Profile

Admitted: 1995, Japan; 2002, New York
Education: The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1992); George Washington University Law School (LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law, 2001)
Professional Experience: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LL.P., 2001-2003
Member: Daini Tokyo Bar Association;
New York State Bar Association;
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) JAPAN;
Intellectual Property Center of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations;
Licensing Executives Society Japan (LES Japan);
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Representative Publications

Coauthor,"Legal Advice of Trademark Ⅰ," Seirin Shoin, 2017;

"Patents Related to Parts and Products Co-owned by Upstream Company and Downstream Company and Exhaustion Doctrine,”Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 65, No.3, 2015;

"Whether sending warning letters for patent infringement falls under Article 2 (1)(xiv) of Unfair Competition Prevention Act?,”Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, Vol. 59, No.11, 2014;

"Proper Protection of Inventors Related to Results of Joint Research and Developments," Patent Vol.65, February 2012;
Coauthor, "Recent Issues Related to License Agreement," Law & Technology No.49, October 2010;
Coauthor, "International Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Business Practice [Round-Table Discussion] ,"Law & Technology No.48, July 2010;
Coauthor, "Patent Litigation in Japan," Akron Intellectual Property Journal, Vol.1, No.2, 2007;
"A Case Seeking Change of Patent Applicant's Name," Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, Vol.49, No2, 2004;
Coauthor, "International Litigation," IP Litigator, March/April 2003.