Jong-min Choi

Achieved a favorable resolution of a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Defended a major South Korean electronics manufacturer in a breach of contract claim that required expert testimony on Korean procedural and substantive law. After the expert depositions that Jong-min took and defended, the plaintiff expressly abandoned the claim before trial.

Advised a South Korean medical devices manufacturer on patent infringement risks with the company’s strategic move into the United States market.

Represented leading test prep and college consulting company in a trademark opposition action before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board over a competitor’s confusingly similar trademark registration, resulting in the express abandonment with prejudice of the competitor’s mark.

Represented a real estate company in defeating an attempt at an early termination of a ground lease of a Beverly Hills lot that the company had built a high-rise commercial building on, developing a novel legal theory that prevailed at summary adjudication and ended up being the sole basis for the favorable result secured at trial and upheld at appeal.

Defended a national health insurer in a coverage dispute, obtaining a dismissal as to all causes of action at the initial pleading stage.  

• Co-Author, "Dueling Experts: What Olean Might Mean for the Future of Class Certification in the Ninth Circuit," California Litigation, Vol. 35, Issue 3, January 2023