Kyle Choi

Practice Areas

Mr. Kyle J. Choi is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim who primarily concentrates on international litigation with specialty in intellectual property.

Mr. Choi has advised and represented various U.S. and Korean companies, both big and small, with respect to intellectual property disputes filed before the U.S. district courts, U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent Trials and Appeals Board. Mr. Choi is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has over 10 years of experience as a patent examiner examining patent applications across mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, and computer technologies, including business method inventions. Mr. Choi has also spent over 5 years in-house as head of the standard essential patent team at a global electronics company.

In addition to IP disputes, Mr. Choi also heads Shin & Kim’s International Litigation Practice Group and assists domestic companies involved in civil litigation in the U.S. and abroad by coordinating with corresponding local firms for effective and efficient representation in the local courts.

Mr. Choi is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in electrical engineering, and received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C. Mr. Choi is currently ranked as a Silver-tier individual for litigation in the IAM Patent 1000.

Career

Senior Foreign Attorney, Shin & Kim; Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington D.C. (2018-2019); Of Counsel, Baker McKenzie, LLP, Washington D.C. (2015-2018); Special Counsel, Baker McKenzie, LLP, Seoul, Korea (2013-2015); Legal Manager, Baker McKenzie, LLP, Hong Kong (2013); Senior Counsel, Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd., Suwon, Korea (2008-2013); Associate, Morgan Lewis, Washington D.C. (2005-2008); Quality Assurance Specialist/Primary Patent Examiner, U.S Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (199902005); Patent Agent, Fishman Stewart, LLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI/Washington D.C. (1997-1999); Patent Examiner, U.S Patent & Trademark Office, Arlington, VA (1992-1997).

Professional Memberships

Korean FLC Bar; Columbia Bar; U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Bar.

Publications

Korea Chapter in the International Investigations Review, The Law Review, 2020-2022 (co-authored); Standard Essential Patents(SEPs) in the Automotive Industry, Monthly EV Magazine, Vol. 09, March 2021.

Education