James J. Park
• Managing Partner
• Attorney at Law (IL)
• Patent Attorney (US/KR)
Overview
James J. Park focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, with his technical expertise spanning wireless communication, signal processing, Video and Audio CODEC, Software, Network, and electric circuits. He has over 20 years of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications, evaluating patents in relation to technical standards, building and monetizing various patent portfolios.
Before founding the firm, James worked for a start-up wireless semiconductor company, Newracom, Inc. Attending the IEEE 802.11 meetings, analyzing WiFi standard technical specifications and reviewed patent applications, and leveraging his deep understanding of WiFi technologies, he contributed to building the Newracom’s WiFi 6 patent portfolio consisting of more than 80 SEPs used later for the successful WiFi 6 licensing program. He also played a key role in building, managing, and monetizing patent portfolios related to major technical standards including HEVC, WCDMA, LTE.
As a licensed patent attorney in Korea, James prepared and prosecuted both domestic and foreign patent applications at patent law firms. As an outside patent attorney, he represented many Korean companies including ETRI, LG, LS ELECTRIC, and Samsung, across a range of technologies such as software, electric circuits, network, wireless communication and video CODEC.
James has years of experience as an SEP evaluator on behalf of MPELG LA. He evaluated essentialities of many patents for various standards including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC, VC-1, Blu-ray disc, ATSC, 3GPP LTE, WiMAX, RFID Standards.

Admissions
• Illinois
• U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Education
• University of South California School of Law, LL.M.
• Seoul National University (B.S. Electrical Engineering)
Work Experience
• Newracom, Inc, Irvine, CA (2014.3 ~ 2017.10)
• Korean patent law firms (2005.01 ~ 2014.02)
Achievements
• Built WiFi 6 patent portfolio of Newracom, Inc.
• Made SEPs in connection with various video CODEC standards (AVC, HEVC, AV1, VP9) for various clients
