Practices
Seminars
- January 28, 2019 (Mon) 2:00pm-5:00pm‘‘Latest trend in data protection ~ the amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act and the Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data~‘‘
- October 10, 2017 (Tue) 2:30pm-5:30pm"It's time: IP Litigation Reform"
- Monday, October 15, 2007 - Wednesday, October 17, 2007"Strategies for companies facing patent litigation - is it possible to win?"
Profile
Background
Keio University (LL.B., 1991)
The George Washington University Law School (LL.M., Intellectual Property Law Course, 2003)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Washington D.C. (2003-2004)
Major Activities
- American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA)
- Sports Lawyers Association (SLA)
- Member of Committee for Research and Study of Intellectual Property in the Context of Corporate Restructurings, Institute of Intellectual Property (2001-2002)
- Part-time Lecturer, Copyright Law course for the Master of Intellectual Property (MIP) program, Graduate School of Management of Science and Technology, the Tokyo University of Science (2007-2008)
- Part-time Lecturer at Rikkyo Law School (2010-2011)
- Member of Life Science Ethics Review Committee, Fujifilm Corporation (2011-)
- Member of the Legal Committee, East Asian Football Federation (2011-)
- Member of Legal Committee, Asian Football Confederation (2011-2022)
- Member of Executive Committee (Chairman of Legal Committee), Japan Football Association (2012-2022)
- Outside Company Auditor of Nihonwasou Holdings, Inc. (2013-)
- Member of Study Group on Cross-sectional Systems for Industry 4.0, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2016)
- Member of Study Group on an Intellectual Property System Bearing in Mind Industry 4.0, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2016-2017)
- Member of Unfair Competition Prevention Draft Guideline Formulation Working Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2017-2018)
- Member of Japan Patent Attorneys Association's "Working Group for Reviewing Training Curriculums in Response to Revisions to the Patent Attorney Act" (2018-2019)
- Lecturer for Mandatory Training at the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act and Data-Related Business) (2019)
- Member of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee (2021-)
- Chairperson of the Conciliatory Committee, Japan Professional Football League (Women Empowerment League (WE LEAGUE)) (2021-)
- Arbitrator for The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (2023-)
Qualifications & Affiliations
admitted in Japan, 1995; New York, 2004
Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association