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Seiji OHNO Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law (Admitted in Japan and New York), Patent Attorney

 
Seiji OHNO Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law Admitted in Japan and New York, Patent Attorney

PRACTICE AREA

Intellectual Property Litigation, Licensing and Opinion Works

ADMISSION/MEMBERSHIP

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
 

EDUCATION /WORK EXPERIENCE

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-2010

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Keio Law School, Tokyo

2005-

Adjunct Staff of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo

2004-2007

Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutical and Medical Business of Tokyo Graduate School, Tokyo

2003

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Tsukuba Graduate School, Ibaraki

Sep. 2001-Mar. 2002

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Chiba University , Chiba

May 2000-present

Managing Partner of Ohno & Partners, Tokyo

Apr. 1991-Aug. 1994,
Oct. 1996-Apr. 2000

Yuasa and Hara, Tokyo

Sep. 1995-Sep. 1996

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett and Dunner, L.L.P., Washington D.C. (Associate Attorney of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Group)

Aug. 1994-Aug. 1995

Fenwick & West, L.L.P., Washington D.C. (Visiting Attorney)

EDUCATION

Aug. 1994-May. 1995

The George Washington University Law School,
Washington D.C., LL.M. in Patent and Intellectual Property

Apr. 1989-Mar. 1991

Legal Research & Training Institute attached to the Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo

Apr. 1981-Mar. 1985

University of Tokyo, Tokyo, LL.B.

Apr. 1979-Mar. 1981

University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo (Major: Biology)

 

PUBLICATIONS

Publications (Books):
◆Future in IP Cases
(Co-author, Daini Tokyo Bar Association 2003)
◆Basic Theories on International IP Infringement Litigation
(Co-author, Keizai Sangyo Chosakai 2003)
◆Discussions on Claim Interpretation by Patent Practice Experts
(Co-author, Hatsumei Kyokai 2003)
◆Practitioner’s Guide Vol. 5
(Co-author, Tokyo Horei Shuppan 2002)
◆Validity of Patents in Patent Infringement Litigation
(Co-author, Professor Naoki Koizumi of Sophia University
and Institute of Intellectual Property ed., Yushodo Press 2001)
◆Studies on Business Method Patents in the United States
(Co-author, Institute of Intellectual Property ed., Keizai Sangyo Chosakai 2001)

Publications (Law Review Articles):
◆Theoretical and Practical Analyses on the Supreme Court Decision in Card Reader Case (48 AIPPI 164) (2003)
◆Review on the Supreme Court Decision in Card Reader Case
(4 Chizai Prism 5) (2003)
◆Court Review on the Tokimeki Memorial Copyright Supreme Court Decision
(HANREI TIMES ) (2002)
◆Patent Strategies for Post Genome Era
(51 Chizai Kanri 1389) (2001)
◆Invalidation Defense in Patent Infringement Litigation
(42 Chizaiken Forum 40) (2000)
◆Outbreak of Business Model Patent Battles
(6 CIAJ Journal 43) (2000)
◆Enforcement of U.S. Patents before Japanese Courts
(42 Chizaiken Forum 34) (1999)
◆Patent Dispute in the Cyber Space Era
(1010 Keiri Joho 4) (1998)
◆Practical View Points on the Supreme Court Decision in the Aluminum Wheel case
(71 CIPIC Journal 43) (1997)
◆The Licensing Elixir: Pumping Life into Exhausted Patent Rights?
(2 IP Asia 33) (1998)
◆International Exhaustion Principles
(Co-author, 32 les Nouvelles 97) (1997)
◆Practical Researches on the Control Method of Attorneys’Fees in U.S. Intellectual Litigation
(46 Chizai Kanri 1895)(1996)
◆Doctrine of Equivalents and Two Estoppel Theories
(49 Patent 2) (1996)
◆Copyright Issues on Cartoon Characters
(22 Intellectual Property 15)(1994)
◆Practical View Points on the Amendment on the Unfair Competition Prevention Law
(19 Intellectual Property 3) (1993)

 

ACTIVITIES

Mr. Ohno was selected one of the top patent lawyers in Japan by the surveys conducted by Law Business Research Ltd. in 1998, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.(www. WhosWhoLegal.com).

 

LANGUAGES

Japanese, English
 

PAGETOP

 
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  • BIOTECHNOLOGY
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