・Guest Professor at Kagawa Univ.

■Background

■Specialties

General chemistry, semiconductors, electrical and electronic materials, optical films, photocatalysts, plant and equipment, machinery, biotechnology, IT, lawsuits, and licenses.

■Positions

・Committee member, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry “Society for the Study of Research and Development and Intellectual Property” (2002)
・Part-time Assistant Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2003)
・Specially appointed Professor, Intellectual Property Head Office, Chiba University (2004)
・Specially appointed Researcher, Osaka University Venture Business Laboratory (2003-2004)
・Lecturer, Kanagawa Science and Technology Academy Foundation (Intellectual property education in the field of biotechnology)
・Advisor, Japan Industrial Location Centre, “Society for the Study of regional development through industry-university cooperation” (2003-2004)
・Member of assessment committee, “Intellectual property human resources development curriculum”, Osaka Kyoiku University (2006)
・Guest Professor, Social Cooperation/Intellectual Property Center, Kagawa University (since 2008)
・Part-time lecturer, Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts (2015)

■Major publications

・Biotechnology Patent Practice (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
・Genetic Business and Genome Patent (In collaboration with the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
・Job Invention and National Strategy (In collaboration with the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
・Intellectual Property - 20 Key Points (In collaboration with the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
・Intellectual Property Basic Precedent Guide (In collaboration with the Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.)

・Former Professor at Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
・Former Guest Professor at Graduate school, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

■Background

■Specialties

machinery, textile, polymer, trial, litigation

■Positions

・Presenter in education and training for foreign examiners(1988)
・Presenter in Examiners training(1993)
・Presenter in National seminars under the sponsorship of JPO(1993)
・Regular member and Director in Japan Society of Kansei Engineering(2003)
・Regular member in Copyright Law Association of Japan(2004 to Current)
・Guest professor at Department of Law, Faculty of Law & Economics, Chiba University(2008)
・Professor at Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba (2009 to 2015)
・Guest professor at Graduate Program in Systems for Intellectual Creation, Graduate　School of Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (2008 to 2021)

■Major Publications & Academic Papers

・ " Patent Trial: Doctrine & Practice", Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., 2008
・"Patents for Hitler", (Author: Guenter Reimann), (translated into Japanese), Diamond, Inc., 1983, (Collective writing)
・" Guidebook of Basic judicial precedents under Intellectual Property Law ", Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., 2005, (Collective writing)
・ "Summary of Employee's invention litigation ", Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2006, (Collective writing)
・"Legal issues of Photo collage of Portraits", Library, information and media studies, Volume 12, No. 1, Pages 29 to 40, 2004, (Collective writing)
・Provisions to Restrict amendment or Corrections in Patent Act, Kansei Engineering International, 2010 (CD-ROM)
・"Research in Intellectual property law of Software around Ichitaro & Hanako suit", Library, information and media studies, Volume 4, No. 1, Pages 21 to 40, 2006

■Background

■Specialties

General chemistry (particularly organic chemistry), medicine, resin, materials chemistry, plant and equipment, machinery

■Major Publications & Academic Papers

・Genetic Business and Genome Patent (In collaboration with the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
・H. Isaji, M. Yasutake, H. Takemura, K. Sako, H. Tatemitsu, T. Inazu, T. Shinmyozu　Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2487-2499 (2001).(Collaboration)
・Isaji, Hajime; Sako, Katsuya; Takemura, Hiroyuki; Tatemitsu, Hitoshi; Shinmyozu, Teruo, Tetrahedron Letters, Volume: 39, Issue: 24, June 11, 1998 pp. 4303-4304 (Collaboration)

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■Engaged Cases

・Providing advice on inbound/outbound dispute resolutions (litigation, mediation and arbitration in the area of business transactions among companies, commercial litigation, patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, entertainment laws, trade secrets, unfair competition, preservation of evidence, M&A, joint ventures, financial products, product liability, real estate, labor issues, IT and software, collection of claims, etc.);
・Providing advice on intellectual property rights;
・Providing legal services on international business transactions;
・Dealing with business deployment, local regulations and disputes associated with overseas expansion of Japanese companies;
・Handling matters related to the Companies Act, shareholders’ meetings and the corporate governance; and
・Member of the Compliance Committee of a company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

■List of Main Publications

＜＜English＞＞
“Getting the Deal Through: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments” (Japan Chapter) (Law Business Research, 2014)
“The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2014” (Japan chapter) (Global Legal Group Ltd., 2014)
“Distribution & marketing of drugs: Jurisdictional comparisons”(Japan chapter) (The European Lawyer Reference Series, 2012)
＜＜Japanese＞＞
“New Story of Shareholders' Meeting” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)
“Q&A: Handbook for Outside Directors/ Outside Company Auditors”(co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2015)
“IPO and Strategic Legal Affairs - Taking into Account the Viewpoint of Accountant” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2015)
“Special Edition: Q&A Concerning Revision of the Companies Act and Practical Business” (co-author, Kinyu Homu Jijo, Sept. 25, 2014)