President
Shin-ichi Iizuka
Founder/ Patent Attorney (1990)
Founder/ Patent Attorney (1990)
BE Electrical Engineering
Experience:
- Patent/ Design/ Trademark prosecution experience for over 30 years
- Patent/ Trademark Trial for invalidation before the JPO
- Pre-litigation analysis of patent/ trademark cases
- Patent licensing activities
- In-house IP counsel for one of the big Japanese electric appliance companies
Language:
- Japanese/ English
Professional Affiliation:
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
- The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
Patent Attorneys
Takeshi (Ken) Iizuka
Patent Attorney (2009)
Qualified As A Specific IP Infringement Litigator (2021)
Passed the U.S. Patent Bar (2015)
Recent Presentations/Publications:
- "What U.S. Patent Attorneys Need to Know about Obtaining Japanese Software Patents- AI & Blockchain + more -" at SVIPLA and LES Silicon Valley Chapter joint seminar
- "Recent Update on Business Model Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute Pre-meeting in 2019
- "Protection of Blockchain-related Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Annual Pre-meeting in 2018
- "Protection of AI Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute Pre-meeting in 2018
- "Protection of Software-related Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Annual Pre-meeting in 2017
Patent Attorney (2009)
Specific IP Infringement Litigator (2021)
Passed the U.S. Patent Bar (2015)
BE Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
ME Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
Technical Field:
- Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning)
- Robotics
- IoT products
- Image/ Audio/ Imaging Signal Processing
Experience:
- Patent/ Design/ Trademark prosecution
- Patent/ Trademark Trial for invalidation before JPO
- Pre-litigation analysis of patent/ trademark cases
- In-house IP counsel for Sony Corporation
- Supporting creating IP strategies of startups
Language:
- Japanese/ English
Professional Affiliation:
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
2022 - Council Member
2021 - Deputy Director General of International Activities Center
2020 - 2021 Executive Director
2017 - 2019 Project Leader of the AIPLA-JPAA Project Group
2016 - Member of the International Activities Center
(US practice committee)
- Licensing Executive Society Japan(LESJ)
2021 - Director
2017 - Chair of YMC Japan
Our firm further has technical advisors in chemical and software fields and office assistants.