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  • Attorneys Sung-Woo CHOI

    Sung-Woo CHOI

  • Mr. Sung-woo Choi is a founder and a managing partner at Wooin Patent & Law Firm.

    He has practiced for more than 20 years in all areas of intellectual property including trademark prosecution and litigation, design prosecution and litigation, branding consultation, copyright and domain issues.

    On a daily basis, Mr. Choi concentrates on representing national and international clients, ranging from sole individuals to large international corporations, in protecting, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property rights in South Korea. Mr. Choi conducts negotiations, prepares agreements, related documents and counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property protection including offering opinions concerning trademarks and design validity, infringement, and right-to-use.

    Mr. Choi is a frequent speaker at various industry, university and professional associations within Korea and internationally as well as also contributing to numerous IP articles and publications.

    Before founding Wooin Patent & Law Firm, he contributed to the success of Myungshin and Partners and Koreana Patent Law Firm. Mr. Choi was also appointed as a senior researcher at the Korean Institute of Intellectual Property (KIIP).

    Mr. Choi has a bachelor’s degree of German literature from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; he received his master degree of Intellectual Property Law from Korea University Graduate School of Legal Studies and his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis.

  • Memberships & Associations

    • Korean Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA)
    • Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
    • Korean Association of Copyright Law
    • Korean Culture & Contents Council
    • Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Trademark Reform Council
    • Adjunct professor of Copyright Law at Sookmyung Womens University

    Publications & Articles

    • Lectures on Copyright Law (Hanvit Publishing, 1996)
    • Copyright Case in Korea (Hanvit Publishing, 1998)
    • Lectures on Trademark Law (Hanvit Publishing, 1998)
    • Copyright Law (Hanvit Publishing, 1999)
    • OVA Trademark Law (Korean Patent Academy, 2002)
    • Trademark Law (Korean Patent Academy, 2002)
    • “Points and Method at Introducing Certification Mark to Korean Trademark System” (KIIP, 2001)
    • “Study on Permissible Comprehensive Term in Goods and Services Classification” (KIIP, 2002)
    • Invention News of Japan (Regular contributor of Intellectual Property articles since 2003)

    Awards

    • Commendation from the Korean Patent Attorneys Association (2006)
    • Achievement award from the Korean Patent Attorneys Association (2010)

    Languages

    • English, Japanese, German