{"id":8924,"date":"2021-05-25T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en\/?page_id=8924"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:37:41","slug":"board-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Board Members<\/span><\/h3><\/div>
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Masahiro Asamura<\/span>
\nSenior Managing Partner<\/span>
\nPatent Attorney<\/span>
\nAtorney at Law<\/span><\/h3>

Masahiro Asamura is Managing Partner at ASAMURA IP P.C. and also represents Asamura Law Offices.<\/span>
\nAs a patent attorney, Mr. Asamura was first assigned to our firm\u2019s Chemical Patent Department, where he handled chemical-related domestic and overseas patent applications (including foods, polymers, synthetic fibers, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology). Later, when Japan adopted the new law school system, he joined Waseda Law School, and became a lawyer by successfully passing the bar examination and then completing his legal apprenticeship at Kagoshima District Court. After registering as a lawyer, Mr. Asamura worked as an associate for two years at Nagashima & Hashimoto, where he focused on foreign and domestic patent disputes and other related legal work.<\/span>
\nIn 2011, he returned to ASAMURA IP P.C. and established Asamura Law Offices, which is linked with the main firm.<\/span>
\nBesides the management of ASAMURA IP P.C., as a patent attorney and lawyer, Mr. Asamura is currently teamed up with patent attorneys working at ASAMURA IP P.C. in a wide range of areas. These include consultations about disputes related to patents, trademarks, designs, and copyrights as well as the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and similar areas, inter-party trials (invalidation trials and trials for cancellation), litigation rescinding trial decisions (ex parte, inter partes), warning letter correspondence, negotiations, cross-border injunctions, and litigation.<\/span>
\nMr. Asamura studied a wide range of materials at the Department of Materials Science in Chiba University\u2019s Faculty of Engineering, from organic materials and high-polymer materials to inorganic materials. He also researched macrocyclic compound synthesis in the university laboratory.<\/span>
\nAs a master\u2019s degree student at the University of Edinburgh, he researched a method for quantitative analyzing iron components in soil. Then at Lancaster University, he researched a method for analyzing compositional changes in fumaric acid and fulvic acid by soil depth.<\/span>
\nMr. Asamura has served as a member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association\u2019s Amicus Brief Committee (2011-2013), and as a member of the Association\u2019s Intellectual Property Litigation Committee (2013 \u2013 2014) where he was involved in examining court cases as well as the Japanese litigation system as related to intellectual property.\n
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<\/span>Education<\/span>
\nBSc in Material Science, Chiba University, March 1996<\/span>
\nMSc in Environmental Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, October 1997<\/span>
\nMRes in Environmental Science with Distinction, Lancaster University, October 1998<\/span>
\nJ.D., Waseda University\u3000Law School, March 2007\n
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\nProfessional career<\/span>
\nASAMURA IP P.C. (Chemical Department) (April 1999 \u2013 October 2007)<\/span>
\nTrainee, Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan, Supreme Court of Japan (November 2007 \u2013 December 2008)<\/span>
\nNagashima & Hashimoto (January 2009 \u2013 December 2012)<\/span>
\nASAMURA IP P.C. & Asamura Law Offices (2011)<\/span>
\nManaging Partner of ASAMURA IP P.C.(2013)<\/span>
\nSenior Managing Partner of ASAMURA IP P.C.(2019)\n<\/span>
\nExaminations passed<\/span>
\nPatent Attorney Examination (Selected subjects: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Fiber Engineering) (October 2001)<\/span>
\nNational Bar Examination (Selected subject: Intellectual Property Law) (September 2007)\n

<\/span>Registrations<\/span>
\nRegistration Number of Patent Attorney: 17295<\/span>
\nRegistration Number of Lawyer: 38807\n
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\nAffiliation<\/span>
\nSenior Managing Partner\n

<\/span>Languages<\/span>
\nJapanese, English\n

<\/span>Specialty Fields<\/span>
\nInter-parties trials (invalidation trials and trials for cancellation), litigation rescinding trial decisions, appraisals, warning letter correspondence, license negotiations, infringement litigation, and contract drafting.<\/span>
\nMajor seminars\u201dLatest Trends of Patent Cases in Japan: A Focus on Progressivity,\u201d a training seminar sponsored by the Patent Attorneys Club (2013)<\/span>
\n\u201cDamage Calculation: Analysis of IP litigation precedents\u201d at Training Festival held by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (May and August, 2014)\n
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\nMemberships\n
Patent attorney association and other memberships<\/span>
\nMember of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), 2001 \u2013 present<\/span>
\nMember of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), April 2011 \u2013 present<\/span>
\nMember of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), April 2011 \u2013 present<\/span>
\nBar Associations and Other Memberships:<\/span>
\nDaini Tokyo Bar Association, January 2011 \u2013 present\n

<\/span>Publications<\/span>
\n\u201cQ&A on Protection of Personal Information in the Social Media Age. Compiled for Daini Tokyo Bar Association\u201d (joint-author), (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co., Ltd). (September 2012)\n
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\nHobby<\/span>
\nTravel. Overseas dramas and movies about lawyers (The Practice, Boston Legal, The Good Wife, etc.)\n

<\/span>Comment<\/span>
\nASAMURA IP P.C. has been working with patent applications in Japan and overseas for 120 years. With the opening of the Asamura Law Offices, we look forward to serving you in areas following acquisition of patent rights, including the exercise of intellectual property and dealing with disputes. I feel confident that our ability to provide our clients with a one-stop service covering the period after patent rights acquisition, will enable us to provide patent application services of an even higher quality.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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Ken Kanai\n
Managing Partner\n
Patent Attorney<\/span><\/h3>

Joined ASAMURA IP : 2005<\/span>
\nPatent Attorney since: 2005<\/span>
\nRegistration Number: 13747\n

Ken Kanai is a Managing Partner who is responsible for developing strategic business relationships, working closely with Senior Managing Partner. As an Administrative Partner in 2014, he established IP valuation and other professional services.\n

Prior to joining the executive team, Mr. Kanai belonged to the patent 1 division (currently Mechanical and Electrical Department) and was involved in patent prosecution in the field of mechanical engineering, particularly manufacturing equipment, products, internal combustion engines and medical equipment.\n

\nAs a system engineer, he was primarily involved in factory automation (FA) system development and construction and later engaged in engineering work and technical sales.\n

Education
\nBSc. in Transportation Engineering from Nihon University\n

\nLanguages
\nJapanese
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Memberships
\n \u25cf Member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
\n \u25cf Member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
\n \u25cf Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
\n \u25cf Member of the Publicity Department, Kanto Branch (JPAA)
\n \u25cf Member of the Planning and Management Committee for overall policy
\n \u25cf Member of the Patent Committee (JPAA)
\n \u25cf Member of the Internship System Steering Committee (JPAA)

Awards
\nSpecial Award by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, 1 July 2013\n

Seminars
\nPatents and Trademarks: an Introduction, New Generation Management Study Group, July 2006\n

Publications
\n\u201cThe Invention\u201d (Hatsumei), January 2011<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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Kiyoshi Asamura\n
Advisor<\/span>
\nPatent Attorney<\/span><\/h3>

Patent Attorney since: 1963\n

Education<\/span>
\nWaseda University, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1959<\/span>
\nDe Pauw University, Columbia University(U.S.A) 1959-1961<\/span>
\n\n
Launguages<\/span>
\nJapanese, English\n

\n<\/span>Memberships<\/span>
\nThe Japan Patent Attorneys Association:<\/span>
\nMember : 1963 \u2013 present<\/span>
\nCouncilor : 1967 \u2013 1969, 2002 \u2013 2004<\/span>
\nVice-President : 1979 \u2013 1980, 1992 \u2013 1993<\/span>
\nPresident : 1993 \u2013 1994\n

\n<\/span>Official Commendation<\/span>
\n Minister of International Trade and Industry Award: April 18,1985<\/span>
\nBlue Ribbon Medal for Services to Japan as a Patent Attorney : April 29, 1995<\/span>
\nSpecial Award of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association : July 1, 1999<\/span>
\nIntellectual Property Achievement Awards: April 18,2014<\/span>
\nMr.Kiyoshi Asamura was elected as an Honorary President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association: November 11,2014<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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