Koichi TSUJII

Present Status

Legal Section

Present Post

Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners
Attorney at Law and Patent Attorney
Admitted to the New York Bar

Main Practices

Intellectual Property Law, International Transaction, General Corporate

Languages

Japanese and English

Education and History

Graduated from Faculty of Law, Chuo University (LL.B.);
Passed the BAR Examination in 1980;
Graduated from the Legal Training Institute in 1983;
Registered for The Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Daini Tokyo Bar Association in 1983;
Joined Nakamura & Partners in 1983;
Registered for Japan Patent Attorneys Association in 1985;
Studied at Cornell University (LL.M.);
Practiced at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (N.Y.) from 1989 to 1990;
Passed New York State BAR Examination in 1989;
Admitted to the New York State Bar in 1990;
Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 1993
Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 2008

Membership and Activities

Daini Tokyo Bar Association (1983)
The Japan Federation of Bar Association (1983)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1985)
Japan Trademark Association
Licensing Executives Society Japan
AIPLA
ABA
New York State Bar Association
Cornell Law Association
All Japan Concert Tour Promoter?fs Conference
  Director (2000-)
Japan Anti-Doping Agency
  Director (2001-)
Japan Sports Arbitration Agency
  Auditor (2003-)
AIPPI JAPAN Director (2006-)
Chuo University Graduate School of Law
  Visiting Professor (2009-)

Main Articles

(written in English)
"Parallel Importation of Genuine Goods In Japan", INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW by Harwood academic publishers (1987)

"ASIA: Parallel Imports of Trademarked Goods (Japan)", IP ASIA by Shomei Ltd (1991)

"General Overview (JAPAN)", Patent World by Intellectual Property Publishing Ltd (1991)

"Special Report on Japan", INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW by Euromoney Publications (1993)

(written in Japanese)
"U.S.-Japan Intellectual Property Law Litigation" by Kobundo (1994)

"Amendment, Correction, Division, Priority Claim and Infringement Litigation", Vol.8 of Civil Litigation and Court Practice, Intellectual Property Right by Gyosei (1998)

"Calculation of Lost Profits for Patent Infringement (Case Introduction: Tokyo District Court Decision dated October 12, 1998)", Patent Studies by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (1999)

"Failure of Joint Application and Consent of Joint Inventor", Festschrift for Dr. Masanari Oba by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2002)

"Issues relating to Patent License Agreements etc.", Theory and Practice of Intellectual Property Laws, Vol.1 "Patent Law [I]" by Shinnippon-Hoki (2007)

"Decorative Use of Trademark (POPEYE Undershirts Case)", JURIST Additional Vol. No. 188,100 Cases of Trademark, Design and Unfair Competition) by Yuhikaku (2007)

Main Lectures

"Compatibility Advertising", INTA 1995 (International Trademark Association)(1995)

"Enforcement Strategies in Japan, IBC Global Conference, International IP Protection and Enforcement Strategies (2005)

"Survey Evidence in Japan ", AIPPI World Congress 2006, Workshop V Survey Evidence in Trademark Cases (2006)

Lecture on Infringement Litigation for Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2004-)

"Creative Culture and Copyright Law" - Class for Music and Cultural Industries Argument I offered by JASRAC, Ritsumeikan University College of Social Sciences (2007)

"Litigation in Japan" State Bar of Texas, 3rd Advanced Patent Litigation Course (2007)

"Basic Knowledge for Intellectual Property Laws", Study Group on Top Level of Sports Clubs Management of Aichi Prefectural Education & Sports Promotion Foundation (2007)

"Entertainment and Copyright" - Special Lecture II (Theory of Live Entertainment), School of Media Science of Tokyo University of Technology (2007)

"Basic Knowledge of Copyright and Disputes involving Copyright", Master's Program, Graduate School of Business Science, University of Tsukuba (2008)

"Mock Trial in Japan" AIPPI World Congress 2008, Workshop (2008)