Education

1966 : Korea University; LL.B.
1971 : Korea University; LL.M.

Professional

1969               : Passed Patent Attorney Examination
1972-present : Practicing Patent Attorney
1982-present : Arbitrator on the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
1995-present : Mediator of Civil Cases at Seoul Central District Court
1996  -  1998 : President of the Korea Patent Attorneys Association
1998  -  2000 : President of the Korea Intellectual Property Research Society, Inc.
2000  -  2003 : President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association
2005-Present : Co-Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Forum organized under
                            the National Assembly
2011-Present : Member of the Korean Presidential Council on Intellectual Property

Lecturer

1979-1985 : Graduate School of Business Administration, Korea University
1988-1989 : Judicial Research and Training Institute, Korea Supreme Court

Publications

1985 : U.S. Trade Laws and Ordiances
1987 : Korean Intellectual Property Law Practice (Japanese)
1987 : Recent Development in Intellectual Property Field in Korea (English)
1997 : Korean Intellectual Property Laws and Regulations (Japanese)
1999 : Recent Major Precedents of Patent Disputes (English)
2004 : Commemorative Book for 60th Birthday-Present and Future of Intellectual Property, Legal Action
             against Intellectual Property Infringement in Asia (Korean, Japanese and English)
2011 : "Intellectual Property Revolution" written by Hisamitsu Arai, translated and edited by Myung-Shin
             Kim

 
Memberships

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI);
International Trademark Association (INTA);
Licensing Executives Society International (LESI);
Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA);
Korea Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA);
Korean Intellectual Property Research Society, Inc.;
European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA); and
Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI)

Areas of Practice

Prosecution, Trial and Litigation of trademark and design, copyrights, unfair competition,
technology transfers and general intellectual properties

Foreign Languages
English, Japanese, German