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Patent attorney DUKKYU CHOI is the founder of DK CHOI & PARTNERS which was established in 1993. Previously, it was known as JO & CHOI which was founded by Mr. Chihoon Jo and Mr. Choi in 1989 before they separated. Prior to the patent law practice in South Korea , Mr. Choi had several internship opportunities with other law firms located in the U.S.A. such as Berman, Aisenburg & Platt in Washington, D.C., and Union Carbide Corporation at Danbury, Connecticut. Mr. Choi was an adjunct professor in Kwangwoon University from 1999 to 2000 and an instructor for a number of higher education, such as Yonsei, Kyung Hee, Inha, Sookmyung Women's and Kyonggi University. Mr. Choi has an extensive experience and knowledge on specific technologies that includes textile and polymer engineering and industrial chemistry. He obtained his B.S. in Textile and Polymer Engineering from Seoul National University in 1980. He was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in 1986, and is currently a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Licensing Executives Society, and International Trademark Association. Further, Mr. Choi obtained his Master in Intellectual Property (MIP) from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord in New Hampshire, U.S.A. in 1988. He is the author of numerous books such as, "Patent Law" (2000), "Trademark Law" (1999), "Fundamental Problems in Intellectual Property Right" (2004), "A Documentary Report about the Problems in the Mass Transit System in South Korea" (2004), "Upgrade Your English" (2005), and so on. Languages: Korean and English. |
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Patent Attorney GILEEM PARK joined us when Alpha International Patent Law Office was merged with DK CHOI & PARTNERS in March 2004. Ms. Park was the representative patent attorney of the former office. Ms. Park represents a world-leading supplier in telecommunication, Ericsson, a venture company such as MTech World Co., Hanyang University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Doowon Technical College, Korean Broadcasting System, Korea Education & Research Information Service, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Academy, a government-owned corporation such as Seoul Olympic Sports Promotion Foundation, Kumsung Publishing Co., Koko Enterprise Co., Ltd., Daekyo Co., Ltd., and Innodigm Inc.. She is an expert on specific technologies of electronic engineering, information and communication engineering, semi-conductor, internet related inventions, mechanical engineering, construction materials and household goods. Ms. Park was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in 1991. She is currently a member of intellectual property dispute resolution committee at the Korean Intellectual Property Office, Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund INNO-BIZ inspection committee, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology evaluation committee, semi-conductor layout deign dispute resolution committee at the KIPO, the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Korea Women Inventors Association advisory committee, trade committee at Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, and Licensing Executives Society. Ms. Park is also a venture capitalist and certified technology transfer advisor of Korea Technology Transfer Center. She obtained her M.S. in Electronics from Hanyang University Graduate School of Engineering in 1998, and LL.B. from Yeungnam University in 1987. Languages: Korean, English, and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney HYEJIN LEE joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in January 2000. Ms. Lee provides various legal services relating to the specification matter of new inventions for domestic and international patents, legal opinions on patentability, validity and infringement of patents, litigation, patent counseling, and patent right analysis. Ms. Lee represents Cheil Industries Inc., Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-chem Co. Ltd. and Korea Timber Co.. Ms. Lee's field of expertise is on specific technologies of plastic, electrical and electronic materials, complex materials, marble, ceramic, adhesive, battery, clothing, foods, plating, chemical sensor, catalyst, pigment, polymer resin, industrial waste, water quality, ecosystem restoration, environment, fertilizer and metal. She was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in 1999, and is currently a member of Asian Patent Attorneys Association. She obtained her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Hongik University in 1994 and finished the practical patent law course at KIPO in 2000. Languages: Korean, English, and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney DOORYUNG JANG joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in July 2003. Ms. Jang provides competitive legal services relating to domestic and international application preparation, patent and trademark counseling, legal opinions on patentability and validity, litigation, and so on. Ms. Jang represents Micronics Japan Co., Ericsson, STI Co. Ltd., Pentax Voiceware Co. Ltd., Romanson Co. Ltd. and Hyosung Motors & Machinery Inc.. She is an expert on specific technologies of electronic engineering, information and communication engineering, semi-conductor and mechanical engineering. She was admitted to the Korea Patent Attorney Association in 2002. Ms. Jang obtained her B.Ed. in Physics from Ewha Womans University in 2000. Ms. Jang is a candidate for B.S. in Information and Communication Engineering at Hanyang Cyber University. She finished 16th practical patent law course and the practical civil procedure course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in 2003. Languages: Korean, English and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney Felitia I. Zoo joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in July 2007. Ms. Zoo provides competitive legal services relating to domestic and international patents and trademarks and legal opinions on litigation, patentability and validity. She is specialized in metallurgy, polymer chemistry, material engineering as well as pharmaceutics, biology, biotechnology, chemistry and food engineering. She is also proficient in Trademark right and Design right. She was admitted to the Korea Patent Attorney Association in 2003. Ms. Zoo obtained her D.V.M. degree from Seoul National University in 1998 and obtained a license of the same in 1998. She finished 17th practical patent law course and the practical civil procedure course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in 2004. She completed a course for licensing and contract of technology transfer at KIPA in 2007. Languages: Korean, English and French |
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Patent Attorney YOUNGBO CHOI joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in November 2007. Mr. Choi provides competitive legal services relating to the specification matter of new inventions for domestic and international patents, legal opinion on patentability, validity and infringement of patents, litigation, patent and trademark counseling. Mr. Choi repesents Cheil Industries Inc. Mr. Choi's field of expertise is on specific technologies of chemical engineering, polymer, semiconductor manufacturing process, semiconductor material, pharmaceutics, pigment, paint and ink. Mr. Choi completed the 20th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in February, 2007. Mr. Choi obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in 2002. and worked for a pharmaceutical company, Huons Co. Ltd., at R&D center for three years. Languages: Korean and English |
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Patent Attorney JIHO PARK joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in April 2006. Mr. Park provides legal services relating to domestic and international patents and trademarks, especially in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. Another area of his concentration relates to protective defense of rights such as imposition of rights and processing of illegal copying of registered trademarks around Asian countries. Mr. Park was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in December 2005. Mr. Park obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Hanyang University in 2003. He finished the 19th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in 2006. Languages: Korean and English |
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Patent Attorney YOUNGROK KIM joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in March 2007. Mr. Kim provides various legal services relating to the specification matter of new inventions for domestic and international patents, legal opinions on patentability, validity and infringement of patents, litigation, patent counseling, and patent right analysis. Mr. Kim represents Micronics Japan Co., Emizon Group., Romanson Co. Ltd, and Cosmoprof International Pte Ltd.. He is an expert on specific technologies of chemical engineering, semi-conductor and mechanical engineering. Mr. Kim completed the 16th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in February, 2007 and IP Training Course for IP Lawyer in March, 2007. He obtained his M.S. in Semi-conductor Material Engineering from Hongik University Graduate School in February 1998. The thesis for his Master's degree was The Study on SBT ferroelectric thinfilms by Sol-Gel method (1998). Languages: Korean, English, and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney SUNGMI CHOI joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in October 2007. Ms. Choi provides legal services relating to domestic and international patents and trademarks, opinions on patentability and viability, technology contract, licensing agreements and granting licenses. Ms. Choi represents Cheil Industries Inc., BR Consulting Inc., Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-chem Co. Ltd and Korea Timber Co. She is an expert on specific technologies of plastic, electrical and electronic materials, environment, complex materials, pigment, polymer resin, industrial waste, water quality, ecosystem restoration, fertilizer and metal. She was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in December 2006 and obtained her B.S. in Environmental Engineering from University Of Seoul in 1999. Ms. Choi finished the 20th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in 2007. Languages: Korean, English, and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney SEOYOUNG LEE joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in December 2007. Ms. LEE provides competitive legal services relating to the specification matter on new inventions for domestic and international patents, legal opinion on patentability, validity and infringement of patents, litigation, patent and trademark counseling. Ms. Lee represents Cheil Industries Inc. and Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. She is specialized in polymer chemistry, material engineering, biology, biotechnology, chemistry and food engineering. She is also proficient in Trademark right and Design right. Ms. Lee was admitted to the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in December 2007. She completed the 21th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in 2008. She obtained her B.S. in Biology from Yonsei University in 1992. Languages: Korean, English and Japanese |
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Patent Attorney EUIHO NAM joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in January, 2008. Mr. Nam provides various legal services relating to the specification matter of new inventions for domestic and international patents, legal opinions on patentability, validity and infringement of patents, litigation, patent counseling, and patent right analysis. Mr. Nam completed the 21th practical patent law course at the Korean Intellectual Property Office in February, 2008. He obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University in 2005. Languages: Korean and English |
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SUNG RYONG OH joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in April 2007. He has a B.E. in Electronic Engineering from Wonkwang University. Mr. Oh was the Technical Marketing Engineer for System Integrated Circuits with Hyundai Electronics and the Assistant Manager in Product and Business Planning for LCD Driver IC with Hynix Semiconductors. Mr. Oh has also worked in the Patent Dept. of DE RYOOK International Patent Law Firm in Seoul. He further obtained his J.D. in American Law from Han Dong International Law School, Korea. Language: Korean and English |
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SUNGDO CHANG joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS when Alpha International Patent Law Office was merged with DK CHOI & PARTNERS in 2003. Mr. Chang has developed sophisticated skills and know-how in patent and trademark throughout his working experiences. He was with KANG & KANG Patent Law Office and Maeng Sun Ho Patent Law Office for more than 10 years, before joining Alpha International Patent Law Office and DK CHOI & PARTNERS. Mr. Chang provides a wide range of legal services relating to application preparation, opinions on patentability and viability, litigation of domestic patents and trademarks. His field of expertise is mechanical engineering. Mr. Chang obtained his A.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Yuhan College in 1998. Languages: Korean and Japanese |
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YUJI CHUNG joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in June 1996. She has a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Sang Myung University, 1994. Ms. Chung handles design patents, trademarks, foreign filing matters and administrative matters with the Korean Copyright Office. Ms. Chung is also an expert in Japanese language; having worked for more than ten years in translation between Japanese and Korean. Languages: Korean and Japanese |
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JIHYUN KANG joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in September 1996. Ms. Kang obtained her B.S. degree from Chang-An College. Her major is textile design. Ms. Kang is the chief administrator for filing patents, trademarks and designs applications as well as PCT applications and annuities matters. Tel.: +82-2-555-9474 |
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SUKYUNG YUN joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in September 2000. Ms. Yun is in charge of the firm's accounts. She handles filing matters such as patents, trademarks and designs applications as well as PCT applications and annuities matters. Tel.: +82-2-555-9474 |
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JIYOUNG KIM joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in February 2006. She has a B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature from Sungshin Women's University, 2002. Ms. Kim is an expert in Japanese language; having worked for more than five years in translation between Japanese and Korean. She handles administrative matters with foreign work. Languages: Korean, English and Japanese |
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TAEKEUN YOON is a Sun certified Java programmer. He has a B.S. degree from Kyoung-Won College. Further, he took an internship course provided by the Korean Patent Attorneys Association for six months. Mr. Yoon is also the draftsman for the firm. Tel.: +82-2-555-9474 |
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JINSUN CHOI joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in 2006. Ms. Choi obtained her B.S. degree in horticulture science from Samyook University in 1995. She handles biochemical and plant patent applications. Languages: Korean and English |
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SHIREEN NGAN joined DK CHOI & PARTNERS in November 2007. She obtained her LL.B in Laws from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She handles administrative matters, editing and proof-reading documents. Languages: English |
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