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PROFESSIONALS

So, Seung-Seop

Patent Attorney │ President │ Founder
Practice Areas

Machinery │ Equipment │ Metals

Education and Qualifications

- Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei University (1998)
- Master’s Program in Intellectual Property at KAIST (2012)
- Admitted to the 42nd Korean Patent Bar (2005)
- Technology Transfer Agent

Experience

- Managing Partner Patent Attorney, SELIM Intellectual Property Law Firm (2004.09.~2022.09.)
- Representative Patent Attorney, SCL IP Law Firm (2022.09.~)
- Outside director, Link Asset Management (present)
- External advisor, Korea Technology Finance Corporation (present)
- Evaluation committee, Small and Medium Business Technology Innovation Development Project (formerly)
- Examiner, Intellectual Property Ability Test (formerly)

Primary duty

- Applications, research, analysis, appraisal of infringement/validity, patent maps and establishment of IP portfolio strategies for inventions related to braking, steering, and suspension in the automotive field
- Discovery and filing of applications, investigation, analysis, infringement appraisal and blocking of competitors’ patents for inventions in the fields of shipbuilding and heavy industry
- Applications, investigation, analysis, appraisal of infringement/validity and new project IP-R&D for inventions in the field of automobile parts
- Applications, investigation, analysis, patent maps, and establishment of IP portfolio strategies for inventions in the field of steel
- Applications, investigation, analysis, validity appraisal and technical advisory for inventions in the field of vehicles for industrial purposes
- Actual inspections for strategic investment
- Applications investigation, analysis, special IP risk management, infringement trial advisory, representation in invalidation trials and representation in trials to confirm the scope of rights for inventions by small and medium enterprises/startups