Until last year, Yong-Soo Har spent 30 years at SK Hynix, where he was engaged in intellectual property-related work throughout his 30-year career. He served as the head of the IP organization from 2011 to 2022, and as an executive of the IP organization from 2023 until his retirement at the end of 2024.
Mr. Har has been active for 15 years in the Korea Intellectual Property Association (KINPA), a network of patent professionals from Korean companies, and served as vice chair of the Planning & Coordination Committee from 2019 to 2024. Mr. Har represents clients in industry IP portfolio management and strategy, patent development and strategy, patent analysis and evaluation, and patent licensing and trading. He studied at Hanyang University in Korea.