Our People

Eiichi Yamaguchi

Professional Activities

• ORION International Patent Office as a partner (1999)
• YUASA & HARA as an associate of trademark and design dept. (1993)
• Passed the Patent Attorney's Examination (1992)
• Nikon Corporation as a member of the staff of camera design dept., intellectual
  property dept., and legal dept. (1982)

Education

• LL.B. from Seikei University (1982)
• He studied Intellectual Property Law under Dr. Nobuo MONYA, authority on
  Intellectual Property Law.

Membership

• Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
• Asia Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
• International Association for the protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
• Japan Trademark Association (JTA)
• Japan Design Protection Association (JDPA)
• Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP)
• Japan Association of Industrial Property Law
• Copyright Law Association

Others

Lecturer

• Adjunct lecturer at RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
  (2006)
• Adjunct lecturer at SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) University
  (1997, 1998)

Publications

• “Summary of Court decisions”
  (Coauthor, PATENT published by JPAA, 1999-2004)
• “Indispensable and staple judgement - Furby doll Copyright Case”
  (PATENT published by JPAA, February 2003)
• “Reclassification to unity domestic classification systems under the International
  classification system”
  (YUASA & HARA International Property News Vol. 3, May 1998)
• “So-called sales promotional goods and trademark infringement”
  (in Festschrift “Modern Issues of Intellectual Property Rights Law”for Dr. Nobuo MONYA’s
  Sixtieth Birthday Celebration published by Japan Institute of International Innovation (JIII),
  March 1998)
  
• “Trademark Q & A - trademark infringement on sales promotional goods”
  (THE INVENTION published by JIII, August 1995)
• “Introduction of Recent Noteworthy Court Precedents of Trademarks”
  (Coauthor, PATENT published by JPAA, May 1994 and February 1995)

Practice area

• He focuses on all aspects of trademark, design patent, unfair competition,
  copyright and domain name including prosecution of Japanese and foreign
  searches, applications, appeals, infringement cases, licensing, negotiation
  and consultation.