMax), WLAN, Visible light communication, Optical communication system, MPEG (e.g., HEVC, DASH, MMT, 3D Video), Home Network (e.g., DLNA, UPnP), system LSI Circuits, and display (e.g.,OLED, LCD).

  • Mr. Kim's responsibilities include all facets of representing clients with regard to searching prior art to invalidate patents, assisting in efforts to design around patents, infringement opinion, invalidity opinion, and licensing contracts, intellectual property counseling such as strategies for acquiring Essential Patents and strategies for patent portfolio construction, as well as supervising preparation and prosecution of patent, particularly in the Electrical and Mechanical arts. 

  • Mr. Kim also has experience in strategizing, analyzing and evaluating of patents directed to industry standards including 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced/Femto-cell, IEEE 802.16m, IEEE 802.11ac/ad/af/ah, IEEE 802.15 VLC/Teraherz, and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 HEVC(High Efficiency Video Coding)/3D-AVC/3D-HEVC/DASH(Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP)/MMT(MPEG media transport).

  •  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kim was selected as the best patent attorney, who achieved the excellent quality for patent prosecution, by Samsung Electronics (Semiconductor Division) in 2004.

  • Mr. Kim has lectured extensively throughout industries and universities. In detail, he has been a lecturer on ‘design around’ for numerous companies, such as TSST (Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology), GE Sensing Korea, KSIA (Korea Semiconductor Industry Association), Hyundai AutoNet, and KTF (Korea Telecom Freetel)-Technology, etc. He has extensive experience in workshops and seminar on ‘recent US patent drafting’ for IP managers and in-house counsels of Samsung Electronics.

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