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Lee Kim
Intellectual Property
and Technology Law
Lee's transactional experience includes
protecting and counseling clients in all areas of intellectual property,
including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents. Her patent
experience includes preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign
patent applications in the biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, neuroscience,
mechanical, and software fields.
Lee has worked with patent and trademark
attorneys in other countries and regions such as Canada, Europe, United Kingdom,
China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico to help clients secure trademark and patent
rights in those countries. Lee also counsels clients on HIPAA
compliance, including HIPAA Security Rule Compliance.
Background
Education
Lee earned her undergraduate degree in
Chemistry from Duquesne University, and was the recipient of the Outstanding
Service Award for the Department of Biological Sciences; the 1992 R.K. Mellon
Research Fellowship in Neurobiology - Department of Biological Sciences, and
also of the 1994 R.K. Mellon Research Fellowship in Organic Chemistry -
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Lee has had several years of academic
research experience in the areas of neurobiology, synthetic organic chemistry,
and spectroscopy. Lee completed graduate coursework in organic chemistry at the
University of California at Santa Cruz, and, while there,
she was the recipient of the GAANN Graduate Doctoral Research Fellowship for
organic chemistry research.
Lee earned her law degree from the University
of Pittsburgh School of Law, and was a copyright law research assistant for
Professor Michael J. Madison. While at Pitt Law, Lee assisted the Office of
Technology Management at the University of
Pittsburgh with prior art searches and patentability assessments. She also
clerked for The Honorable Judge Kathleen Mulligan with the Allegheny County
Court of Common Pleas, Family Division. In 2002, Lee received the 2002 CALI
Excellence for the Future Award(R) in Advanced Intellectual Property.
Experience
Before practicing as an attorney, Lee worked
in the information technology ("IT") field for several years, including system,
network, Oracle/SQL Server database administration, and helpdesk support. She
also helped the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center establish its first
filmless radiology system in 1997.
Lee previously practiced with the intellectual
property departments of other major firms in Pittsburgh before joining Tucker
Arensberg.
Admissions
Lee is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office as a registered patent attorney, the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Court
of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and the Federal Circuit. Lee is a member
of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law
Association, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the American Bar Association –
Health Law Section and the Pennsylvania Bar Association - Intellectual Property
Section.
Speaking Engagements
In 2005, Lee participated in the US Copyright Office Roundtable on the
subject of orphan works at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
In 2008, she gave a presentation on the basics of intellectual property to
Duquesne University and the Keystone Innovation Central Zone. In 2009, Lee
presented on behalf of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council entitled, "An
intellectual property primer for the “Visual Artist Briefcase”.
Publications
Lee authored an article entitled 'An Overview of Trade Secrets Law' in the
October 2008 issue of Iron & Steel Technology™. She authored an
update to "Trade Secrets Practice in California", published by the California
Continuing Legal Education of the Bar (Berkeley, California) while working as an
intellectual property summer associate in Los Angeles. Lee authored an
article entitled 'Trade Secrets' that was published in the August 2009 edition
of the "Pittsburgh Patrika". Lee's article entitled 'Basics of Patenting
in the United States' can be found in the January 2010 edition of "Iron & Steel
Technology Magazine".
Community
Involvement
Lee volunteers as a lawyer for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a program
sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. The aim of this program is
to provide pro bono assistance to low-income artists and smaller art
organizations for arts-related legal needs. Lee is also a member of the
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ("HIMSS").
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