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Seong Tahk Ahn has been involved in patent prosecution, enforcement, opinion work, portfolio management, licensing and due diligence nationally and internationally for global companies since 1998, and joined Lee & Ko IP in 2015 as a partner to lead the electrical and mechanical patent practice areas. He also has handled chemical and biotechnology patents.
Mr. Ahn has prosecuted patents in a wide variety of technologies, including telecommunication, semiconductor, display, computer, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, business model, internet search, internet network, printing, video and audio signal processing, automotive parts, electronic materials, optics, power generation, automation, biotechnology, chemicals and biotechnology-electronics fusion technology.Mr. Ahn also has handled invalidation, correction, and confirmation of claim scope trials before the Intellectual Property Tribunal, the Patent Court, and the Supreme Court, and patent infringement suits. He has represented patent infringement cases before the Korean Trade Commission (KTC), and, as an IP adviser to the KTC, has submitted expert opinions in patent infringement cases at the request of the KTC and suggestions on revisions to the KTC Act. Mr. Ahn has experience providing patent portfolio management service, including review of outside counsels' work and IP budget control, for a global IT company for several years. He also has experience investigating allegedly infringing products, and conducting prior art search to challenge the validity of patents-in-suit.
Based on his study and experience in the US patent practice, Mr. Ahn understands the needs of foreign companies and advises them in complying with the Korean patent practice, and also counsels domestic companies in foreign patent prosecution and litigation matters. Mr. Ahn is an active member of the AIPPI where he serves as the President of AIPPI-Korea. He was a member of the Organizing Committee for the AIPPI World Congress 2012 Seoul. He has spoken in the AIPPI World Congress and the Korea-Japan-China Trilateral Meetings, and authored Korean chapters of working questions on various IP topics. Mr. Ahn is admitted to the Patent Bar in Korea and the Illinois Bar in the United States, and also passed the US Patent Bar Exam.
主要业绩
Management of patent portfolio, including review of outside counsels' work and IP budget control, in Korea for an US IT company
Drafting US and EP patent applications for a Japanese company regarding the semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Patent infringement case regarding the LCD before the Korea Trade Commission (KTC)
Patent infringement and invalidation actions regarding a high pressure fuel pump
Patent infringement and invalidation actions regarding an LNG compressor
Analysis of patents related to wireless communication standards for global wireless telecommunication technology companies
FTO opinions on an electronic cigarette
Invalidation trial regarding the glass substrate etching device
Invalidation and correction trials regarding the display panel
Confirmation of claim scope trial regarding the digital copier
Invalidation and confirmation of claim scope trial regarding the ship alarm system
Providing a global telecommunication chip maker with the patent litigation strategy
Patent infringement suit regarding the portable gas burner
Providing an expert opinion on the patent infringement case regarding the OLED in the proceeding of the KTC
Non-infringement and/or validity opinions regarding Korean or US patents in the technology fields of the vehicle loading system, mini credit card, digital amplifier chipset, DSP algorithm, mobile devi
US patent litigations regarding the car airbag system and wireless telecommunication device
Licensing negotiations regarding the wireless telecommunication, the semiconductor wafer, the UV lamp for a semiconductor equipment, and measurement tools used in a ship
Prior art search for US patent litigations regarding the car entertainment system and mobile media technology
Investigation of patent infringing products regarding the mobile handset and the glass substrate etching device
IP due diligence regarding the Nano technology, data storage, display panel and advertising system
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学历
2006 Georgetown University Law Center - LL.M.
2000 Seoul National University - B.S. in Electrical Engineering
1997 Seoul National University - B.S in Biology
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经历
2015-Present Lee & Ko IP
2023-Present AIPPI KOREA, President
2011-Present AIPPI KOREA, Vice President / Secretary General
2011-2021 Korea Trade Commission (KTC), IP Advisor
2011-2015 CENTRAL Intellectual Property &Law
2006-2007 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &Feld, LLP
2000-2011 Lee International IP &Law Group
1998-1999 Mutual Intellectual Property Law Office
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资格/会员
1997 Admitted to Korean Patent Bar
2007 Admitted to bar, Illinois
2007 Passed the U.S. Patent Bar Exam
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语言
Korean and English
获奖经历
2022 Managing IP Awards, Notable practitioner
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著作/发表
Grace period of patents and protection of product design, AIPPI Trilateral Meeting (2013)
Doctrine of equivalents and FRAND term, Patent Mock Trial in the AIPPI World Congress (2012)
Compensation of employee invention, Korea National Open University (2005)'The doctrine of equivalents in Korea, International Intellectual Property Training Institute in Korea (1998)
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