Mr. Kim is the leader of the high-tech patent group in the San Diego office of Morrison & Foerster.  His practice focuses on patent procurement and counseling, and intellectual property litigation.  Mr. Kim has assisted clients, including start-ups and established corporations, in procuring patents and developing patent portfolio strategies in a variety of technologies, including: electronics, computers (hardware and software), telecommunications, digital imaging, semiconductor manufacturing, analytics (e.g., statistical modeling), Internet-based business methods, video graphics processing, pharmacological screening, genetic database systems (bioinformatics), and medical devices.  Additionally, Mr. Kim has represented clients in the context of patent infringement, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation lawsuits pending before state and federal courts.

Mr. Kim is licensed to practice before the State Bar of California and is admitted in the United States Federal District Courts, Southern, Central, and Northern Districts of California.  Mr. Kim is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  

Mr. Kim is a member of the California Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association.  He was also the 2005 Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA).  Mr. Kim is a past President of the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association (SDIPLA) and was a member of the SDIPLA Board of Directors from January, 1998 to June, 2004.

Mr. Kim is a frequent speaker on the subject of patents and technology and has recently participated in the following seminars:

• Patent Strategies and Issues for High-Tech Companies (San Diego Chapter of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. - San Diego, California, January 24, 2008)
• Web Analytics - Maximizing Return On Investment (moderator for panel discussion by industry leaders) (San Diego Software Industry Counsel - San Diego, California, February 22, 2007)
• 2006 Patent Law Year In Review (Morrison Foerster CLE Seminar - San Diego, California, February 21, 2007)
• Strategies for Protecting Software Via Patents and Copyrights (American Conference Institute - San Francisco, California, May 24, 2006)
• 2005 Patent Law Year In Review (American Corporate Counsel Association - San Diego, California, January 27, 2006)

Mr. Kim is also the author or co-author of the following publications:

• “The Narrowing of Patentable Subject Matter by the Federal Circuit: In re Nuijten and In re Comiskey," published December 2007
• “Supreme Court Clarifies Extraterritorial Reach of 35 U.S.C. § 271(f) With Respect To Software Patents,” Association of Corporate Counsel Newsletter, San Diego Chapter, August 13, 2007 and Westlaw, E-Commerce Law Report, June, 2007
• Shifting Ground: Technology in a Post-Grokster World , San Diego Lawyer (Jan./Feb. 2006)
• “The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Intellectual Property Cases in View of Daubert and Kumho,” New Matter (Vol. 28, December 2003)
• “Determining the Scope of Patent Rights,” Federal Bar Association Newsletter , San Diego Chapter (Summer 2003)
• “Simplified Process - Filing Foreign Applications Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 25, 2000)
• “Will the Real Inventor Please Stand Up? A Brief Overview of U.S. Patent Interference,” New Matter (Vol. 25, Summer/Fall 2000)

Mr. Kim received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from UCSD in 1990.  Before entering law school, Mr. Kim was an electrical engineer for Suncraft Engineering, Inc., where he designed and tested electronic circuits for military applications.  In 1995, Mr. Kim received his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of San Diego School of Law where he was the recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Scholar Award.