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Representative Patent AttorneyTSUJIMARU Koichiro Ph.D (Engineering) • Ph.D (Medicine)
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Professional Memberships
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Major publications
- 1988Graduated from Department of Biological Production, Faculty of Biological Production, Hiroshima University
- 1988Joined Nippon Sanso Corporation
On loan to Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University for two years (joint research) - 1992Joined Saito Patent Office
- 1995Joined Ikeuchi-Sato & Partner Patent Attorneys (former Ikeuchi-Sato Patent Office)
- 1999Registered as a Patent Attorney
In charge of Tokyo Office (2002-2005) - 2003Registered as a Qualified attorney to represent in intellectual property infringement litigation
- 2005Established Tsujimaru International Patent Office
- 2007Completed Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, received a doctorate in Engineering
- 2020Completed Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Molecular pathology, Tokyo Medical University, received a doctorate in Medicine
- SIGBIO
- Japan Health Economics Association
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- The Japanese Society for Virology
- 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)
- 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.)
Patent AttorneyISAJI Hajime Ph.D (Science)
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Major Publications & Academic Papers
- 1994Graduated from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
- 1999Completed Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University
- 2000Joined a Patent Office
- 2006Joined Tsujimaru International Patent Office
- 2007Registered as a Patent Attorney
- 2009Registered as a Qualified attorney to represent in intellectual property infringement litigation
- General chemistry (particularly organic chemistry)
- Materials chemistry
- Machinery
- Medicine
- Plant and equipment
- Trademark
- Resin
- 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)
Patent AttorneyAHN Sooang
Background
- 2011Graduated from Department of Material Chemistry, School of Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University
- 2013Completed Master's Course of Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University
- 2013Joined Tokyo Cellolabel Ltd.
- 2021Passed patent attorney examination
- 2021Joined Tsujimaru International Patent Office
- 2022Registered as a Patent Attorney
Legal AdvisorKUDO RyoheiAttorney at law, Admitted in Japan & New York
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List of Main Publications
- March 2002Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- May 2006Received his LL.M. from Columbia Law School (James Kent Scholar)
- March 2010Received his J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law (Selected for outstanding academic achievement)
- May 2012Joined IWATA GODO
- March 2023Withdrawal from the Doctoral Program with the Completion of Doctoral Course Requirements of Tokyo Medical University, Graduate School of Medicine (Department of Molecular Pathology, Ph.D. course)
- 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;
- Representing negotiations on contracts and handling disputes in terms of Patent Act, Trademark Act, Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Copyright Act, Antimonopoly Act and others
- Providing legal advice in the field of life science (legal adviser of pharmaceutical companies, academies, research institutions, bioventure companies, etc.)
- 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
- Legal adviser to a patent attorney firm
- Legal Advisor of Japan MA-T Industrial Association
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI･JAPAN) (Committee to Consider Agenda for 2019 Annual Meeting in London, Committee to Consider Agenda for 2022 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Istanbul General Assembly 2023 Agenda Reviewer)
- Amicus Brief Standing Committee Member of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
（Related to intellectual property field）
- The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 4(Japan Chapter) (co-author, Law Business Research Ltd, December 2022)
- Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2022"(co-author, Global Legal Group, 2022)
- Specific Measures of Information Disclosure on Investment in Intellectual Properties: Scope of Intellectual Properties and Contents and Manner of Disclosure" (co-author, May issue of Business Houmu, 2022)
- The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 3 (Japan Chapter) "(co-author, Law Business Research Ltd., December 2021)
- Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2021"(co-author, Global Legal Group 2021)
- How to Deal with Rising Risk of Information Leakage? Countermeasures for Protecting and Handling Trade Secrets – Case 1: External Cyber Attacks, Case 2: Negligence and Non-Compliance by Current Employees, Case 3: Misappropriation of Information by a Departing Employees and Alleged Disclosure/Use at his/her New Employer" (co-author, December issue of Business Houmu, 2021)
- The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 2 "(Japan Chapter) (co-author, Law Business Research Ltd., January 2021)
- Q&A: Interaction of the Antimonopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Practices – Guide to Understand from Basic to Application and Achieve Compliance" (author and editor, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020)
- Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2020"(co-author, Global Legal Group 2020)
- Global Legal Insights – AI, Machine Learning & Big Data First Edition" (co-author, Global Legal Group, June 2019)
- When an Intellectual Property Personnel in a Manufacturer Needs to Consider Usage of a Photograph – Key Points to Handle a Right regarding Photograph Works – [No. 134, "Point to Reconfirm" Series]" (Chizai Kanri (Japan Intellectual Property Association), July 2018)
- Method of Identifying Trade Secrets in Proceedings of Injunction against Unfair Competition Regarding Trade Secrets" (co-author, Chizai Purizumu (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry),March 2018)
- Distribution & marketing of drugs: Jurisdictional comparisons"(Japan chapter) (The European Lawyer Reference Series, 2012)
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