2025 // FICPI and FICPI-Korea Symposium Jeju Island - Presentations

This session will address issues regarding AI model inventions and provide a discussion of requirements for AI-based patent applications. 

• Is defining input/output of the AI model sufficient?
• Is data from a generated model required?
• If required, to what extent?
• Should accuracy be above a certain level?
• How do jurisdictions differ?

Moderator: 
Roberto Pistolesi, FICPI President
Managing Partner & CEO, Dragotti & Associati, Italy

Speakers:

Sharon Crane, Ph.D., FICPI Deputy Secretary General
Counsel, Haynes & Boone, USA

JiHoon Joseph Hong, FICPI Korea Board Member
Managing Partner, INVENSYNC Intellectual Property, Republic of Korea

Andreas Oser, FICPI Member
Partner, Prüfer & Partner, Germany

This session will discover availability, merits and demerits for alternative or parallel registration of the same subject matter as a trade mark and a design in the global context.

Exploring the value and necessity of registering and protecting an industrial design as a trade mark, the session will consider eligibility for registering and protecting an industrial design as a trade mark in major jurisdictions.

Moderator:
Swarup Kumar, FICPI Deputy Secretary General
Managing Partner, Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA), India

Speakers:

Min-Tae Kim,
Head of IP Centre, CJ Cheil Jedang Corp, Republic of Korea

Elia Sugrañes, FICPI Secretary General
Managing Partner, Sugrañes, Spain

Francesco Paolo Vatti, FICPI Admissions Committee - President
Managing Partner, Fumero, Italy

In this session a panel including IP managers from companies, and representatives from IP firms, will discuss processes and criteria for selecting an IP firm to work with, and for evaluating its performance.

How is a firm selected? How is its performance reviewed? What are the main criteria and how are they appreciated? Who is in charge of this process within the firm and how is it organised? 

The session will last the whole afternoon and will be run in three parts.

• In the first part, Industry representatives will share their perspective and explain what they are looking for when they select an IP firm. 
• In the second part, representatives from IP firms will do the same, explaining the main criteria and priorities for selecting a (foreign) IP firm to work with. 
• The third part will be ‘en banc’, and the differences between the perspectives explained during parts 1 and 2 will be discussed.

Moderator:
Jordan Kim, FICPI Korea Board Member 
Partner, Y.P.Lee, Mock & Partners, Republic of Korea

Speakers - In-house:

Jeeyeon Han
Director, Hanmi Science Co. Ltd, Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea

Dookyu Kim, President of KPAA
Director, HP Printing Korea Co. Ltd, Director, Republic of Korea

Bomsu Francis Yeh
Vice President, KT Corp, Republic of Korea

Jeeyoun Shin
Senior Director, ABL Bio Inc, Republic of Korea

Speakers - IP Firms:

Aaron Fishman, FICPI Member 
Partner, McDonald Hopkins LLP, USA

Yoshinori Shimizu, FICPI Member 
Vice President & Patent Attorney, Soei Patent & Law Firm, Japan

Robert Watson, FICPI Study & Work Committee (CET) President
Partner, Mewburn Ellis, United Kingdom

This session will provide an update on the ways in which specifications/claims/drawings can be drafted using AI assisted models, specifically after the emergence of LLM models.  

The benefits and limitations of the use of AI models in practice will be highlighted. Use of AI models for patent firm management will also be discussed, including the provision of customer services with AI assisted tools.

Moderator:
Louis-Pierre Gravelle, FICPI Practice Management Committee (PMC) - Vice President, FICPI Webinar Host
Partner, Dipchand LLP, Canada

Speakers:

Jeff Tang
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Circle Internet Financial, USA

Jang-Hyuhn Yoo
Patent Attorney, IPACTORY, Republic of Korea

Jungho Yun
Patent Attorney, WERT, Republic of Korea
 

"Where there is no evidence, the burden of proof cannot be discharged. The mere assertion of a fact is not sufficient; the burden of proving it lies on the person who asserts it."

(Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas). 

The key to success in any legal proceedings is strong and credible evidence, but what kind of evidence – and how much – is needed in IP litigation?  Is it enough to file prior art references when arguing for invalidity of a patent, or must they be backed up by expert testimony? 

The person skilled in the art is a well-known character in patent litigation, but what exactly does she or he know? How can that knowledge and skill be proven? How will it be used? In an enforcement action, evidence of infringement must be adduced, but sometimes it is very hard to obtain. What financial evidence is needed to calculate damages or other losses? 

This vital session will review what evidence is needed to prove a case in IP litigation in major jurisdictions and will look at options for obtaining such evidence (e.g. expert reports, purchase of items, seizure, use of information found on the Internet, etc.), highlighting the benefits and limitations of each option.

Moderator:
Julian Crump, FICPI President of Honour (2019-2022, Communications Committee - President
Partner, Abel + Imray, United Kingdom

Speakers:

Dominic Adair, FICPI Member
Partner, Bristows, United Kingdom

Dong Suk Bae
Intellectual Discovery, Head of IP Biz Division LG Electronics, IP Transaction Project Leader, LG Electronics, Republic of Korea

Claus Becker, FICPI Member
Partner, Glawe Delfs Moll, Germany

Judge Young Gi Kim,
High Court Judge, IP High Court, Republic of Korea

Raja Saliba, FICPI Member
Partner, Sughrue Mion, USA

“IP service providers” use technology and propose new ways to communicate with clients. 

They sometimes offer “basic” services (such as annuity payment) and may also offer more elaborate services around IP. IP firms may see many of these providers as a threat to their traditional business. However, these providers could open new directions where IP firms with competent teams and organisations can be very relevant and bring enhanced benefits to clients. 

Whatever the way you look at them, IP service providers are changing the IP game and this session will explore their interaction with IP firms, and risks or opportunities they contribute or create.

Moderator:
Uwe Borchert, FICPI Treasurer General
Partner, patcare Patentanwälte, Germany

Speakers:

Andrew Ahn
Country General Manager, Anaqua, Republic of Korea

JiHoon Kim
Lead Business Solution Consultant, Clarivate, Republic of Korea

Eunha Sung
Senior Director, CHA Medical Grioup, CHA Hospital, Republic of Korea

Luna Zhang, FICPI Member
Partner, Kangxin Partners PC, P.R. China

Recently in Korea, the submission of a letter of consent has made it possible for co-existence registration by different owners. However, in cases where coexistence registration leads to consumer confusion, the registered trade mark may be at risk of cancellation. 

This session will address the potential risks that prior mark owners should consider when granting consent for coexistence registration. It will also explore the availabilities for coexistence registration by a letter of consent in different jurisdictions.
 

Moderator:
Ho-Hyun Nahm, FICPI Korea Board Member
Lead Partner, Barun IP, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

Ana de Sampaio, FICPI Member
Industrial Property Attorney, J.E. Dias Costa, Lda., Portugal

Professor Wonoh Kim
Director of Law Research Institute and AI·Data Law Center, Inha University, Republic of Korea

Anna King, FICPI Member
Shareholder, Banner & Witcoff, USA

Esther Seow
Principal, DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, Singapore