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Education

• AICC Course (course completion), The Advanced International Certificate Course of IP Discovery, WIPO·KAIST·KIPO·KIPA (2016)
• Trademark Law Course (course completion), IP Academy, KIPO·KIPA (2004)
• Madrid Protocol Special Course (1st) (course completion), International Intellectual Property Training Institute
• Design Experts Course (1st) and Intellectual Property Right-Related Law Course (2nd) (course completion), International Intellectual Property Training Institute
• Senior Examiners Course (4th) and Trial Examiners Course (17th) (course completion), International Intellectual Property Training Institute
• New Examiners Course (13th) and Intellectual Property Right Litigation Training Course (4th) (course completion), International Patent Training Institute
• LL.M., Graduate School of Chungnam National University (2001)
• Department of Administration, Korea National Open University (1985)
• College affiliated with Seoul National University (1977)
• Incheon High School (1974)

Professional Experiences

• Examiner, Design Examination Bureau, KIPO
• Examiner, Trademark Examination Bureau, KIPO
• Head, Public Service Center for Patent Clients, KIPO
• Trademark·Design Trial Judge, Patent Tribunal (3rd Division)
• Trademark·Design Chief Trial Judge, Patent Tribunal (11th Division)
• Section Chief, Design Examination Bureau II, KIPO
• Selected as the best section chief of guidance examination, KIPO
• Section Chief, Trademark Examination Bureau I, KIPO
• Policy Section Chief of Design Examination Policy, KIPO
• Director General of Planning Business, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency

[Professional experiences related to Intellectual Property Rights]

• Member, Association for Design Protection Law (2015~)
• Lecturer, Design Business Strategy of Enterprises (2014)
• Lecturer, Graduate School of Law, Chungnam National University (2010~2011)
• Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Law, Pai Chai University (2002~2003)
• Lecturer, International Intellectual Property Training Institute (2001~2009)
• Lecturer, Design Protection Law for patent attorney class, Hanyang University (2004)
• Lecturer, Design Protection Law for patent attorney examination preparation (2002~2005)

Major Cases

[Design Trial/Litigation Case]

• Invalidation trial of design registration for battery for charging mobile device (IPT, Patent Court, Supreme Court)
• Confirmation trial for the scope of the design for battery for charging mobile device (IPT, Patent Court, Supreme Court)
• Confirmation trial for the scope of the design for roof box (IPT)
• Invalidation trial of design registration for partition connecting bracket (IPT, Patent Court)
• Invalidation trial of design registration for cup holder (IPT, Patent Court)
• Invalidation trial of design registration for toilet cover (IPT)

[Trademark Trial/Litigation Case]

• Invalidation trial of trademark registration of SAIMDANG cosmetics (IPT)
• Invalidation trial of trademark registration regarding nose cleanser (IPT)
• Non-use cancellation trial of KB Kookmim Card Co., Ltd. (IPT)
• Appeal against the final rejection of trademark for Duckshin Housing (IPT)
• Confirmation trial for the scope of the design right of Brantree Corp. (IPT)
• Request for invalidation trial of trademark registration of Ewha Woman's University (IPT)

[Design Analysis and Infringement Opinion]

• Opinion on design infringement for mop supporting member
• Design analysis and opinion on design infringement for tire
• Opinion on design infringement for air conditioner
• Opinion on design infringement for cosmetics container
• Design analysis of icon
• Design analysis and opinion on design infringement for UHF Label Tag antenna
• Design analysis and opinion on design infringement for palette
• Opinion on design infringement for black box
• Design analysis and opinion on design infringement for handy type cleaner

Awards

• Service Merit Medal (President, 2013)
• Grand prize for guidance examination chief (Commissioner of KIPO, 2010)
• Innovation Contribution Award (Commissioner of KIPO, 2004)
• Prime Minister's Commendation (1992)
• Economic Planning Board Minister's Commendation (1989)

Research Achievements

• Study on improvement plan of extended first-to-file rule (mainly focusing on precedents, 2016)
• Response to the intellectual property infringement and enforcement report (Presidential Council on Intellectual Property, 2013~2015)
• Study on non-existence judgment of independent scope of right of similar design (2008)
• Study on Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of designs
• Writing a standard textbook (Theoretical Book) for IIPTI's Design Protection Act (2002)
• Writing an introduction of IIPTI's Design Protection Act (2002)
• Explication of Geneva Protocol of Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of designs (2000)
• Brief review on Typeface protection

Publications

• Study on expansion of term for claiming exception of lack of design novelty (2018.2)
• Consideration on determining a sameness and similarity of product (based on Supreme Court precedents, 2017.11)
• Study on introduction background of the associated design system and the scope of rights thereof (2016.11)

Books

• Theoretical Book on Design Act (2002)

• Practice on actual examples of Design Act (2003)