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Managing Partner
Howard E. Chung
Howard is licensed and registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a licensed Attorney with the State Bar of Connecticut.
He has over twenty years of experience in assisting clients with their intellectual property protection in a significant number of industries. He is well-versed in trademark law (e-commerce: Amazon), copyrights, patent law, prosecution and infringement matters, corporate law, tax, compliance, regulatory matters, complex cross border agreements, drafting and preparation of service and work agreements.
He is also Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus Asia Business School (MBA).
한국저작권위원회 저작권 산업현장 컨설팅 지원단
팁스(TIPS) 연구개발과제평가단 평가위원
서울관광홍보대사 위촉
한국관광스타트업협회 대의원
서울바이오허브 컨설팅 위원
Languages: Korean, English
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, Los Angeles
- Intellectual Property Law Association
- International Association of Korean Lawyers
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Intellectual Property Specialized Certificate Recipient/Honor Award Ceremony (2001.05)
- Emerging Importance and Necessity of Trademark and Trade Dress Protection for Small Businesses(시급한 지적재산권 보호, 한국일보/2006.11, THE KOREA TIMES /2006.11)
- Design Patents: the overview (CafePress / 2007.01)
- Utilizing the Benefits of the U.S. Patent System (Seminar presented at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology / 2011.05)
- Strategies to Consider When Filing U.S. Patents (Seminar presented at Hanmi Pharmaceuticals / 2011.10)
- How to Avoid the Restriction Requirement & U.S. IDS practice (Seminar presented at Hanol Intellectual Property Law Office / 2011.06)
- A Study of the Effect of Intellectual Property Protection on Competitiveness in the Hospitality Industry (2016)
- U.S. Expansion Guidelines (Darae & Ice Miller, LLP Global Project): (2021)
- Foreign Market Entry for Startups: Daegu Hanny University: (2022)
hchung@chungkimlaw.com
Admissions
Connecticut
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
Education
Whittier Law School, J.D.
Glion Institute of Higher Education, M.B.A.
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A.
Partner
Helen O. Kim
Helen is licensed with the State Bar of California and has over seventeen years of experience practicing law.
She has significant experience in trademarks, copyrights, prosecution, transactional issues and litigation.
Languages: Korean, English
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, Los Angeles
- International Association of Korean Lawyers
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
hkim@chungkimlaw.com
Admissions
California
Education
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
Attorney
Joyce H. Gee
Joyce is licensed with the State Bar of New York and has over thirteen years of experience practicing law.
She has significant experience in intellectual property infringement issues, trademarks, copyrights, prosecution, transactional issues and litigation.
Languages: Korean, English
Admissions
New York
Education
American University Washington College of Law, LL.M.
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, LL.M. ABD
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, Bachelor of Laws (Honors)
Professional Consultant
Daniel S. Oh
Mr. Daniel Oh is an Urban Designer who has extensive knowledge of how urban design can serve to reinstate the power of the physical landscape. His research has been focused on re-instating the values of public open space through application of sentiment and smart technology. Aside from his research and teaching, he has been actively involved in a variety of urban design and master planning projects, ranging from urban to rural and from small plaza to Central Business Districts. His portfolio of urban design projects include the National Planning and Development Strategies for the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Kent Thameside Ebbsfleet Master Plan in the Thames Gateway of London.
Former professor with the Department of Architecture, Korea University Mr. Oh has also worked in the London and Hong Kong office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he was involved in a number of major international projects in Europe, Middle East, and South Asia. In the AECOM New York office, he was involved in master planning projects in USA and Eastern Europe.
Since 2010, Mr. Oh has dedicated his time to teaching and research on urban regeneration that stresses value of social and economical added-values of urban developments with application of technology and user-focused design that bring meaningful changes in the process of urban development and urban planning.
- American Institute Certified Planners (AICP)
- Leading Energy and Environmental Design (LEED AP)
- American Planning Association (APA)
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA),
- Board Member of the Urban Design Institute of Korea (UDIK)
- Board Member of the Institute of Smart City and Architecture (ISCA)
- Special Appreciation award -Korea Timber Construction Promotion Agency
- Best Design-National Landscape Design Competition
- 2015 CTL Teaching Award, the American Society of Landscape-Architects Certificate of Merit
- Fred B. Barlow Memorial Award.
Education
Harvard University, Master of Urban Planning with concentration in Ecology and Environmental Planning
Harvard University, Master of Landscape Architecture
University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture