Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

IP Litigation & Counseling, Trade Secrets & Corporate Information Protection, IP Transactions, Licensing & Strategy, Data Protection & Privacy

Senior Foreign Attorney

Professional Experience

2024–Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2012–2024 Yulchon LLC
2006–2012 Senior Legal Counsel, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
2001–2006 Dergosits & Noah LLP
1998–2001 Baker Botts LLP
1996–1998 The Procter & Gamble Company

English

New York Bar Association (2001)

California Bar Association (2000)

United States Patent and Trademark Office Registration (USPTO) (1998)

Ohio Bar Association (1996)

1996 University of San Francisco, School of Law (J.D.)

1990 University of California, Los Angeles (B.S.)

Samuel Sung Mok Lee is a senior foreign attorney in the Intellectual Property Group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. He focuses on cross-border intellectual property disputes, IP transactions and technology due diligence involving electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and software technologies.

Mr. Lee has extensive experience managing complex patent litigation in the United States, Germany, Japan and other major jurisdictions, including proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. federal courts. His experience spans technologies such as semiconductor memory, application processors, LEDs, displays, mobile devices, printers, data storage systems and lab-on-a-chip technologies.

Drawing on substantial in-house and private practice experience, Mr. Lee advises clients on patent licensing and acquisitions, freedom-to-operate analyses, patent portfolio management, e-discovery and global litigation strategy. He also assists Korean companies with overseas IP matters and foreign companies with Korean IP issues, providing practical and business-oriented advice throughout the lifecycle of their intellectual property assets.