Profile
- Patent attorney
- Makoto HAGIHARA
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
- Graduate from Engineering Faculty of Shizuoka University majoring Electronic Engineering
- 1966
WORK EXPERIENCE
- HAGIHARA & ASSOCIATES
- July,1995-present
Specializing in domestic and international intellectual property matters, including intellectual property licensing, patent validity and infringement opinions, intellectual property infringement litigation under the court, advice to clients on patent policies, and patent prosecution before the Japanese Patent Office.
- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
- 1966-June, 1995
- General Manager, International Affairs Legal & Intellectual Property Division
- April-June,1995
- General Manager, Intellectual Property Department Legal & Intellectual Property Division
- 1992-March,1995
- General Manager, Intellectual Property Department Intellectual Property Division
- 1990-1992
- Deputy General Manager, Intellectual Property Department Intellectual Property Division
- 1989-1990
- Manager, Patent Department
- 1983-1989
- Staff Manager, Patent Department
- 1981-1983
- R & D Laboratory Electron Device Group
- 1966-1980
Engaged in semiconductor manufacturing and circuit design technologies, having worked as an electronic engineer.
Specializing in bipolar and MOS manufacturing process and circuit designing development and in designing bi-CMOS high voltage circuits and devices.
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL
- Licensed Patent Attorney (Reg.8,636)
- 1980
- Specific infringement lawsuit counsel
- 2003
- 1st grade of Technical Radio Operator for On-The-Ground Services
- 2009
SPECIALTIES
Electronic circuits in general, Semiconductor process and circuits, Information Communication, Data processing, and Control
MISCELLANEOUS
- A member of Patent Committee, Japan Patent Association(presently, Japan Intellectual Property Association)
- 1981-1983
- A member of International Committee, Japan Patent Association
- 1984-1988
- A member of Patent Committee, EIAJ
- 1981-1995
- An essential patent evaluation candidate of Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center
- 2006-Present
- A member of expert committee of Intellectual Property High Court, Tokyo District Court, Osaka District Court
- 2010-Present
Achievements over the past 10 years (2006 to present)
- Applications
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- New applications：771cases
- IP litigation
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- Involvement in patent infringement lawsuit cases (wa)
(ordinary civil litigation cases)：7 cases - Involvement in cases for cancelling trial decisions (gyo ke)
(first hearings for administrative litigation cases)：6 cases - Involvement of specialists：5 cases
- Involvement in patent infringement lawsuit cases (wa)
- Patent sales and licensing
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- ：6 cases
- Legal Opinion
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- Patent validity opinions：139 cases
- Judgment on essential patents (Essential judges)：62 cases
Profile
- Patent attorney
- Kazuhide KAWAKAMI
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
- March, 2003
- Entered Keio University, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
- April, 2005
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
- March, 2008
WORK EXPERIENCE
- HAGIHARA & ASSOCIATES
- October,2010-present
- System Engineer at a SI company of TEIJIN Group
- April, 2003-2005
Government related cases Achievements
Trademark, Branding
- Japan Patent Office investigative research on problems in the industrial property right system
- “Investigative Research on Color Related to New Types of Trademark Examinations” (Japan Patent Office, 2015) Supervising Administrator
- “Investigative Research on the Consent System in the Trademark System” (Japan Patent Office, 2015) Supervising Administrator
- “Investigative Research on Cases in Courts and Trials Contributing to Revisions in Trademark Examination Guidelines” (Japan Patent Office, 2015) Supervising Administrator
- “Investigative Research on Distinctiveness of Catchphrases and Others ” (Japan Patent Office, 2014) Supervising Administrator
- Project Manager of collecting evidence for the decision of trademark application refusal(JPO 2011-Present)
- Manager of drafting summary of the court judgment relating trademark(JPO 2012-Present)
- Project leader of proceeding and planning of providing information (sales promotion) in the metropolitan area for branding the new peer variety(Tottori Prefecture 2012)
Patent Analysis and Valuation
- Project leader of searching and analyzing of technical relationship between academic-industrial alliance patents and university/company related patents
- Science and technical policy laboratory 2012
- Project leader of the market valuation of intellectual properties owned by Nagoya University
- Nagoya University 2012
Intellectual Property Policy
- Project leader of searching, studying, and proposing for the intellectual property policy in Tokyo
- Tokyo metropolitan Government 2012
- Project leader of the search for the needs of filing foreign applications
- Kanagawa Prefecture 2011
SPECIALTIES
Software, Trademark, Intellectual property valuation