Lead Partner, Barun IP & Law
1972 - 1976 | College of Law, Chung-ju University (LL.B) |
1980 - 1982 | Overseas Information Service, Ministry of Culture and Information |
1982 - 1985 | Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (M.PA) |
1982 - 1987 | Legal Affairs Department of Korean Air |
1986 | Admitted to Korean Patent Bar |
1987 - 1996 | Partner of Central International Law Firm (in charge of Trademark Department) |
1988 | Admitted to the 23rd Korean Patent Bar |
1996 - present | Lead Partner of Barun IP & Law |
1999 - 2000 | President of the Korean Trademarks Institute |
2000 - 2002 | International Affairs Director of the Korean Patent Attorneys Association |
2000 - present | Panelist of the Korean Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee(IDRC) |
2003 - 2009 | Chairman of the Trademark Committee of the Asian Patent Attorneys’ Association |
2004 - present | Panelist of the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Committee (ADNDRC) |
2005 - 2006 | Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on State Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea |
2006 - present | Panelist of the U.S. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) |
2006 - present | Director of the Korean Intellectual Property Forum, the Korean Industrial Property Rights Institute and the FICPI-Korea |
2007 - present | Arbitrator of Korean Commercial Arbitration Board |
2008 - present | Panelist of the WIPO |
2009 - 2010 | President of Korea Trademark, Design and Copyright Chapter of the Korean Patent Attorneys’ Association |
2011 - present | Policy Advisor of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security |
2012 - 2015 | President of APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys’ Association)-Korean Group |
2014 - 2015 | Vice President of Korean Arbitrators’ Association |
2014 - present | Chairman of KIDRC (Korea Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee) |
2015 - present | Arbitrator of HKIAC - Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Trademark policy advisor for the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Member of international NGOs: INTA, AIPPI, FICPI, ECTA, APAA and PTMG |
Recognitions of Mr. Nahm's expertise
• Selected as one of ‘The World's Leading Experts in Trademark Law’ in 1996 by 'Euromoney Publications PLC' based in London.
• Nominated as one of the leading, most highly-acclaimed legal experts, and highly recommended Asia-Pacific-focused lawyers in areas of Intellectual Property Rights, for nine consecutive years (2007 - 2015), by ‘Asia Law’.
• Recognized as the ‘Man of the Year in Law 2010’ by American Biographical Institute for Dedication and Excellence.
• Awarded ‘Winner of the 2010 New Quality Innovation Award (Service Innovation)’ for the first time in the field of legal service in Korea.
• Awarded 2015 Korea Invention Education Writing Award ’ by Korean Academy of Invention Education
• Awarded ‘Korean IP Law Firm of the Year 2012’ by a renowned British monthly magazine, Acquisition International.