Overview
Experience
- 1997 Passed 49th Bar Exam
- 2000 Judicial Research and Training Institute (29th Class)
- 2000 ~ 2002 Senior Attorney, Samsung SDI
- 2006 ~ 2008 Microsoft Korea (MS Attorney)
- 2008 ~ 2012 Professor, Kyungpook University Law School|
- 2009 ~ 2010 Researcher, Supreme Court
- 2009 ~ 2012 Member, Korea Fair Trade Commission Intellectual Property Policy Advisory Committee
- 2007 ~ 2014 Member, Korean Bar Association Legislative Committee
- 2011 ~ 2015 Expert Member, Presidential Council on Intellectual Property
- 2012 ~ 2015 Adjunct Professor, Hanyang University
- 2012 ~ 2014 Attorney, Kim & Chang Law Firm
- 2013 ~ 2015 Member, Ministry of Justice Attorney System Improvement Committee
- 2013 ~ 2014 International Director, Seoul Bar Association
- 2014 ~ 2024 Member, Seoul High Court Coordination Committee
- 2014 ~ 2015 Researcher, Supreme Court
- 2015 ~ 2017 Attorney / Patent Attorney, Darae Law & IP Group
- 2015 ~ 2024 Chair, Korean Bar Association Legislative Research Institute
- 2016 ~ 2024 Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
- 2017 ~ Present Member, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office and Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office Appeal Review Committee
- 2017 ~ 2024 Member, Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission Interpretation Advisory Group
- 2017 ~ Present Vice Chair and Member, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property AIPPI Korea
- 2018 ~ Present Chair, Korea Entertainment Law Society
- 2018 ~ 2024 Ombudsman, Financial Services Commission
- 2019 ~ 2024 Arbitrator, Press Arbitration Commission
- 2019 ~ Present Tax Law Advisor, National Tax Service
- 2020 ~ Present Chair, Korea Entertainment Law Society
- 2020 ~ Present Member, Financial Supervisory Service Dispute Resolution Committee
- 2022 ~ 2023 Partner, Class Law Firm
- Present Partner Attorney at Law, ClassHankyul
Education
- 1993 Seoul National University Literature Department
- 2000 Seoul National University Master of Law
- 2003 Sejong-Syracuse University MBA
- 2004 US Columbia Law School
- 2009 Seoul National University Master of Law (Economics Law)
- 2009 University of Seoul Ph.D. in Tax (Tax Law)
Publications
- Personal Information
- New Design Protections, Copyrights and Trademarks
- One Source Multi-Use and Infringement of Copyright (2015)
- Infringement of Music Copyrights (2015)
- Lawyer’s Dictionary (2014)
- Research on Attorney-Client Privilege (ACP) between an Attorney and Client (2013)
- US Patent Law (2011)
- US Supreme Court Justices (2011)
- Strategic Corporate Management and Laws (2010)
- New US Patent Laws (2020)
- Design and Law (2017)
- Music Content and Law (2015)
- Interpretation of Job-related Inventions (2015)
- Intellectual Property Law in Korea, Wolters Kluwer (2015)
- Research on Appropriate Number of Attorneys (2015)
- Capital Markets Act [commentary](2015)
- Summary of Stock Company Act (2015)
- Competition Law Regulations on Abuse of Patent
- Economic Strategy and the Law (2009), IT Technology and the Law (2007)
- Standard Essential Patents and the Law (2021)
- Amendments to the Securities Class Action Act (2014)
- Research on US Patent Law (2013)
- Research on US Patent Precedents (2012)
- Valuation of Unlisted Stocks and the Law (2012)
- Issues and tasks for Fair Trade Act (2010)
- Science and Technology Act (2010)
- Trends in Lower Court Decisions regarding Publicity Rights, Analysis, Rights and Defenses, (Infomedia Law Journal 2015)
- Thoughts on Recent Major Decisions on Derivative Products (Commercial Law Research Journal 2015)
- Timing of Standards for Determination of Possibility of Confusion under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Attorney-at-Law Journal 2014)
- Research on Appropriateness of Damages System based on Patent Act Article 128, (Attorney-at-Law Journal 2013)
- Need for Legislative Supplementation from Perspective of Real Cases after Adoption of Consent Vote System (Human Rights and Justice Journal 2015)
- Voice Phishing and Electronic Financial Transactions Act Article 9 (Banking Law Research Journal 2015)
- Measures to Ensure Effectiveness of Damages Litigation to Prevent Technology Loss by Small and Mid-Sized Companies (Intellectual Property Research Journal 2015)
- Whether There is Patent Infringement and Subjective Requirements – GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCE, INC., v. SEB S.A., (Information Law Vol. 15 Issue 2, 2011)
- Research on Abuse of Copyright and Trademark - Evaluation Guidelines for Unjust Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights (Bupjo Vol. 60 Issue 4, 2011)
- Meaning of Dependent Clauses of Patent Claims and Whether There is Insufficient Disclosure Comments on Supreme Court Decision No. 2007Hu1442 (Business Law Vol. 21 Issue 2, 2011)
- Types of Abuses of Domestic Patent Rights and Other Intellectual Property Rights and Analysis of Cases The NPE Debate in Korea (2014)
- Director’s Liabilities and Obligations in Korea(2014) Comments on Amendments to the Merger Law System and Harmony with the Merger Tax System - Focusing on the Debate Over the Adoption of Reverse Triangle Mergers to Stimulate Mergers (2014)
- Need for Legislative Supplementation from Perspective of Real Cases after Adoption of Consent Vote System (2015)
- Comments on Entrustment of Business Under the Amended Trust Act (2015)
- Measures to Ensure Effectiveness of Damages Litigation to Prevent Technology Loss by Small and Mid-Sized Companies (2015)
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Sungjai Choi
Attorney at Law
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