SHIN, Yonghyun

SHIN, Yonghyun

Position	Managing partner /U.S. Patent Agent.
Practice Areas	Machine, Metal, Semiconductor, Chemistry
Contact	yhshin@ebirdpat.com, +82-2-508-8701

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SHIN, Yong-Hyun has been providing clients with IP-related business services for nearly 20 years, including patent application, trial / litigation, IP training, patent map, technology transfer consulting and IP training. He earned a Master of Intellectual Property (MIP) degree in the United States after graduating from the UNH School of Law in 2011 and he has experienced US Patent prosecution affair in US law firms. He has been serving as a managing patent attorney for the E-BIRD International Intellectual Law firm since 2013.
He has worked for many years in the patent business of POSCO, a world-class steel company. He has also worked for various companies in Korea including Hyundai Motors, Han-Hwa and Kyung-dong Navien. He has also been involved in patent application and technology transfer consulting services for the machinery and materials related patents of leading domestic research institutes such as GIST, ADD, CAMM.

Professional Experience

Director of Mechanic/Metallurgical team, SHINSEGI Patent Law Firm, 2011
USPTO registered Patent agent, 2012
GROSSMAN, TUCKER PERREAULT & PFLEGER U.S. Law Firm, 2012
Board Member, WIPA(World Intellectual Property Association of Korean Practition

Education

Metallurgical Engineering Department, Korea University, 2000
MIP degree, University of New Hampshire School of Law (Former Franklin Pierce Law Center), 2012

CHOI, Minseok

CHOI, Minseok

Position	Managing Partner
Practice Areas	Electronics and Electrics(Mobile components, Optics)
Contact	mschoi@ebirdpat.com, +82-2-508-8701

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Minseok Choi is a Korean Patent attorney at E-BIRD, specializing in patent application, registration, trial and litigation in areas of electronics/electrics, more specifically the mobile, electronic component and optics. He joined E-BIRD as a managing partner in 2016. Prior to joining E-BIRD, he worked at Partron which is a mobile component company, where, as in-house IP counsel, he was in charge of patent application, registration, trial and litigation in areas of various mobile components such as antennas, camera modules, and sensors. In addition, he worked at LuxPert which is an optical engineering company, where, he has experience in developing optical instruments and optical communication equipments.

Professional Experience

Patent Attorney, Woojoo Patent Law Firm, 2010-2011
Researcher, Luxpert Technologies Co., Ltd., 2011-2012
Patent Attorney/Researcher, Partron Co., Ltd., 2012-2016

Education

Electric and Electronic Engineering Department, Korea University, 2011

KIM, Jaetae

KIM, Jaetae

Position	Managing Partner
Practice Areas	Patent, design and trademark
Contact	jtkim@ebirdpat.com

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Jaetae, KIM has been providing clients with IP-related business services for nearly 10 years, including patent application, trial/litigation, IP R&D, technology transfer consulting and IP training. Prior to joining E-BIRD, he worked at HYUNDAI MOBIS, which is a global OEM parts suppliers. He has a wide understanding of the manufacturing industry, including the automobile industry. He has worked for many years in the patent, trademark, design business of Samsung Heavy Industries, SFA, Megagen Implant, ABC-MART, and Daebang Construction. Also, he handled IP with finance at Hana bank and had excellent performances regarding technology transfer at Kookmin University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation.

Professional Experience

Patent Attorney, 2012
Technology Transfer Agent, 2019

Education

Mechanical engineering Department, Korea University, 2003
Law Department, Korea National Open University, 2015.

Lee, Jaebok

Lee, Jaebok

Position	Partner
Practice Areas	Patent, design and trademark
Contact	jblee@ebirdpat.com

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Jaebok Lee is a Partner with a background in Electronics and Avionics Engineering. Jaebok is experienced in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent prosecution, litigation, client counseling, and opinion work.
Jaebok handles domestic and foreign patent prosecution matters, drafting and prosecuting patent applications through their issuance. In particular, Jaebok has worked with large global corporations and small start-up companies to prosecute inventions in a wide array of technologies, including software, mobile devices, consumer electronics, medical devices, computer networking, user interface, and variety of miscellaneous mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical device.
Jaebok’s experience includes conducting patentability, validity, infringement, clearances studies, performing freedom to operate analysis, and managing patent portfolios. Jaebok has also assisted with transactional and arbitration/litigation matters involving Korean companies doing business in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
Prior to joining the firm, Jaebok worked as an Attorney in the U.S.

Professional Experience

2022 ~ Partner, E-Bird IP Law, Seoul
2020-2022 US Associate Attorney, Shin & Kim LLC, Seoul
2019-2020 US Associate Attorney, Brinks Gilson & Lione (Now, Crowell & Moring LLP), Chicago
2013-2016 Korean Patent Attorney, Yoon & Lee IP Law Firm, Seoul

Education

2019 George Washington University Law School (J.D.)
2013 Korea Aerospace University, (B.E., Electronics and Avionics Engineering)

LEE, Myunggi

LEE, Myunggi

Position	Associate
Practice Areas	Patent, design and trademark
Contact	mglee@ebirdpat.com

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Myunggi Lee has been providing clients with IP-related business services including patent application, trial/litigation, IP R&D, technology transfer consulting and IP training. More specifically, he is in charge of patent applications, analysis and disputes in the materials, metals, semiconductors and displays as well as IT, AI, SW and BM fields. Currently, He mainly handles patent work for internet service and mobile messenger company.

Professional Experience

Patent Attorney, Ebird Patent Law Firm, 2023

Education

Advanced materials Engineering Department, Sungkyunkwan University, 2019

KANG, Seongjin

KANG, Seongjin

Position	Associate
Practice Areas	Patent, design and trademark
Contact	sjkang@ebirdpat.com

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Professional Experience

Patent Attorney, Ebird Patent Law Firm, 2024

Education