Bo Kyung Lim

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 1

Intellectual Property

South Korea

9 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Asia-Pacific 2025

About

Provided by Bo Kyung Lim

Global

Practice Areas

Mr. Bo Kyung Lim is a partner at Shin & Kim. As an attorney and patent attorney qualified to practice in Korea, Mr. Lim specializes in the areas of intellectual property and IT-related laws. More specifically, Mr. Lim has extensive litigation experience involving patent rights, trademark rights and copyright and has regularly advised clients on traditional and newly emerging IP and IT related matters. In addition, Mr. Lim has represented litigants in many significant product liability cases.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Vice Chair, IP Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) (2015-2018); Outside Expert, Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council (2014-2015); Member, Special Committee on the Scope of Profession of Attorney, Korean Bar Association (2014-2015); Apprentice Patent Attorney, International Intellectual Property Training Institute, Korea Intellectual Property Office (1997-1998).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar and Korea Patent Attorneys Association.

Publications

Korea Chapter in Getting the Deal Through – Product Liability 2016, LBR (2016); Patent Protection for Computer-Implemented Inventions : An ill-fitting Suit, London School of Economics, Master's Dissertation (2007).

Personal

London School of Economics, Department of Law, London, UK (LL.M., IP Law, 2007); Seoul National University, College of Humanities (B.A., 1997).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Global

Intellectual Property - South Korea

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Lim Bo Kyung secures a leading position in the rankings this year on the basis of excellent feedback from his clients. He heads Shin & Kim's patent team and has extensive experience handling a wide range of IP disputes, covering trade secrets issues in addition to patent, trade mark and copyright infringement. He acts for pharmaceutical, electronics and construction electronics companies, among others.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"Attorney Lim Bo-Kyung proposes a flexible response logic that is persuasive to the court and meets the client's interests."