Intellectual Property Law Specialists
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Richard Yoon, Partner
I am a business lawyer with an intellectual property and business development emphasis. I have been a licensed attorney for over 25 years with over 20 years working in the medical device/diagnostic space. My career has taken me from a big law firm to start-ups to a Fortune 500 company. Over that time, I have developed my skill sets to encompass a broad range of business and legal skills. Much of my experience was focused particularly on patent law, including prosecution, litigation, and client counseling. In the past 10 years, I have evolved my legal expertise towards business development, licensing, and other agreements where intellectual property is a key driver of the deal. To round out my business experience, I worked as a full-time business development professional, where I applied my legal skills to work with lawyers on both sides to reach agreement. I take pride in being a problem solver and someone able to bridge gaps between parties, and as a result I have been able to drive many successful business deals.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Medical Device and Molecular Diagnostics Industry Knowledge
• Global Intellectual Property
• Business Development
• Contract Negotiation and Licensing
• Competitive Landscapes
• Strategic Partnerships
• IP Litigation
Consistently, I have enjoyed working in cutting edge technology fields related to computers, medical devices, and software/Internet. My most current company experience is with Cepheid, a Danaher company, as the Business Development Director, Licensing and New Ventures. Previously I worked at MicroVention as Associate General Counsel and Sr. Director of Intellectual Property in the neurovascular and peripheral space. In addition, I worked at Medtronic Diabetes for 14 years as Director of IP Strategy and Principal Patent Counsel. I started my career as an attorney with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro LLP and Loeb & Loeb LLP specializing in Intellectual Property law and counseling hi-tech clients. I have also been part of several start-ups throughout my career from an internet startup during the dot com boom (and bust), to being a patent troll holding the original patent for crowdfunding, and starting a company focused on the next generation radioembolization treatment for liver cancer (which I sold off to Sirtex Medical). I earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and a J.D. from USC Law School (awarded the Carl Mason Franklin Award in International Law); I am a member of the California Bar and Admitted to Practice before the U.S. Patent Office.
Vivian Shin, Partner
I am an intellectual property attorney with over 20 years of experience in primarily patent and trademark practice. I have handled matters involving all aspects of patent law—prosecution, noninfringement and invalidity opinions, freedom to operate analysis, competitive landscapes, licensing, and litigation—and have worked in the medical device and computer industries.
Previously, I worked at Medtronic Diabetes as Senior Patent Counsel, handling a myriad of IP matters while interacting with a diverse group of inventors and senior management, highlighted by co-managing a patent litigation against a competitor that successfully resulted in a settlement and royalty. In addition, I worked at Gateway Computers as Staff Counsel, primarily handling patent prosecution and patentability matters involving computer hardware and software. I started my career as an associate with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro LLP, handling patent matters related to computer hardware and software, printers, and mechanical devices. Further, I resolved trademark matters involving domain name disputes as well as drafted software licenses and other technology agreements.
Although I resigned from full-time work to stay at home with my family, I maintained my patent practice working periodically as an independent contractor for various medical device companies. I continued with prosecution and litigation matters, including serving as an expert on diabetes and infusion pump technology as well as conducting a pre-litigation infringement and validity analysis of a portfolio of medical device patents. With Yoon & Shin LLP, I am now returning to full-time legal practice after taking time away for my family.
Prior to law school, I worked at Andersen Consulting as a Staff Consultant, programming modules of a financial system. I have a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA. I am a member of the California Bar and admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent Office.