Kazuhiko YOSHIDA

Present Status

Legal Section

Present Post

Partner of Nakamura & Partners
Attorney at Law and Patent Attorney

Main Practices

Intellectual Property Litigations, Opinion and Negotiation, Licensing, International Transaction, Sports and Entertainment, Antitrust

Languages

Japanese and English

Education and History

Passed the BAR Examination in 1987;
Graduated from Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo (LL.B.);
Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute in 1990;
Registered for The Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Daini Tokyo Bar Association in 1990;
Joined Nakamura & Partners in 1990;
Registered for Japan Patent Attorneys Association in 1993;
Studied at Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1997);
Worked for Hughes Hubbard & Reed (New York) from 1997 to 1998;
Passed the New York Sate Bar Examination in 1997;
Admitted to the New York State Bar in 1998;
Intern at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (New York) in 1998;
Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 2001;
Visiting Professor of Tohoku University from 2006

Membership and Activities

Daini Tokyo Bar Association (1990-)
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations (1990-)
The Copyright Law Association of Japan (1992-)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1993-)
APAA
  Copyright Committee (1994-1996)
AIPPI
  Group for Case Study (1994-1996)
Group for Case Study of Transaction Law, NBL (1995-2004)
Japan Association of Industrial Property Law (2000-)
Temporary committee member of the Industrial Property Council in the Patent Office (2003-2006)
AIPPI·JAPAN
  Director (2005-2006)

Main Articles

(written in English)
"Trademark Transfer", IP Asia No.5 by Asia Law & Practiced Ltd. (1994)

"Configuration of Goods", Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, Vol. 20 No.5 by The Japanese Group of AIPPI (1995)

"Protection of a Very Famous Mark", Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, Vol. 21 No.3 by The Japanese Group of AIPPI (1995)

(written in Japanese)
"Claim of Compensation under Article 65 of the Patent Law," Vol.8 of Civil Litigation and Court Practice of Intellectual Property Right by Gyosei (1998)

"Supreme Court Case recognizing Doctrine of Equivalents", NBL 676 by Commercial Law Center (1999)

"Business Method Patents", Wa by TEISHIN Association (2000)

"International Jurisdiction(1)(2)", Journal of JIPA by Japan Intellectual Property Association (2001)

"Preliminary Injunction in IP Cases & Necessity of Preservation", Hanrei Times by Hanrei Times (2001)

"IP Management in a highly information-oriented society", Law and Practice related to Information by Minjiho Kenkyukai (2003)

"Supreme Court IP cases", Transaction-related Law in Transition by Shojihomu (2004)

"Criminal Sanctions for Intellectual Property Infringement in Japan", Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, Vol. 5 No.12 by AIPPI·JAPAN (2005)

"The Succession to the Right to Obtain a Patent and the Calculation of the Amount of a Reasonable Remuneration", Theory and Practice of Intellectual Property Laws, Vol. 1 by Shinnippon-Hoki (2007)

Main Lectures

"Drafting of IP related agreements", Tokai University Extension Center (2000-2005)

"Protection of Trade Secret and The Unfair Competition Prevention Law", Association of Copyright for Computer Software (2000-2002)

"Business Method Patents", the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2000)

"International Jurisdiction", Japan Intellectual Property Association (2000)

"Legal Aspects of e-commerce in Japan", LAWASIA (Singapore) (2000)

"Licensing and Antitrust Law", AIPPI JAPAN/JFBA a symposium on AIPLA (2001)

"Copyright Infringement Lawsuit in the U.S.", Tokai University Extension Center (2001)

"The Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan- How does it Impact the Practice in Japan? ", Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP (2002)

"Santoku case", Group for Case Study of AIPPI (2003)

"Recent Developments of Employees' Inventions in Japan", AIPPI JAPAN/JFBA a meeting on AIPLA (2003)

"Criminal Responsibility for Intellectual Property Infringement in Japan", AIPPI JOINT MEETING (2005)