Ken Korea

Ken Korea

Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenkorea/

Biography

Ken is an attorney, arbitrator and mediator with more than 30 years of experience in intellectual property licensing, litigation, and technology transactions. He currently serves as an arbitrator for International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), American Arbitration Association (AAA), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) International, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Ken also serves as a Discovery Judge Pro Tem and Settlement Conference Officer for San Francisco Superior Court and as a Mediator for United States District Court for the Central District of California, San Mateo County Superior Court, Alameda County Superior Court, Contra Costa County Superior Court, and for Orange County Superior Court.

Previously, Ken practiced as a partner at leading US law firms and served as Senior Vice President at Samsung Electronics as the head of the Silicon Valley IP Office from 2011 to 2021. He has handled several hundred IP litigation matters, negotiated numerous patent license agreements including three of the largest patent cross license agreements, and helped clients acquire companies ranging from startups to a multibillion dollar company. He was also extensively involved in SEP and FRAND disputes involving some of the largest SEP licensors and licensees and currently serves as counsel in international arbitration involving FRAND/SEP issues.

Ken has taught Technology Licensing as an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Mergers & Acquisitions as a guest lecturer at Northwestern University School of Law San Francisco Campus.

Ken received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois, where he was on the editorial board for Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Before entering private practice, Ken served as a judicial law clerk to a federal judge and then as a federal prosecutor in N.D. Fla. where he tried more than 50 cases as first chair.