Josephine Kim is a director in Sterne Kessler’s Trial & Appellate Practice Group, as well as a member of the firm’s U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Practice Group. She is an experienced intellectual property trial attorney focusing on complicated patent disputes before federal district courts, the ITC, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Josephine has advised clients and litigated cases involving a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, vehicle systems, LEDs, and consumer products.

Josephine has expertise handling complex discovery matters and multi-defendant litigations. She also has deep expertise in ITC-specific issues such as domestic industry. Josephine is a co-author of the “Patent Litigation” treatise by Practicing Law Institute.

Josephine has been a member of Sterne Kessler’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee since 2017.

Josephine received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as executive editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. She also holds a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her B.A. in molecular and cellular biology and english from the University of California at Berkeley.

  • Profiles in Diversity Journal®, “Asian Leadership Awards” (2023)
  • DCA Live, “Emerging Women Leaders in Law” (2023)

  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
  • B.A., Molecular and Cellular Biology; English, University of California at Berkeley

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • United States Patent & Trademark Office

  • ITC Trial Lawyers Association
  • Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA-DC)
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)

  • Korean

Speaking Engagement

Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation USA

New York, NY, 3 Times Square, October 15, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Speaking Engagement

Paragraph IV Disputes Symposium

Chicago, IL, Hyatt Regency, October 16, 2024 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM EST

Webinar

Strategic Use of the ITC as a Complainant

Virtual, September 13, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Speaking Engagement

Assessing the Mansfield Rule

Virtual, December 7, 2021 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST

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Reports

January 16, 2026

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Articles

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Minimizing Your Risk of Being Sued Before the U.S. International Trade Commission

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May 20, 2025

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U.S. IP Update

April 16, 2025

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Articles

April 10, 2025

The Federal Circuit Expands IP Enforcement Opportunities at the ITC

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March 7, 2025

IP Hot Topic: Amended Rules at the ITC

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Articles

April 17, 2024

ITC Update: Takeaways from Certain Replacement Automotive Lamps

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February 14, 2024

Looking Beyond Inventory Numbers to Secure a Cease and Desist Order

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Data and Trends: ITC Cases Instituted in 2023, Case Flow and Outcomes, and ITC Operations

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July 3, 2023

Directors Josephine Kim and Chandrika Vira Honored With 2023 Profiles in Diversity Journal® Awards

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April 5, 2023

DCA Live’s 2023 Emerging Women Leaders in Law

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February 28, 2023

Brita Lands Win at ITC Against Water Filter Rivals

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Sterne Kessler Elects Three New Directors and Promotes Four Attorneys to Counsel

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Sterne Kessler Client Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

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Sterne Kessler Hosts Virtual Pro Bono Clinic for Small Businesses

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