Samuel Sung Mok Lee is a senior foreign attorney practicing in Bae, Kim & Lee LLC ’s Intellectual Property Group where he specializes in intellectual property law, international dispute resolution, IP transactions, and technology due diligence in the electrical, chemical (including pharmaceutical and biologics), and software arts.

Prior to joining BKL, Mr. Lee served as senior legal counsel at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. where he personally managed patent litigation throughout the world for Samsung’s Semiconductor, Telecommunications, Visual Display, and LED Business Units. Representative venues include the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. District Courts (e.g., EDTX, EDVA, NDCA, Delaware, and Wisconsin), the German district courts, and the Japanese district courts. Representative technologies include semiconductor memory, applications processors (APs), LEDs, televisions, cell phones, printers, hard disk drives, and LOCs (lab-on-a-chip). Mr. Lee has hands-on experience with every aspect of U.S. litigation, include setting up efficient and cost-effective e-discovery processes and protocols. Mr. Lee also negotiated licenses and patent acquisitions and advised many business units on patent portfolio management.

As a partner at Dergosits & Noah, LLP and as an associate at Baker Botts, Mr. Lee advised both Fortune 500 and medium-sized companies on all aspects of intellectual property from both a plaintiff and defendant perspective. In one case, Mr. Lee successfully obtained a preliminary injunction asserting a patent that he had prosecuted. As in-house counsel for the Procter & Gamble Company, Mr. Lee advised business units on patent portfolio management, litigation, and freedom-to-operate opinions. He also drafted and prosecuted patents. Mr. Lee utilizes both his in-house and law firm experience to provide clients with real-world legal advice and business oriented solutions.

In addition to advising foreign clients on Korean IP issues, Mr. Lee advises Korean clients on cross-border IP issues, including U.S. and German litigation, freedom to operate opinions, and licensing negotiations and drafting. In fact, Mr. Lee effectively serves as in-house IP counsel for many Korean clients with foreign IP issues.