Sung-joon Choi

Attorney

sjchoi@kimchanglee.com +82-2-397-9808

Practice Areas

Intellectual PropertyMedia and TelecommunicationsCivil LitigationCriminal LawAdministrative Trials/LitigationTax

Education & Career

Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M.) (1981)

Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.) (1979)

Managing Partner, Kim Chang Lee (2017 ~ Present)

Chairman, Korea Communications Commission (Ministerial Level) (2014 ~ 2017)

Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (Administrative Law Division) (2014)

Chief Judge, Chuncheon District Court (2012 ~ 2014)

Chief Presiding Judge, Civil Division, Seoul Central District Court (Preliminary Injunctions for Intellectual Property Claims) (2010 ~ 2012)

Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (Criminal Division; Intellectual Property Division) (2007 ~ 2010)

Chief Presiding Judge; Presiding Judge, Patent Court (2005 ~ 2007)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court (Preliminary Injunction Division; Intellectual Property Rights Division) (2002 ~ 2005)

Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court (2000 ~ 2002)

Judge, Patent Court (1998 ~ 2000)

Judge, Seoul High Court (Intellectual Property Rights Division; Administrative Law Division) (1996 ~ 1998)

Deputy Director General for Litigation, National Court Administration (1994 ~ 1996)

Judge, Northern Branch, Seoul District Court (1992 ~ 1994)

Judge, Jeju District Court (1990 ~ 1992)

Judge, Seoul Civil District Court; Seoul Criminal District Court (1986 ~ 1990)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (1983 ~ 1986)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (13th Class) (1983)

Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (2018 ~ Present)

Editor, LAWnB ONJU (Intellectual Property Law and ICT) (2012 ~ Present)

Chairman, Gangwon-do Province Election Commission (2012 ~ 2014)

Chairman and Member, Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee (2009 ~ 2012)

President, Intellectual Property Law Society (2004 ~ 2014)

President, Korea Association for Informedia Law (2006 ~ 2011)

Licenses & Qualifications

Korea (1983)

Publications

Chapter 9: Litigation, Commentary on the Patent Act II (Pakyoungsa, 2010)

Chapter 8: Litigation, Commentary on the Trademark Act (Pakyoungsa, 2018)

Article 2(1)(Ah): Domain Name, Commentary on the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (Pakyoungsa, 2020)

Volume 2, Chapter 17: Music and Intellectual Property Rights, Entertainment Law (Jinwonsa, 2008)

Article 107: Manifestation of Untrue Intention; Article 108: False Manifestation of Intention in Collusion, Commentary on the Civil Code

Product by Process Claim (2010) / Application Criteria for the Doctrine of Equivalents (2005) / Patent Requirements for Selection Invention (2007) / Inventions that Specify Objects by Their Nature or Characteristics, Etc. (2007) / Trademark Law Issues on the Internet (2005) / Commentary on Recent Case Precedents concerning the Protection of Container / Packaging Design and Shape of Products (2013) / The Copyrightability and Substantial Similarity of Game Characters (2007)

Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property

Media and Telecommunications

Civil Litigation

Criminal Law

Administrative Trials/Litigation

Tax

Representative Cases

Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving a smoking device containing cracking capsules

Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving a cassette for measuring saccharification hemoglobin and its measuring methods

Litigation seeking cancellation of an administrative trial decision invalidating a patent for a body injection type RFID tag with temperature sensor-equipped capsule and disease management system for livestock using the device

Litigation seeking cancelation of an administrative trial decision invalidating patents involving methods for issuing optic settlement system cards

Litigation seeking injunction against patent infringement involving a variable device for carrying frames on wide-width cargo trucks

Litigation seeking injunction against an act of unfair competition involving the exterior of franchised restaurants

Litigation seeking injunction against an act of unfair competition involving a cosmetics container cover

Litigation seeking cancellation of an administrative trial decision confirming the scope of rights to a packaging label for nut products

Application for preliminary injunction against an act of unfair competition involving a convenience food container

Lawsuit for damages involving piracy of a cooking oil container design

Lawsuit for damages involving violations of a character licensing agreement

Engagement as expert witness in a US patent infringement case involving EV battery

Application for enforcement of foreign arbitral award relating to a share transfer agreement

Application for preliminary injunction against execution of a contract with the winning bidder in a biomass power station construction project

Litigation for cancellation of designation of preferred bidder in a private investment project for a double-track railway

Litigation for cancellation of imposition of excessive acquisition tax on luxury housing

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