The Korea Society and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) are delighted to present Leveraging Big Data, AI, and Patents for Business Growth on November 10th, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm EST.

Our first session will feature Tim Hwang, CEO of FiscalNote. FiscalNote is a global technology and media company that Tim co-founded in 2013 at the age of 21. FiscalNote feeds big data to a powerful machine learning algorithm to provide its clients with the right policy information and AI-driven insights to better navigate market risk and uncertainty and maximize new opportunities. In 2016, the World Economic Forum announced FiscalNote as Technology Pioneers, and Forbes named Tim in its annual 30 Under 30 list. TaeSoo Sean Kim, Partner at Ice Miller LLP, will leverage his own expertise in IP and technology licensing while moderating the talk with Tim. You will expect to hear Tim’s personal journey as a tech entrepreneur, FiscalNote's business and growth strategy, IP portfolio management strategy, and Tim’s vision in running a successful and socially responsible data analytics company in today’s politically tumultuous times.

The second session will be a lecture led by two prominent patent attorneys based in Washington, D.C. Michael Dzwonczyk and Hyunseok Park at Sughrue Mion, PLLC will enlighten us on patent challenge proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. A patent clearance search may reveal certain patents held by others that your company needs to consider in the product development process. You wish to proceed with your proposed design concept, but also want to minimize any risk potential for patent infringement claims. What options do you have? Michael and Hyunseok will explain key differences among Ex Parte Reexamination (EPR), Inter Partes Review (IPR), and Post-Grant Review (PGR), and offer guidance on invalidation grounds, standards, cost, time, and likelihood of success. The audience will gain a solid understanding of how each patent challenge avenue best meets client priorities and circumstances.

Please join us for an intellectually stimulating and inspirational evening.

Tim Hwang CEO & Co-Founder FiscalNote Tim is currently the Founder and CEO of FiscalNote. The company owns media and news company CQ Roll Call Group, which it acquired from The Economist Group in 2018 and creates a technology platform that combines award-winning journalism along with products and services that provide access to large quantities of data, news, and analysis for all levels of government. The global company with offices across DC, NYC, Baton Rouge, Seoul, India and Brussels is the largest privately held company in the legal analytics and regtech space and powers over 4,000 of the world's largest and most influential corporations, associations, non-profits, and law firms, creating a more open and transparent society through data. With Hwang's technology and capital partners from the likes of Mark Cuban, Jerry Yang, Steve Case, NEA, Renren and others, FiscalNote is revolutionizing access to legislation, regulations, and court cases for organizations around the world.

Michael R. Dzwonczyk Partner Sughrue Mion, PLLC For 30 years, Michael has successfully represented multinational companies as lead counsel in trials and appeals of patent cases in District Courts and at the Federal Circuit, as well as Section 337 cases at the International Trade Commission. His experience has encompassed technical areas that include recombinantly produced hormones, pharmaceuticals, protein synthesis and expression products, fibers, films, polymers, plastics and medical devices. Michael also counsels clients on intellectual property issues, including validity and infringement of intellectual property rights, licensing and contract matters and Hatch-Waxman issues.

Hyunseok Park Associate Sughrue Mion, PLLC As both a Korean patent attorney and a U.S. patent attorney, Hyunseok has been involved in a diverse intellectual property practice encompassing world-wide patent prosecution, client counseling, rendering opinions, FTO analysis, post-grant patent challenges and patent litigation. Hyunseok has experience in various fields including small molecule drugs, protein drugs, siRNAs, microRNAs, transgenic animals, methods of treating (diagnosing) human and animal disease, microbiome, virology, vaccines, drug delivery, food compositions, chromatography, display materials, battery materials, and fuel cells.

Moderator TaeSoo Sean Kim Partner Ice Miller LLP TaeSoo Sean Kim is a partner in Ice Miller’s Business Group. His practice encompasses a wide range of commercial transactions for both established and emerging bio-pharmaceutical, digital health and technology companies, as well as leading academic and research institutions. Sean drafts and negotiates intellectual property licenses, joint development, collaboration and strategic alliance agreements for platform technologies, drug delivery systems and therapeutic candidates. He also advises clients on technology licenses, including software license and service agreements, content license agreements, and master services agreements. As part of his broader corporate practice, Sean also works closely with Korea-based clients doing business in the U.S. on vital cross-border transactional matters, including corporate formation and financing, real estate investments and joint venture agreements. An active member of the startup community in New York and Los Angeles, Sean has served as a board member of Korean Startups and Entrepreneurs, a non-profit organization with over 1,000 members in New York, Los Angeles and South Korea. He currently serves as an outside general counsel to startups in various stages of growth, from pre-funding to multiple venture capital financing.