Mr. Jong Sun CHOI is Head of Intellectual Property PG, and his practice is primarily focused on Intellectual Property, Corporate, Criminal Defense Litigation, General Civil Disputes and Block Chain. Mr. Choi served as a judge of the Patent Court and as a member of the Subcommittee on Patent Law at the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
Mr. Choi served as a judge of the Intellectual Property Department of the Seoul District Court and the Patent Court. He also served as a member of the Subcommittee on Patent Law at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. He is currently a member of the Civil Mediation Committee at the Patent Court and an arbitrator of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board.
Mr. Choi advises and represents various corporations, including Posco International, National Health Insurance Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation, Kumho Tire, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, NHN Commerce, SR, Union Korea Pharm Co., Ltd., and WoojungBIO Inc.
Fellowship of The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2017)
Member, Subcommittee on Patent Law, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2014-2016)
Lecturer, Understanding the Patent Litigation System, 3rd KAIST Top-Level Course in Intellectual Property Strategy (2017)
Lecturer, Litigation Practice in the Patent Court of Korea, 10th Institute of Justice Intellectual Property Rights Investigation Specialist Course (2016)
Lecturer, Recent Trends in the Supreme Court’s Decisions in Intellectual Property Law Cases, Kyungpook National University (2015)
Lecturer, Examining the Recent Trends and Cases in Commercial Trademark Design Trial Revocation Litigation, Korea Patent Law Association 1H Training for Civil Litigation Practice (2013)
Speaker, Eastern District of Texas 2017 Bench Bar Conference (2017)
Speaker, International Patent Court Conference (2015, 2016)
Speaker, Bench Bar Conference, Patent Court of Korea (2015, 2016)
Commercialisation of Healthcare in South Korea: Overview, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (Co-author, 2021)
Related Issues and Measures to Improve the Revision Adjudication Request (Related to Its Timing and Retroactive Effect), Symposium for the 20th Anniversary of the Patent Court of Korea, the Patent Court of Korea (2018)
Examining the New Basis for Refusal Not Allowed in the Litigation to Revoke the Rulings to Dismiss the Request for Appeal Against the (Patent Registration) Refusal Decision, the Supreme Court Special Litigation Working Group, Judicial Development Foundation (2018)
Proposal for Optimization of Inventive Step Judgment, Patent Litigation Research Vol. 7, Patent Court of Korea (2017)
Composition of the Invention-to-be-Confirmed Subject to the Judgment of the Prior-Art Defense, LAW & TECHNOLOGY, Seoul National University Center for Technology and Law (2016)
100 Information Law Cases (2), Korea Information Law Society, Pakyoungsa (Co-author, 2016)
Commentary on the Design Protection Act, Pakyoungsa (Co-author, 2015)
Regarding Primary Patent Requirements for Numerical Limitation Inventions, the Supreme Court Special Litigation Working Group, Judicial Development Foundation (2015)
Intellectual Property Litigation Practice (3rd Edition), the Patent Court of Korea Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Research Group, Pakyoungsa (Co-author, 2014)
100 Patent Law Cases (4th Edition), Compilated by Korea Patent Law Society, Pakyoungsa (Co-compilator, 2014)
The Heterogeneous Effect of Numerical Limitation Inventions, LAW & TECHNOLOGY, Seoul National University Center for Technology and Law (2014)
Review of Patent Law Article 63 and 170 Cases by Type, LAW & TECHNOLOGY, Seoul National University Center for Technology and Law (2013)
Intellectual Property Trial Practice Handbook, Court Administration Office (Co-author, 2004)