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Soo-Jin Kim

Senior Partner

JOOYON KRP

Soo-Jin Kim is a Korean patent attorney and a founding partner of JOOYON KRP, with over 15 years of professional experience. Prior to co-founding the firm, she gained extensive in-house experience managing corporate patent portfolios at a leading Korean technology conglomerate and represented major global companies, including Qualcomm, Google, Huawei, and NEC, while working at two of Korea’s top-tier law firms. Driven by the need to resolve critical cross-border IP challenges, she relocated to China and spent three years practicing at King & Wood Mallesons.

Currently based in the United States, Ms. Kim serves as a visiting patent attorney at a U.S. intellectual property law firm. Her practice focuses on the telecommunications and artificial intelligence sectors, including standard-essential patents (SEPs). She also conducts in-depth comparative research on patent prosecution and litigation in the United States, Korea, and China, helping global enterprises secure strong and enforceable patent rights across international markets.

Recent Articles by Soo-Jin Kim

Why High-Quality U.S. Patent Specifications Face Fatal Failures in China

In 2025, a patent dispute between Chinese companies in the camera-module space drew close attention across the industry — SUNNY v. AAC [Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department Decision No. 566288, et al.]. The case ended with 11 patents invalidated, four of them in their entirety. There was a single reason: the claims were not supported by the specification.