SOEDA Keisuke
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Departments | Designs, Trademarks |
| Specialization | Designs, trademarks, copyrights, and counterfeit measures |
Background
After graduating from Waseda University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2006, Keisuke Soeda joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 2007 and registered as a patent attorney in 2013. He has been serving as an Examination Committee member of the Intellectual Property Council, established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), since 2023, as a member of the Trademark Committee of AIPPI since 2021, a member of the Design Committee of APAA Japan Group since 2014 and the vice chairman of the Design Committee of the Japan Foods & Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights Center (JAFBIC) since 2019.
In 2019, he has lectured on the use of the Hague system in preparation for future IP implementation at a WIPO International Application System Seminar hosted by the WIPO Japan Office. In 2020, he presented on the effect of the 2019 revision of the Design Act at a seminar hosted by JAFBIC’s Design Committee.
He became a member of the Trademark Committee of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) in 2021.
He holds licenses of Class I junior high school teaching (English), chief telecommunications engineer (transmission and switching), First-Class Technical Radio Operator for On-the-Ground Services, Maritime First-Class Technical Radio Operator, and Advanced Information Processing Engineer (SC).
Articles
- How to use the international design registration system using the Hague system and points to keep in mind - Monthly Journal “A.I.P.P.I.” (Japanese publication), AIPPI JAPAN, Sept. 2016
- Amendment of fields in the application form for patent applications - Chizai Kanri [Intellectual property management], Mar. 2014