President
Asamichi Kato
B. S. (Physics)
Qualified Infringement Litigator
| Technical Fields | Technical physics, Semiconductors, Electronics, Optics, IT,IoT, AI,Business model, Material Science, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Trademarks/Designs, Copyrights |
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| Education |
B. S. (Physics), Nagoya Univ. Two years study at Technical University (T.H.) Aachen, Germany U.S. Patent Academy, 1977 (USPTO) |
| Governmental Activity |
Member of Benrishi Examination Committee (2000-01)/JPO |
| Activities at JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association) |
Vice-President of JPAA 1998 Vice-President of Training Institute of JPAA (2000-01) US-Japan Practice Committee (vice chairman 1994) Patent Committee (chairman 1992-1993, vice chairman 1991) Chairman-Freshman Training, Training Institute of JPAA (1990) President of JPFPA(Japan Political Federation of Patent Attorneys) (2005-07) Foreign Activities Center of JPAA (member upto 2020) |
| Member | AIPPI (International Association for Protection of the Industrial Property) LES (Licensing Executive Society) APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association) FICPI (Fedération International des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle) Japan Trademark Association JIPA (Japan IP Association) (associate member) |
| Co-translator | Guidelines for the Examination in the EPO published by Japanese Group of AIPPI |
| Translations | German Patent Law etc. |
| Publications | Amendment of Patent and U.M.Laws in Japan (J.JPAA,1993), Various topics on Japanese, U.S. and European Patent Laws |
| Speaker | 3rd Int'l Symposium on Reduction of Patent Costs(S.F.)1998 AIPLA Spring Meeting Chicago 1999 on Grace Period JP-CN-KR IP Symposium, Sapporo 2013, and EPO-Symposium on Harmonization 2015; Grace Period - Toward Harmonization |
| Lectures | lectures on the amendments of Japanese Patent and U.M. Laws/Revised Examination Standards of JPO etc. for JPAA members, delegations of CIPA, KPAA etc. and industry |
| Activities | Domestic and foreign prosecution of Patents, Utility Model, Designs and Trademarks Appeals before Trial Board of JPO and Invalidation Trial and Oppositions before JPO, EPO; Appeals before I.P. High Court in Patents, Utility Models and Trademark cases; Expert opinions on validity, infringement etc.; and Licensing Infringement litigations involving Japan, U.S. and European countries; Interferences in USPTO |
| Foreign language | English, German |