The Brief

Douglas Kim Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 for Patent Law and Trademark Law in Greenville, SC

Greenville, S.C. — August 15, 2019 —Doug Kim, a longtime intellectual property attorney in the Upstate area, has been selected by his peers...

August 15, 2019

Increase in Software License Disputes Expected to Continue in 2019

In our practice we are seeing an increase in software license disputes between software vendors and users. It seems that the main reason for the...

April 25, 2019

Watch Kanga Compete on Shark Tank

Teddy Giard, Logan LeMance and Austin Maxwell set to pitch their product, the Kase Mate, on the Sunday, April 7, episode of "Shark Tank." Like many...

April 5, 2019

Doug Kim Selected to 2019 SC Super Lawyers List

Douglas Kim, Partner, Kim and Lahey Law Firm, LLC Douglas Kim, a longtime intellectual property attorney in the Upstate area, has been selected to the...

April 5, 2019

Supreme Court Rules That A Copyright Registration Is Mandatory For Enforcement

Computer Programmers, Architects, Web Developers, Authors, Photographers, Musicians, Artists and others must now file for and receive a copyright...

March 5, 2019

Trademark Issues for Start-Up Companies

Getting Started the Right Way Forbes lists failing to secure trademark rights as a top 10 legal mistake of small businesses. Failing to properly check or...

February 15, 2019

Recent US Supreme Court Ruling Is A Warning To File Patent Applications Early, Else Lose Your Rights.

On January 22, 2019, a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court held that under the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA), a “secret sale” of an...

January 27, 2019

Upstate Attorney Douglas Kim Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as the 2019 “Lawyer of The Year” for Patent Law in Greenville, SC

Greenville, S.C. — August 15, 2018—Doug Kim, a longtime intellectual property attorney in the Upstate area, has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in...

August 15, 2018