IP Expert

Overview

Seo-young LEE is head of the Chemical & Bio & Pharm
Group at NAM & NAM. Her main areas of technological
expertise are chemicals, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,
and polymers. Her practice covers a wide range of
intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution
and appeal proceedings before the KIPO and invalidation
actions before the Korean Patent Court and the Korean
Supreme Court, handling prosecution of patent term
extension applications in the fields of pharmaceuticals and
pesticides, and providing validity and freedom-to-operate
opinions concerning vaccines and antibodies patents.
She also handles Green Book listings for international
pharmaceutical companies with Ministry of Food and Drug
Safety (MFDS) and providing counseling to the companies
regarding issues relating to patent listing under the Korean
patent-regulatory approval linkage system.
She advises clients in the fields of pharmaceuticals,
vaccines, recombinant DNA technology, microorganisms,
pesticides, polymers, adhesive, semiconductor materials,
cosmetics, and medical devices. She also serves as
a patent advisor for the Korean Rural Development
Administration and frequently gives lectures on Korean
patent prosecution and IP litigation in Korea. She is also
a Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Review Committee
member of MFDS.