About Us
About Our Company
Our law firm offers a wide selection of Intellectual Property services, specializing in Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights along with patent searches and trademark searches. Our clients are individuals, businesses, inventors, and entrepreneurs seeking protection of their ideas, inventions, brands, and business. Unlike larger firms, at AGK, you won’t get lost in the shuffle, nor be charged unnecessary fees. You will receive prompt, professional, and high-quality service. We continue to grow our practice through client retention and referrals by providing high-quality work at reasonable rates to all of our clients.
Because most of our clients prefer to know costs upfront, we can provide a fixed fee for our services to analyze, prepare and file most patent and trademark applications, and may only deviate from these fees when a client makes changes to their disclosure. Whether prospective clients need advice or assistance with a patent or trademark application, or an issued patent or registered trademark, our office is dedicated to providing personal attention to each and every case. We primarily serve Los Angeles County and Orange County areas but, also serve California, the United States, and countries all over the world.
OUR FIRM’S HISTORY
AGK Patent & Trademark Law was formerly Averill, Green & Kim. The Law Office of Averill, Green & Kim was the successor firm to Averill & Green, which was the successor to Averill & Varn, originally founded in 1974 by Edgar W. Averill, Jr. and Russell Varn. Mr. Averill’s practice included patents, trademarks, wills, and trusts, while Mr. Varn’s practice was primarily family law.
Both Mr. Averill and Mr. Varn were highly respected in their fields. Kenneth L. Green joined the law firm in 2003, practicing patent and trademark prosecution, and was named partner in 2008. At that time, the firm’s name changed to Averill, Varn & Green. In April 2010, after 40 years of dedicated service, both Mr. Averill and Mr. Varn retired, handing the reins of the intellectual property practice over to Mr. Green.
Mr. Green officially retired from the practice of law on January 1, 2025, and handed the reins over to attorney Philip Y. Kim. With over 50 years of combined service, AGK seeks to continue the legacy of quality legal service built by Mr. Averill and Mr. Green as the next generation continues the firm’s history under a new name and new leadership.
Our goal is to continue to build on this respected reputation as AGK Patent & Trademark Law, providing professional, high-quality service at reasonable prices to clients primarily in the Southern California area, including Los Angeles and Orange Counties, as well as throughout the United States and worldwide.
PHILIP Y KIM
Principal
Philip Y Kim specializes in intellectual property law, real estate, business setup/governance, and litigation. He has over 24 years of experience in practicing law. He holds a BSME from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1998 and to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar in 2012. Mr. Kim is also a real estate broker, with many years of experience in real estate sales, transactions, and litigation. With his many years of experience in litigation, Mr. Kim understands how to protect a business from those who attempt to infringe one’s intellectual property.
email: philip@agk-ip.com