Nam H. Kim
TEL: 858.720.7435FAX: 858.847.4894
Del Mar
12275 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130
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Nam H. Kim
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Nam Kim is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Del Mar Heights office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Kim's practice focuses on obtaining IP protection for clients. He prepares and prosecutes patents and provides strategic IP counseling. He is also actively involved in patent litigation matters to defend clients' IP rights. Mr. Kim has experience and knowledge in a variety of technologies including digital and analog electronics, computer software, wireless technology, optics, LCD, and other display technologies, magnetic resonance imaging technology, digital image processing, nanotechnology, MEMS devices, photovoltaic cells, hard disk drive technology, semiconductor devices and processing, and medical devices.
Education
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 2007, Cum Laude
- M.S., Physics, Cornell University, 1990
- B.S., Physics, Stanford University, 1985, with Honors
Admissions
- California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Languages
- Korean
- Mr. Kim prepared and prosecuted numerous domestic and foreign patent applications for various clients including Samsung, Qualcomm, Western Digital, CareFusion, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Lockheed.
- Mr. Kim also provided various opinions and counseling relating to patent infringement and validity issues in the context of litigation and licensing.
- Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Mr. Kim founded and worked as a chief engineer for a startup that specialized in industrial sensors and developed new sensor technologies for which he obtained a number of U.S. and foreign patents.
- While in law school, Mr. Kim worked for the technology transfer office of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he evaluated technologies developed at the University for patentability and commercial viability.