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MIYAJIMA  ManabuManaging Partner

Background

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, the Department of Engineering, Manabu Miyajima was admitted to the bar and registered as a patent attorney in Japan in 2001.
In 2008, he received his LL.M. in Trade Regulation from New York University School of Law (Fulbright Scholar) and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2009.
After obtaining a master’s degree from the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in 2014, he became a Kyowa partner in 2015.
He is an active member of AIPPI, INTA and APAA.

Articles

• Case law study - Intellectual Property High Court 2010.1.14 (2008 (Gyo-ke)) No. 10235 Case: Enablement Requirements: Gist of the Invention Certification and the Lipase Supreme Court Decision - A.I.P.P.I: Journal of the Japanese Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 6-22, others

TAKADA  Yasuhiko

Background

After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Engineering (Department of Electronic Engineering) in 2000, Yasuhiko Takada passed the bar examination in 2003 and joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office after completing his judicial apprenticeship in 2005.
　　 Registering as an attorney at law and patent attorney in 2005, he has worked in legal consultations, expert opinions, contract negotiations, warning cases, litigation cases related to intellectual property law, trial cases against the Japan Patent Office, and patent applications.

KASHIWA  Nobuyuki

Background

After graduating from the University of Tokyo (licensed as pharmacist) in 2002, Nobuyuki Kashiwa obtained his master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Tokyo Graduate School in 2004. He was registered as an attorney at law in 2008, and as a patent attorney in 2010. He handles various types of litigations and disputes.
He is a member of the Reviewers’ Committee of AIPPI Japan Group Journals while engaging in various AIPPI activities.

Articles

• Therapeutic Antibody Invention Claimed by Functional Limitations: Intellectual Property High Court Ruled the Claim Did Not Fulfill the Support Requirement Judgment of the Intellectual Property High Court, Fourth Division on January 26, 2023 (2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10093, 10094; “Antibody Preparation Case”) - AIPPI Japan Journal International Edition (Vol. 49 No.2 2024)
• Intellectual Property High Court Judgement regarding the Description Requirement and Correction Requirement for a Use Limitation in Pharmaceutical Inventions (2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10135; "Pregabalin Case" - AIPPI Japan Journal International Edition (Vol. 48 No.2 2023)
• The Equol-Containing Extract: A case in which the Intellectual Property High Court Recognized the Presumption of Article 104 of the Patent Act and Ruled in Favor of the Patentee - JIPA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (Vol. 73 No. 3 2023)
• Calculation Methods Regarding Damages Based on Article 102, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Patent Act (Grand Panel Decision of Intellectual Property High Court Dated June 7, 2019 - AIPPI Japan Journal (Vol. 65 No. 3 2020)
• Intellectual Property in Electronics and Software - A Global Guide to Rights and Their Applications Second Edition - Globe Law and Business (2019)
• The Supreme Court Decision Regarding the Requirements for Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents - AIPPI Japan Journal International Edition (Vol. 43 No.1 2018)
• The Intellectual Property High Court Grand Panel Decision on the Requirements for Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents - AIPPI Japan Journal International Edition (Vol. 42 No.1 2017)
• Consideration Regarding Experimental Data in Datamining Patentability of Numerically Limited Inventions - JIPA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (Vol. 65 No. 8 2015)
• Unpredictable Remarkable Effects in Determining Inventive Step (Supreme Court Decision Dated August 27, 2019) - SHINNIPPON-HOKI “Practical Methods for Preventing Troubles Relating to Intellectual Property”
• Clarity and the Diaper Decision - Managing Intellectual Property SURVEY 2011

NIEDA Shoji

Background

After graduating in 2013 from the Department of Economics of the University of Tokyo, Shoji Nieda enrolled in Keio University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 2022 and worked for an Intellectual Property law firm in Kansai region. He joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 2022. As an attorney at Law with a background in technology and economics, he handles infringement lawsuits against manufacturers in Japan and overseas, lawsuits against trial decisions, warning negotiations, contract-related work, expert opinions, various legal consultations, as well as trademarks, designs, copyrights, unfair competition and other general corporate legal affairs.

YOSHITAKE  KenjiCounsel

Background

Kenji Yoshitake worked for the Ministry of Transportation for six years after graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law. He joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 1972.
While handling intellectual property rights as an attorney at law and patent attorney, he was appointed president and chairman of the firm in 2001. He was registered as a candidate for the WIPO List of Neutrals and a candidate arbitrator with the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center. He also served as the deputy chair of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and as an instructor for training programs prior to being granted the right to represent clients in actions alleging specific infringement by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association. Through these activities, he has contributed to the development of theory and education concerning intellectual property infringement litigation and non-litigation dispute resolution procedures.
He served as a senior director and executive director of AIPPI Japan, working to achieve international harmonization of intellectual property systems. As chair of the Nakamatsu Memorial Scholarship Committee, he led a scholarship program to facilitate study of Japanese intellectual property by international students, and contributed to the development of intellectual property human resources in Asia.
In addition, he served as a member of APAA for ten years and as a member of the APAA Japan Group for nine years, energetically implementing anti-counterfeit measures in Asia.