President
Shin-ichi Iizuka
Founder/ Patent Attorney (1990)
Founder/ Patent Attorney (1990)
BE Electrical Engineering
Experience:
- Patent/ Design/ Trademark prosecution experience for over 30 years
- Patent/ Trademark Trial for invalidation before the JPO
- Pre-litigation analysis of patent/ trademark cases
- Patent licensing activities
- In-house IP counsel for one of the big Japanese electric appliance companies
Language:
- Japanese/ English
Professional Affiliation:
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
- The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
Patent Attorneys
Takeshi (Ken) Iizuka
Patent Attorney (2009)/ Qualified As A Specific IP Infringement Litigator (2021)
Passed the U.S. Patent Bar (2015)
Award:
- IP Base Award (Encouragement Prize) by Japan Patent Office (2024)
Recent Presentations/Publications:
- "What U.S. Patent Attorneys Need to Know about Obtaining Japanese Software Patents- AI & Blockchain + more -" at SVIPLA and LES Silicon Valley Chapter joint seminar
- "Recent Update on Business Model Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute Pre-meeting in 2019
- "Protection of Blockchain-related Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Annual Pre-meeting in 2018
- "Protection of AI Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute Pre-meeting in 2018
- "Protection of Software-related Inventions in Japan" at AIPLA Annual Pre-meeting in 2017
Patent Attorney (2009)
Specific IP Infringement Litigator (2021)
Passed the U.S. Patent Bar (2015)
BE Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
ME Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
(Trainee at Brain Science Institute of RIKEN)
Technical Field:
- Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning)
- Robotics
- IoT products
- Image/ Audio/ Imaging Signal Processing
Experience:
- Former in-house IP counsel at Sony Corporation
- Patent/ Design/ Trademark prosecution
- Patent/ Trademark Trial for invalidation before JPO
- Pre-litigation analysis of patent/ trademark cases
- Supporting creating IP strategies of startups
Language:
- Japanese/ English
Professional Affiliation:
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
2024 - Executive Director
2022 - 2024 Council Member
2021 - 2024 Deputy Director General of International Activities Center
2020 - 2021 Executive Director
2017 - 2019 Project Leader of the AIPLA-JPAA Project Group
2016 - 2021 Member of the International Activities Center
(US practice committee)
- Licensing Executive Society Japan(LESJ)
2021 - Director
2017 - Chair of YMC Japan
Our firm further has technical advisors in chemical and software fields and office assistants.