Sang Mo Choi
Executive Managing Director
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Technical fields
Battery, Display, Mobile & Telecommunication, Medical Equipment
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Areas of Practice / Major Cases
PATENT LITIGATION:
- Mar. '08∼Jul. '09 [Honeywell v. SDI/SMD] in Delaware (LCD)
- Sep. '06∼Aug. '08 [Pioneer v. SDI] Northern District of California [SDI v. Pioneer] Texas Marshall (PDP TV)
- Nov.'05∼Dec.'07 [SDI v. Panasonic] Pennsylvania and California
- Mar.'03∼Jul.'05 [Quinetic v. SDI] Texas Marshall (LCD)
- Feb.'03∼Jul.'03 [SDI v. Fujitsu] Central District of California (PDP TV)
- Mar.'03∼Jul.'03 [Fujitsu v. SDI] District Court of Tokyo, Japan (PDP panel)
- Nov.'97∼Oct. '98 [Hitachi v. SDI] Eastern District of Virginia (Color cathode ray tube)
LICENSING:
Jul.'11∼Jun.'12: LED ST Patent licensing (Toyoda Gosei)
Jun.'12∼May'13: Dongbu LED patent licensing (Osram)
May '13∼Jun.'15: LG Electronics NFC licensing (France Brevets)
July'13∼Aug.'16: Samsung Electronics NFC licensing (France Brevets)
Others:
- Feb. '11: Designated as Planning Committee member of Fused fundamental technology for 2011 by the department of Knowledge and Economics
- Mar.'10: Seminar for IP Strategy and Licensing Strategy in Tokyo Japan
- Nov.'04: Leader of IP Section in Display Consortium
- Aug.'02: Registered as a Technology Transfer Agent with the Korea Technology Transfer Agent Association
- Feb.'02∼present: Rendering about 20 Lectures regarding Licensing & Patent Litigation at the Korean Intellectual Property Office and other authorities.
- Dec.'99: Designated IP Licensing Advisor of Seoul Venture Incubator
- May '96: Leader of CRT IP Section in Display Consortium
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Education & Career
- August, '09 IP Graduate School in Yonsei University
- February '83 Graduated B.S. in Electronics Engineering Kwang Woon University
- March '17 ∼ present: AJU Kim Change & Lee/Executive Managing Director
- July '09 ∼ March ‘17: Lee International Law & IP Group/Executive Managing Director
- Sept. '08∼June '09: Samsung Mobile Display-Legal Team/General Manager
- Oct. '88 ∼Sept. '08: Samsung SDI-Legal Team/General Manager
- Aug. '83∼Oct. '88: Central International Law Firm/Manager
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Qualifications & Awards
- October, '11~present: Examiner of Technology Innovation (Knowledge & Economy Dept.)
- March '10~present: Member of Planning Committee on Project Development
(Mobile & Telecommunication, Display, Medical Equipment), Fostering New Growth Engines Initiative(Ministry of Knowledge & Economy )
- May 19, '09: The Order of Industrial Service Merit at national ceremony on the National Invention Day (Best Expert in Encouraging Inventions)
- Jun.'06: Registered as 6 Sigma Blackbelt
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Books and Publications
- December 23, '12: Study of Discovery Strategy in the US Patent Litigation
- May 10, '02: Translated and published the book titled “Powerful Conversation” Author: Philips Harkins (McGraw-Hill companies)
- February 5, '99: White Paper of US Patent Litigation(Detailed Report of EDVA litigation)
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Contact
02-3016-5080
smchoi@ajupatent.com