Professionals
Practice Areas
- Artificial Intelligence Practice
- Computer Science Practice
- Consumer Products Practice
- Derivation Proceedings
- Design Patents Practice
- Due Diligence in IP Acquisitions
- Energy Storage, Batteries, and Materials Practice
- Ex Parte Reexaminations
- Expedited Patent Examination
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- Inter Partes Review
- International
- Invalidity Opinions
- IP Transactional
- Licensing
- Non-infringement Opinions
- Opinions
- Patent Landscaping and Risk Analysis
- Patent Reissue
- Patentability Opinions
- Patents
- Post Grant Practice
- Post-Grant Review
- Product Clearance
- Right to Practice Opinions
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Technology Transfer
- Transfers, Mergers, Acquisitions, Bankruptcies and Securitizations
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
Technologies
- Aerospace & Aeronautics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automotive Technology
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer and Systems Engineering
- Computer Science & Software
- Electrical Engineering & Electronics
- Electro-Communications
- Energy
- Internet & E-Commerce
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Devices
- Metallurgy & Ceramics
- Nanotechnology
- Optics
- Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods
- Telecommunications
Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2020
- Minnesota, 2017
Education
George Mason University School of Law, J.D., May 2016
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, JD, August 2013-May 2014
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1999
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, B.S. in in Electrical Engineering, 1996
Seoul Science High School, Seoul, Korea, 1991
Languages
- Korean
Sung Wook Kooh concentrates his practice on mechanical and electrical engineering, including computer science, software, telecommunications, display devices, medical devices, fuel cell batteries, semiconductor devices, nanotechnologies, and optical devices.
As a Korean patent attorney, prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kooh practiced for more than thirteen years at Samsung Electronics managing the IP prosecution team, where he oversaw patent prosecution in the United States and Korea, patent portfolio management and strategy development worldwide, patent infringement/validity analysis, licensing negotiations, patent maps, design-around, enrolling patents in standard patent pools, buying patents, and IP due diligence.
Experience Highlights
Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2024-present
Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2022-2023
Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2017-2021
Technical Advisor, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2016-2017
Summer Associate, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, May 2014-July 2014
Manager of IP Prosecution Team, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Korea, 2000-2013
Trainee, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, October 2007-September 2008
Trainee, Stein McEwen & Bui, LLP, Washington, DC, April 2007-September 2007
Trainee, Staas & Halsey, LLP, Washington, DC, April 2006-May 2006
Events
- October 23, 2024Washington, D.C.
Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) presents the 2024 Korea-US IP Forum and PCT Roundtable on October 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Cantor Colburn's Sung Wook Kooh and Soomin Kim will attend.
- August 28, 2024Washington, D.C.
Cantor Colburn Partner Sung Wook Kooh will attend the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) Seminar on August 28, 2024, featuring a lecture by Mr. Michael Kim, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on recent trends at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including hearings, rulemaking, and artificial intelligence.
- March 21, 2024Washington, D.C.
Partner Sung Wook Kooh will attend the Biotech Intellectual Property Forum on March 21, 2024 in the greater Washington, D.C. area. This event is co-hosted by the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) DC Chapter, the Korean-American Women in Science (KWiSE) NIH Chapter, and is sponsored by the Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency (KOIPA) Washington, DC IP Center.
- January 25, 2024
KAIPBA's New Year’s Party with special guest Mr. Hyun-suk Lim, Intellectual Property Attaché at the Korean Embassy, takes place on January 25, 2024 in Vienna Virginia.
Cantor Colburn Partner Sung Wook Kooh will be in attendance. Cantor Colburn has been a steadfast sponsor of the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), supporting various events throughout the year.
- November 13, 2023Ashburn, Virginia
Sung Wook Kooh will attend Standards, Patents, & Competition program presented by IP Watchdog that will cover the latest developments in the Standard Essential Patents industry today, from global attempts to regulate SEPs, to FRAND, unwilling licensees, patent pools, multi-jurisdiction enforcement strategies, the role of the ITC, standardization of critical and emerging technologies and much more.
- October 11, 2023Alexandria, Virginia
Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) presents the 2023 Korea-US IP Forum and PCT Roundtable on October 11, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia. Cantor Colburn is a sponsor of the event, which features several distinguished speakers. Cantor Colburn attorneys Sung Wook Kooh, Howard Levy, and Farzad Panjshiri, will attend.
- September 13, 2023Washington, D.C.
Charles Kim, Director of the Office of Petitions, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak on Recent Development of AI IP Policy in the USPTO. This live session is sponsored by Cantor Colburn and presented by the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) and will take place in Washington, D.C. Sung Wook Kooh, Counsel at Cantor Colburn, will attend.
- December 7, 2022Washington, D.C.
Cantor Colburn is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor the 2022 IPO Education Foundation Awards Celebration which recognizes the Inventor of the Year, Executive of the Year, and the IP Champion.
- April 25, 2017Alexandria, Virginia
USPTO Design Day took place on Tuesday, April 25 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, Virginia. Cantor Colburn is one of the largest filers of design patents in the country and our attorneys attend Design Day every year.
Professional Affiliations
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA)
Licensing Executive Society Korea
- Certificate for Outstanding Achievement from Licensing Executive Society International
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