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Samsung Electronics: Apple Patent Litigation in Europe

How John S. Kim, as a member of Samsung Electronics' legal task force, oversaw smartphone and tablet patent litigation against Apple across major European jurisdictions and directed local counsel.

Senior Legal Counsel, Samsung Electronics
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The matter

As a member of Samsung Electronics' legal task force handling the major patent litigation between Samsung and Apple, John S. Kim oversaw intellectual-property litigation involving smartphones and tablets across major European jurisdictions, and directed local counsel.

The role, stated precisely

His documented role was the oversight, coordination and direction of outside counsel across jurisdictions. It was not personal courtroom advocacy, and it is not described as such here.

Why it was demanding

Each European forum had its own procedure, its own timetable and its own local representation. The task was to hold one coherent strategy across all of them at once, in one of the most closely followed technology disputes of its period, where a concession in one jurisdiction could be read in every other.

Relevance today

Multi-jurisdiction disputes are won or lost on coordination as much as on the merits. The Law Office of John S. Kim advises on dispute strategy and litigation management, including the selection and direction of local counsel, and on the technology and intellectual property positions that such disputes turn on.

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