About Us

CHOI, KIM & PARTNERS
A Technology Law Firm, founded by Mr. Jae-Chul Choi in 1973 as Choi & Kim, has grown into an internationally recognized firm with partners having experience ranging from 15 to 40 years in all areas of intellectual property, and associate patent attorneys.
Newly organized in 2000, Choi, Kim & Partners provides our international and domestic clients a full legal service center as a result of a partnership, agreement with the law office of Kwon, which has experience in intellectual property and business related matters, including Patent Court proceedings and patent infringement actions. The partnership brings together lawyers and patent attorneys to provide not only effective representation before the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the courts, but also, a group of highly responsible professionals who have a vested interest in staying with the partnership to insure stability and continuity in any proceedings brought before KIPO or the courts by our clients.
Experienced
The partners in Choi, Kim & Partners have experience either as a patent examiner, as a trial examiner or as an appellate trial examiner (now Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board, IPTAB), and this experience brings about results for our clients not only in prosecution proceedings, invalidation proceedings, opposition proceedings, confirmation of scope trials, appeals to the IPTAB, from the IPTAB to the Patent Court and, finally, to the Supreme Court, but also in patent actions brought as patent infringement actions, seeking a preliminary/permanent injunction and damage compensation, among other remedies or defenses, in the courts. The depth of the partners’ legal, technical and business experience enables Choi, Kim & Partners to consistently, efficiently and effectively provide of the highest quality of work.
Technical Expertise
In support, there are 20 plus technology specialists each of whom have been formally educated in almost every major area of technology for which protection is available in Korea, including the emerging technologies such as business model, genetic material, biotechnology and internet related matters.
Cost Effective
The partners recognize that business people must be able to plan for legal expenses. Our experience enables us to work with our clients to deliver the highest quality of work in the most efficient and cost-effective manner and to better understand the unique needs of each of our clients in order to effectively staff the matter and use our technology to complete the work at the cost budgeted by our clients.
Quality One-Stop Service
Choi, Kim & Partners provides comprehensive legal assistance in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, computer law, biotechnology law, and licensing, litigation and business related matters and thus insures that all of our client's intellectual property and other legal needs can be completely and effectively met.