Category: Activities

We successfully hosted KAIPO’s 2025 Golf Outing in collaboration with the Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) on a beautiful Friday afternoon, June 6th, at 12:00 PM at the Lake Course of Twin Lakes Golf Course. We had amazing 32 participants from both organizations who competed fiercely on the field. The winners of the Annual Golf Outing are: Dong Kim, Steven Seo, Tae Hyun Lee, and Seoungyoune Kang.

We truly appreciate all the members who were able to join and enjoy the beautiful day at the field, and mostly we give our deepest thanks to our golf outing committee chair Tae-Sik Kang who made this event possible!

On May 15th 2025, KAIPO hosted its second regional happy hour in Carrollton, Texas! As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance remote engagement among KAIPO members and friends across our regional offices nationwide, we hope that this event empowered our members in the regional offices and expand to other areas in the near future.

We thank Jacob Choi, Lamont Koo, Woo Rhim, Jahae Kim and Jiyoung Oh who made this event possible!

It is a little dated but we held onsite happy hour on April 25th at Andy’s Pizza in Tysons Galleria in Tyson’s Corner (McLean, Virginia). Over 13 people attended for our first happy hour gathering and our senior executive advisor Charles Kim also joined us for a while. 

We held our annual fall picnic on 12th October, 2024. The picnic had incredibly good foods and conversations and connections between members were flowing throughout the picnic. KAIPO is sincerely grateful for all our members and friends who helped make the event so special. 

A heartfelt shout-out goes to those who traveled long distances to be with us – Oh Jiyoung from TX and Lee Jangwoen from NC, whose presence added even more brightness to the day. We were equally excited to welcome many first-time attendees, including Choi Won Jun, Im Theodore, Yoon Jihyung, Glorimar Maldonado, Choi Jisun, Lee Daniel, Lee Sang C., and Lee Bryan.

We were honored to have KAIPO’s Senior Advisor and Deputy Commissioner, Charles Kim, offering guidance and mentorship to many of the attendees. We also extend a special thanks to our distinguished guests such as Han Manyeol, IP Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and Glorimar Maldonado, Diversity Officer in OEEOD.

A very special recognition goes to Sisley Kim for her tireless efforts in preparing the food, activities, gifts, and so much more. We also extend our gratitude to Lee Byung Ro for his musical talent that breathed life into our event and also Jae Y. Lee, who was recently promoted to SPE, Jeong Moo R. (another newly promoted to SPE) and James Choi for their work at the Gogi stations, grilling the delicious Korean BBQ we all enjoyed.

And, of course, we cannot forget our amazing sponsors, whose generosity helped create this memorable experience:  Glorimar Maldonado, Hong Thomas, Lee Daniel H., Kim Dong(David), Lee Jae Young, Kim Su C., Kim Taelor, Lee Andy Chi Ho, Lee James (Jong-Suk), Kim Charles, Lee Seung ho, Park Kinam, Jeong Moo R., Lee Tammy, Han Jessica, Hyun Soondong, and Kwon Brian-Yong.

Thank you for all who made this fall picnic possible and very special.