Takamitsu Shigetomi

Partner

Born Japan, 1975.

Education:

Osaka University LL.B. 1997
Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan Diploma 1999
University of Washington School of Law IP LL.M. 2003

Practice Area:

Intellectual Property Licensing and Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Admitted to the bar in Japan 1999 and New York 2005.
Admitted as patent attorney in Japan 2005.

Member:

Osaka Bar Association; Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Lecturer:

Adjunct Lecturer of Graduate School of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching U.S. Patent and Trade Secret Law

Adjunct Lecturer of Graduate School at Kyusyu University, teaching Intellectual Property Law

Adjunct Lecturer of Kwansei Gakuin University Law School, teaching Intellectual Property Law (Patent Law) and Intellectual Property Law Seimnar (Patent Case Law)

Adjunct Lecturer of Faculty of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching Anglo-American Law

Publications:

"Trade Secret" (joint author) Patent Vol. 55, January 2002

"Imitation of Configuration of Product under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act" (joint author)
NBL No. 68 (additional volume), March 2002

"Is Legal Protection of Trade Secrets in Japan Enough?"
Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP)
Newsletter (University of Washington School of Law), Winter 2003,Vol 10, Issue 1

"The Federal Circuit Reaffirmed that the Copyright Act did not Preempt or Narrow the Scope of Shrink-wrap License Agreement that Prohibited Reverse Engineering"
CASRIP Newsletter (University of Washington School of Law), Spring/Summer 2003,Vol 10, Issue 2

"Two Judgments on Japanese Patent Law Article 35 Amazed Industry All Over the World"
CASRIP Newsletter (University of Washington School of Law), Winter 2004, Vol. 11, Issue 1

"Patent Litigation and Estoppel-Analysis on Prosecution History Estoppel in the U.S. and Applicability into Japan"
NBL No.781- 782, March and April 2004

"Reasonable remuneration for assignment of right to obtain a patent - Shuji Nakamura v. Nichia Kagaku Kogyo K.K. - "Blue LED" "
IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law - Vol.35, No.8/2004 p.941

"Review on Unfair Competition Prevention Act 2(1)14-Analysis on New Trend for Recent Judgments of Tokyo High Court and Tokyo District Court" (joint author)
Hanrei-Times No.1214, September 2006

"Legal Consultation on International Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution" (joint author) Seirin-Shoin, 2006

"Theory and Practice on Intellectual Property related Agreement"(joint author) Shoji-Homu, 2007

"Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine in the United States Trade Secret Law"
Research on Intellectual Property No.2 (Osaka Institute of Technology), November 2007

“Exhaustion of Patent/Damage for Patent Infringement (“Film Unit with Lens” Case) -Review in Relation to Judgments in IP High Court in 2006 and Supreme Court in 2007-”
Journal of the Japanese Group A.I.P.P.I. Vol. 53, No.1, January 2008 (Japanese) / Journal of the Japanese Group A.I.P.P.I. Vo. 33, No1, January 2008 (English)

“Relationship Between Assignment of Component/Licensing of Component Patent and Enforcement of Final Product Patent -Analysis of scope of exhaustion and implied license-“
Intellectual Property Management: Japanese Intellectual Property Association, Vol.58 No.3, March 2008

"Analysis of Revision of Japanese Patent Law for Indirect Infringement (Article 101(2) and (5))"
Research Report Nos.22, March 2008, Chuo Intellectual Property Research Institute in Japanese Patent Attorney Association (JPAA)

Languages:

Japanese
English.