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Adjunct Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Adjunct Professor, Tokushima University
Attorney at Law and Tax Attorney
Education:
Keio University Medical School, doctoral course (Molecular Biology), April
2001 - March 2005.
University of Tokyo,
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Researcher, May 1998
University of Washington School of Law, LL.M. program, September 1994 - June
1995.
University of Washington School of Law, Center for Advanced Study and Research
on Intellectual Property (CASRIP), Patent and Intellectual Property Law and
Practice Institute, July 1994 - September 1994.
University of Washington
School of Law, Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property
(CASRIP), Visiting research fellow, January 1994 - August 1994.
Legal Institution of trainee of the Supreme Court in Japan, April
1988 - March 1990.
The Faculty of Law, Keio University
in Japan:
Bachelor of Laws, April 1978 - March 1983.
Professional Experience:
C4U Corporation, President and CEO, August 2020 - present
REGiMMUNE Co., Ltd., board member, December 2014
Okinawa Protein Tomography, board member, June 2014
FunPep Co., Ltd., President and CEO, October 2013
Healios K.K., statutory auditor, January 2013
Tokushima University, Adjunct Professor, June 2011 to present
RaQualia Pharma Inc., board member, March 2010
AlphaGEN Co., Ltd., President and CEO, March 2009
RaQualia Pharma Inc., Auditor, July 2008
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Adjunct Professor, April 2007
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Adjunct Professor, November 2004 - present
University of Tohoku, School of Engineering, Adjunct Professor
University of Tohoku, School of Engineering, Lecturer April 2000
University of Yokohama, School of Engineering, Lecturer June 1999
Lexwell Partners, Partner, April 1999 - present
TMI Associates, Senior Associate, April 1996
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness, July 1995
Hirai Law Office, Partner, April 1993
The Judicial Research Institute of Keio University, Instructor, April 1991
Shikanai & Ueda, Associate, April 1990
Practice Areas:
Management of a venture company;
Intellectual property laws and related laws (patent, trademark, copyright,
unfair competition, antitrust), validity and infringement opinions, legal
advice in connection with cutting edge technologies, including biotechnology
and software programs;
International and domestic license agreements;
Technology transfer from universities and national institutes to private
industry;
Managing
conflicts of interest and ethical issues arising out of academic research;
Counseling technology focused emerging companies;
Corporate law
Committee
Memberships and Positions (Representative):
Member, Committee for Promotion Autonomous Activities
of Universities for Cooperation among Industry, Academia and Government, Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, January 2010 - March
2010.
Member, Patentability Study Panel 2009 and Special Interest Group on Biotechnology, Department of Appeal of Japan Patent Office, August 2009 - March 2010.
Member, Intellectual Property Center, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, June 2009 - present.
Member, Second-Stage Committee for the Project to Implement Medical Treatment
by using Personal Genetic Information from Individuals, Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, January 2009 - present.
Member, Review Committee related to Conflict of Interest in Government-commissioned Health and Labour Science Research, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, December 2008- May 2009.
Member, Panel on ensuring of tight control of the Tradable Green Certificates,
Institute of Energy Economics Japan, November 2008 - March 2009.
Member, Dialogue Group for Study of University Intellectual Property Use based on Group Control, Mitsubishi Chemical Techno-Reserch Corporation, August 2008 - March 2009.
Member, Patentability Study Panel 2008, Department of Appeal of Japan Patent
Office, July 2008 - March 2009.
Member, Working Group on Research of iPS Cells, Cabinet Office, January
2008 - June 2008.
Member, Committee for Promotion of Projects to Develop the Strategy of
Cooperation among Industry, Academia and Government, Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), January 2008 - present.
Member, Committee for Promotion of Measures of Regional Science and Technology (Second stage), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), October 2007 - present.
Member, Committee to Examine Issues related to Examination for Patentability
(Patent Requirement)/ Member, Sub-Committee related to Biotechnology, Institute
of Intellectual Property, July 2007 - March 2008.
Member, Review Committee of Health Sciences Council related to Conflict
of Interest in Health and Labour Science Research, Ministry of Health Labour
and Welfare, May 2007 - March 2008.
Member, Inventive Step(Nonobviousness) Study Panel 2007, Department of
Appeal of Japan Patent Office, April 2007 - February 2008.
Member, Review Committee of the Knowledge Cluster Initiative (Second stage), April 2007 - July 2007.
Member, Council for Assessment of Projects in Common Use of Advanced Research
Facilities for Innovation Creation related to Industrial Strategy, Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), March 2007
- March 2009.
Member, Committee for Research of Market Trend of Plant Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, November 2006 - March 2007.
Member, Project Team to Examine Protection and Utilizaiton of Life Science
Intellectual Property, Cabinet Office, September 2006 - February 2007.
Member, Committee to Promote ADR, Japan Patent Attorney's Association,
April 2005-March 2006.
Member, Committee for Promotion of Cooperation among Industry, Accademia
and Government, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT), February 2005 - June 2005
Member, Sub-Committee to Examine Conflicts of Interest and Ethics in Clinical
Research, the University of Tokushima, December 2004 - March 2006
Member,
Committee on Strategy for Standardizing Bio-Technology, Japan Standards Association (JSA), October 2004 - March 2005.
Member, Committed to Examine the Criteria for Appointing Super TLO’s,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), April 2004.
Advisor, Genome Network Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT), April 2004 - March 2009.
Member, Biotechnology and Life Science Committee, Japan Patent Attorney’s
Association, April 2004 - March 2005.
Member, Committee to Examine a System for Industry to use the Japanese
Experiment Module (JEM), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, November 2003 - July 2004.
Member, Committee for the Project to Implement Medical Treatment by using
Personal Genetic Information from Individuals, Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology, August 2003 - March 2008.
Vice-Chair, Biotechnology Committee, Japan Patent Attorney’s Association,
April 2003 - March 2004.
Member, Sub-Committee to the Committee for University Intellectual Property,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, March 2003
- March 2009.
Member, Committee on the Advancement of Intellectual Property Policy, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, March 2003 - May 2009.
Special Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office September 2002 - May 2003.
Chair, Committee to study ways of protecting Inventions related to Newly
Emerging Life Science Technology, Institute of Intellectual Property, August
2002 - March 2003.
Member, Committee to Examine Legal Issues Related to use of Intellectual
Property Trusts, Institute of Intellectual Property, August 2002 - March 2003.
Member, Committee to Examine Collaborative Research and Sponsored Research Agreements, Tokyo Institute of Technology, June 2002 - March 2003.
Member, Section on Studying the Adjustment of Costs associated with Technological
Advancement Sub-Committee for Evaluation and Planning, Commission on Engineering
and Sciences, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT), April 2002 - January 2003.
Member, Committee for Promotion of Measures of Regional Science and Technology,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),
February 2002 - March 2007.
Member, Study Group Competitive Strategies and Patents in Emerging Areas, Japan Fair Trade Commission, March
2002.
Member, Science,Technology and Academic Committee of Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), April 2001 - March 2007.
Member, Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry (METI), April 2001 - June 2003.
Member, Committee for Research and Study: Patent Protection from the view point of Medical Treatment and Ethics, Research and Study, Institute of Intellectual Property, August 2000 - March
2001.
Member, Committee for Research and Study: Protection of Results from Genome
Research and Study, Institute of Intellectual Property, September 1999 - March, 2000.
Member, Committee for AUTM Manual Study and Translation, Ministry of International
Trade and Industry (MITI), January 1999 - September 1999.
Member, Committee for Study of Technology Licensing Office, Ministry of
International Trade and Industry (MITI), September 1998.
Member, Committee for Research and Study: Technology Transfer of Patents
owned by Government, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),
September 1998 - July 1999.
Member, Committee for Research and Study: Operation of Information Disclosure
of Intellectual Property Transfer Business, Japanese Patent Office, May
1998 - October 1998.
Member, Committee for Research and Study: A Scheme of Technology Transfer from University to Industries, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), October 1997 - September 1998.
Representative Publications:
“Framework Construction of Conflict of Interest of Academia”, Journal
of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Vol.5, No.4 (April 2009)
“Emerging Technologies and Utility Requirement”, Current Situation and
Some Problems on Intellectual Property Law, Japan Association of Industrial
Property Law the 30th Anniversary (Yuhikaku, June 2007).
Management for Cooperation among Industry, Academia and Government (co-author) (Chuokeizai-Sha, 2006)
Legal Counseling on International Intellectual Property Disputes (co-author) (Seirin-Shoin, 2006)
“Research Tools and Intellectual Property: Now and Future” (1)-(3), AIPPI Vol.51, No.4-6 (April 2006 - June 2006)
“Academic Alliances and Legal Issues: Material Transfer Agreements”, Journal of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Vol.2, No.3 (March 2006)
“Financial Planners and the Private Information Protection Law”, FP Journal Vol.7, No.67 - Vol.8, No.72 (September 2005 - February 2006)
“Intellectual Property Rights Management for Structural Genomics Research” (co-author), Chizai-kanri Vol.55, No.1 (January 2005).
“Inventive Concept and Legal Protection in Advanced Biotechnology”, Jurist January, 2005, No.1282 (Yuhikaku 2005).
“The Ion Toothbrush Case- An Invention Devised for the Necessities of
the Human Anatomy”, Jurist Supplement, One Hundred Patent Decisions (Third
Edition) (Yuhikaku 2004).
“Material Transfer Agreement” Jouhou-Kanri Vol. 45, No. 12 (December 2003).
“The Importance and Role of the University Office of Intellectual Property”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Educational Bulletin No.89 - No.125 (occasional) (December 2003 - June 2005).
Intellectual Property Forest No.8 "Patent Law and Time", Business Houmu Vol.4, No.4 (April 2004).
Employee Inventions and National Intellectual Property (co-author) (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry 2002).
“Regarding Protection of Patents in New Medical Areas,” Human Science Vol. 13, No.3, Sec. 28 (2002) “Report on Research into Several Countries’ Movement toward Uniformity in the Real World of Patent Law” (co-author), AIPPI Vol. 47, No.12 (December 2002).
“The Patentability of Medical Treatment Inventions”, AIPPI Vol. 47, No. 10 (October 2002).
“Intellectual Property and the Role of the TLO”, Kapuseru No. 70, Sec. 12 (March 2002).
“Conflict of Interest,” Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Educational Bulletin No. 47-59 (March - September 2002).
“Biotechnology and Technology Transfer”, Chizai-kanri Vol.52, No.1 (January 2002).
“Inside the Divide between Science and the Arts”, The Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Intellectual Property Task Force Vol. 3, Issue 1, Section 2 (September 2001).
“Selected Issues related to Protecting Materials Resulting from the Genome”, Pharmacia Vol. 37, No. 711, (Summer 2001).
“Compendium of Technology Transfer Law”, Tokkyo News (July 2001 - occasionally continuing)
Q & A 500 for Patent and Intellectual Property (co-author) (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry 2001).
“From Professional to Player”, Tokkyo News (July 27, 2000).
“Recent Issues: Protection for Results of Biotechnology”, Chizai-kanri Vol. 50, No.6-7 (June - July 2000)
Dictionary for Intellectual Property Laws (co-author) (Sanseido 2000).
How to win Patent & IP troubles (co-author) (Research Institute of International Trade and Industry 1999).
Japan Enacts Disappointing IP Reforms, IP Worldwide 9 (July/August 1998).
Technology Transfer (Sanno Univ. 1998).
“Patent Valuation”, Marl No. 13 (November 1997).
“A Proposal for Reexamining the Requirements for Patent Protection in Thoughts on Biotechnology related Inventions”, Tokkyo Kenkyu No. 24 (1997).
“The Protection of Biotechnology: Recent Problems with the Subject Matter Requirement”, Hogaku Seijigaku Ronkyu No.32 (Spring 1997).
Eligible Subject Matter of Biotechnology Invention (1995).
Biotechnology Protection the U.S. and Japan (Master’s Thesis) (1995).
Comparative Study of a Japanese Biotechnology Case (1994).
“Future Trading”, Legal Issues for Consumer Protection (Keiso-syobo 1994).
A Commentary on the New Law on Leased Land and Housing (co-author) (Gyousei 1992).
The Practice of Leased Land and Housing Laws - Model Forms and Annotations (co-author) (Gyousei 1992).
Professional Associations:
The
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations
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