Yoshiteru Mizumoto Patent Attorney
Director of Mechanical and Electrical Department
Patent Attorney since: 2005
Yoshiteru Mizumoto is a fully qualified patent attorney and Director of the Mechanical and Electrical Department, with more than 15 years’ experience in the profession. His practice involves domestic and overseas patent prosecution, Office actions, appeals and litigation.
In addition to patent prosecution, Yoshiteru advises on appraisals to determine whether products infringe patents and occasionally teams up with Asamura lawyers to handle invalidation trials.
Yoshiteru has been involved in revising examinations for patent applications serving as a Chairman of the Second and Fifth Patent Committees.
Key Areas of Expertise
General machinery, Measuring devices, Coordinate measuring machines, Packaging containers, engines, actuators, machine tools, stents, hospital waste processing devices, fluid separation devices, degasifiers, radiation therapy equipment, implants, rackets, transfer valves, cardboard, cultivation beds, packaging bands, etc.
Qualifications
FAA Airplane Single- and Multi-Engine Land
Single-engine aircraft takeoff
Airworthiness Division of Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Multi-Engine Landing
Airworthiness Division of Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency (Grade Pre-1)
Publications
“Intellectual Property These Days, 9: Misappropriate Submissions for Patents in China” FB Lecture Series, Senken Shimbun, 23 July 2013“
Yoichi Inoue Patent Attorney
Director of Chemical Department
Patent Attorney since: 2002
Yoichi Inoue is a Director of Chemical Department and an experienced patent attorney who specializes in biology, agricultural chemicals, medical treatment, and medicine.
Prior to joining Asamura, Yoichi was involved in the research and development of new pesticides at a biological research laboratory. Fluent in English, he has visited numerous patent firms in the US and Europe and represented ASAMURA IP P.C. at various IP summits. He was also an interpreter for the seminar on European patents sponsored by the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. Yoichi is currently mastering Chinese to strengthen the relationship between Asamura and Chinese IP firms.
Qualifications
United Nations Associations Test of English, Special A class
Kazutaka Otsuka
Patent Attorney
Director of Trademark and Design
Patent Attorney since: 2004
Supplementary Note of Specific Infringement Lawsuit Counsel: 2009
Kazutaka Otsuka is an experienced patent attorney and a Lawsuit Counsel who focuses his practice on domestic and international trademark and design prosecution. He incorporates global policies for intellectual propertyprotection in his daily work related to IP rights acquisition and client counseling. As a member of a patent attorney group, Mr. Otsuka was involved in the management of the IntellectualProperty Foreign Training Department for four years, starting in 2006. In 2011 and 2012, he was a member of theTrademark Committee, a special committee of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). In theJapan Trademark Association, an association made up of corporate intellectual property professionals andlawyers, he is a member of the judicial decision research group and has been involved in the management of thegroup since 2012.
At law school, Kazutaka was a member of the Corporate Law seminar, where he immersed himself in a study of corporate law, particularly intellectual property rights law and product liability law.
Key Areas of Expertise
Examinations, consultations, and procedural support for trademark and design rights acquisition (foreign and domestic), dispute support, legal advice, consultations and other types of support for license transfer agreements, negotiations, unfair competition, and copyrights
Seminars
Introductory Seminar for Overseas Trademark Applications, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
Points to Note For Working on Foreign Trademarks that Differ from Japanese Trademarks, ASAMURA IP P.C. 120th Anniversary Seminar
Basic Work for Trademarks Related to International Registration Systems Based on the Madrid Agreement, Japan Patent Attorneys Association Ongoing Training
Trademark Strategies for Building a Service Brand, Samurai Incubate, Inc.,
Publications “Look and Learn! Introduction to Foreign Patent Applications” Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, 2010
“Trademark Law Practice Seen From the Latest Rulings II” Seirin Shoin, 2012
“Analysis of Important Precedents and Brand Strategy Promotion Legal Practice of Trademarks” (editor), Chuokeizai -sha Holdings, Inc., 2023
Yasuaki Yamaguchi
Patent Attorney
Director of IP Administration Department
Patent Attorney since: 1990
Yasuaki Yamaguchi is a Director of IP Administration Department and a member of Trademark & Design Dept. (concurrent ) who works with a wide range of clients, from venture corporations to government departments and NPOs. He focuses his practice on domestic and international patent, utility models and design prosecution. He also has a considerable experience in trademark rights, searches, appraisals, invalidations trials, license and unfaircompetition.
Yasuaki is an active member of the case study club, where he analyzes the most recent cases and shares his knowledge with colleagues and clients.
Industry:
Amusements, including arcade games, play equipment, and portable game devices
Business models, Brokerage, Life insurance companies, Networking, Home facilities, including sanitary ware, bidets, unit baths, and system kitchens, Quake-absorbing structures, Image processing, ETC, Road facility management for traffic signals and traffic signs, Injection molding, Screen printing, Fuel batteries (SOFC), Designs for electrical tools, small-sized heaters, home facilities, fans for airconditioning, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, test devices, routers, and modems
Major seminars
Life Sciences Intellectual Patent Investigations, Overseas Systems, etc., the Kanto Bureau of Economy,Trade and Industry, 2006
Industrial Design Promotion Seminar, the Intellectual Property for SME Venture Corporations, 2008
Copyright, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Kanto Branch Office Intellectual Property Seminar,2010
Copyright, Fujisawa City Citizens’ Activity Promotion Center, Fujisawa NPO Café, 2011
Copyright, Yokohama City Kanazawa Ward Citizens’ Activity Center, 2012
Lecturer at Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Valuation Practice of Patent Attorneys – Patent Edition), 2022 Lecturer at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Introduction to Copyrights and Designs, 2023
Publications
“Copyright of the Animated Cartoon”
“Registration Systems for Copyrights in Foreign Countries”
Patent column in the magazine Invention and Q&A, issued by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)
“Defeat the Competitor! Really Strong Patent Practice: Correspondence of Dispute, Know-hows of thePatent Strategy Development, and Case Studies” JOHOKIKO Co., Ltd., May 2016
