Partner

Takamitsu Shigetomi

 

Professional Admissions

Japan (1999); New York (2005)

 

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property Licensing and Litigation

 

Education

Osaka University (LL.B., 1997); University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., 2003)

 

Publications

-“Effect of Revision of Derivation Proceeding against Patent Invalidation Trial Proceeding in Japan” Patent Additional Volume Nos. 7, December 2011

 

-“Doctrine of Equivalents – Analysis of IP High Court Decision [Portable Communicator Case]” Seirin-Shoin, October 2011

 

-"Trademark License Dispute Regarding Mark for a Foreign Brand - Practical considerations when entering into a sub-licensing agreement-"

（Intellectual Property Management: Japanese Intellectual Property Association, Vol.60 No.12, December 2010)

 

-"Analysis of University-Industry Collaboration from legal and contractual perspective"（Association for Kansai Patent Information Center Nos.24, 2009)

 

-“Supreme Court Decisions in Intellectual Property Laws – Celebrating 77th anniversary of Mr. Shoen Ono’s birth” (joint author) Seirin-Shoin, 2009

 

-“Report on Research regarding arrangement of patent in joint R&D phase” (Drafting Chapter II “Provisions of co-owned patent”) Kyoto Comparative Law Center, 2009

 

-“Consultation on Trademark Law” (joint author) Seirin-Shoin, 2009

 

-“Double-track phenomenon in JP patent disputes – JP Patent Law Art. 104-3 and Supreme Court Decision on April 24th 2008.” Hanrei-Times No.1292, 2009

 

-“Latest Intellectual Property Case Law - Celebrating 60th anniversary of Mr. Yoichiro Komatsu’s birth” (joint author) Seirin-Shoin, 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)

 

-“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

 

-“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)

 

-"Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine in the United States Trade Secret Law"

Research on Intellectual Property No.2 (Osaka Institute of Technology), November 2007

 

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

 

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

 

-"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

 

-"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

 

-"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

 

-"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

 

-"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

 

-"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

 

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

 

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

 

Seminars/Lectures

-Visiting Associate Professor of Graduate School of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching Comparative Patent Law in U.S., EU & Japan / U.S. Trade Secret Law
-Visiting Associate Professor of Faculty of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching Anglo-American Law / U.S. Patent Litigation Practice
-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/Copyright Law) and Intellectual Property Law Seimnar (Patent/Copyright Case Law)

 

Memberships

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)

 

Languages

Japanese & English