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MIYAJIMA ManabuManaging Partner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney at Law admitted in Japan and California, Patent Attorney |
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| Departments | Litigations, Designs, Trademarks, Chinese Market |
| Specialization | Litigation, contracts related to intellectual property rights, general legal matters, and trademarks |
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
KAWASAKI YasushiPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Analog and digital circuits, computer software, image processing, semiconductor devices |
Background
After graduating from Waseda University (Science and Engineering Department) in 1986, Yasushi Kawasaki worked as an engineer for the Research and Development Department of a measuring instruments manufacturer for six years. In 1992, he passed the Japan Patent Attorney Examination while employed at a patent firm where he prepared specifications for electronical inventions, such as electrical equipment for automobiles, digital cameras, control devices for construction equipment and measuring instruments.
In 1997, he joined Kyowa and became a partner in 2015. At Kyowa, he is mainly involved in acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as preparing expert opinion and consulting with regard to patent rights in Japan and abroad.
SEKINE TakeshiPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Computers, semi-conductor devices, business methods, control engineering and electro-technology |
Background
After graduating from Keio University (Engineering Department) in 1990, Takeshi Sekine worked for Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corporation as a plant engineer for about two years. He then worked at a patent firm for four years and was registered as a patent attorney in 1995. At the firm, he prepared specifications for mechanical inventions, such as motorcycles and automobiles.
In 1996, he joined Kyowa and became a partner in 2015. At Kyowa, his expertise mainly covers acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad in the field of electro-technology and various control systems, as well as consulting.
AKAOKA AkiraPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Semiconductor devices, semiconductors processing, semiconductor packaging technology, electronic circuits, mechatronics |
Background
After graduating from the Physics Department, Science Faculty of Tohoku University in 1993, Akira Akaoka worked for four years as a device engineer in the Research and Development department and later in the Management department of a semiconductor manufacturer. He then worked at a patent firm preparing specifications for electronical inventions and was registered as a patent attorney in 2000.
He joined Kyowa in 2000 and became a partner in 2015. At Kyowa, his duties are mainly acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as preparing of expert opinion and consulting with regard to patent rights in Japan and abroad.
ASANO MakotoPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Chemical |
| Specialization | Organic chemistry, polymers, physical chemistry, molding |
Background
After graduating from Yokohama National University (Engineering Department) in 1993 and obtaining his MSc degree at the University of Tokyo in 1995, Makoto Asano worked as an engineer with polyester, nylon and polyamide fibers for the Research and Development department of a chemical manufacturer for five years.
In 2001, he passed the Japan Patent Attorney examination and joined Kyowa. He became a partner in 2015.
At Kyowa, his duties are mainly acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as preparing of expert opinion and consulting with regard to patent rights in Japan and abroad. Along Kyowa attorneys at Law, he has worked in numerous chemical lawsuits.
Articles
- Fluorescence Studies of the Volume Phase Transition in Methanol/Water Mixed Solvent of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gels Labeled with Dansyl Group - M. Asano, K. Horie, T. Yamashita, Polym. Gels Networks, 3, 281-293 (1995)
- Fluorescence Studies of Dansyl-Labeled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gels and Polymers in Mixed Water/Methanol Solutions - M. Asano, F.M. Winnik, T. Yamashita, K. Horie, Macromolecules, 28(17), 5861-5866 (1995)
SUZUKI NobuoPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Telecommunications, computer software, semiconductor devices |
Background
Nobuo Suzuki worked as an IT engineer for the Research and Development department of a precision equipment manufacturers after graduating from Keio University (Engineering Department) in 1997. He then engaged in the development of network and server structure as well as system development.
He joined Kyowa in 2000 and became a partner in 2015. At Kyowa, he is mainly involved in acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as consulting with regard to patent rights in Japan and abroad and conducting as seminars.
SORIMACHI HiroshiPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Chemical |
| Specialization | Organic chemistry, pharmacy |
Background
After graduating from Meiji Pharmaceutical University (Pharmacy Department) in 1995 and obtaining his MSc degree from Chiba University in 1997, Hiroshi Sorimachi worked as a researcher in the R&D department of a pharmaceutical company for almost five years, while preparing for the Japan Patent Attorney examination which he passed in 2002. During two of these years, he worked as a researcher in combinatorial chemistry in the U.S.
In 2003, he joined Kyowa and became a partner in 2015. At Kyowa, his duties are mainly acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad in biochemistry, pharmacy and food, as well as consulting.
HOTTA YukihiroPartner
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
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| Department | Mechanical |
| Specialization | Control engineering, metal forming, and mechanical engineering |
Background
After graduating from Osaka University (Engineering Department) in 1995, Yukihiro Hotta worked as an engineer for the Research and Development department of an aluminum processing company for four years. In 2002, he passed the Japan Patent Attorney examination for which he prepared while working for the Bureau of Transportation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and in the Management Operations of Railway Facilities.
He joined Kyowa in 2003 and became a partner in 2015. An intellectual property attorney specialized in mechanical engineering, he is now the head of the Mechanical Department.
At Kyowa, his expertise mainly covers acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as preparing of expert opinion and consulting with regard to patent rights in Japan and abroad.
DU RuolingPartner
| Qualification | Foreign Law Counsel (Chinese Law) |
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| Departments | Head of Chinese Market, Trademarks |
| Specialization | Chinese intellectual property law and general legal matters |
Background
After graduating from Shanghai East China University of Politics and Law in 1987 and being admitted to the bar in China in 1989, Ms. Ruoling Du received in 1999 her master’s degree in International Economic Law from Yokohama University and was registered as a licensed foreign lawyer in Japan in 2005.
At Kyowa, she has been involved in a considerable number of lawsuits of various background in China.
While acting as a member of AIPPI and INTA as well as of China Trademark Association, she continuously keeps up to date with developments in Chinese IP.