John Kim has more than 25 years of experience in virtually all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. John’s transactional practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent, trademark and copyright applications in the United States and internationally, as well as conducting all types of investigations on intellectual property assets and drafting and negotiating IP license agreements.
Education
J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1994
B.S., The Cooper Union, 1991
Recognitions
- Named among The Best Lawyers in America® for Copyright Law and for Trademark Law (2023, 2025)*This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found at: https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
- Best of Arizona, Intellectual Property Group (2018)
- Lexology’s Client Choice Award USA & Canada, Intellectual Property – Patents, New Jersey, Recipient (2014)
- Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award, New York, NY (2014)
- Lexology’s Client Choice Award USA & Canada, United States: New Jersey, Team Member (2013)
- New Jersey Law Journal‘s “General Litigation Department of the Year” Award, Member, Winning Team (2013)
Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Co-chair, Patent Sub-committee
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Board of Directors, 2014
Arizona Asian American Bar Association, Member
State Bar Licenses
Arizona, New York, New Jersey
Court Admissions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Ct., District of New Jersey
U.S. District Ct., S.D. of New York