LAWYEARS
Specialty:
Intellectual Property Litigation; Licensing and Opinion Works
Work Experience:
2007
Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Keio Law School, Tokyo

2005-
Adjunct Staff of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

2004-2007
Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutical and Medical Business of Tokyo Graduate School

2003
Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Tsukuba Graduate School, Ibaraki

September 2001 - March 2002
Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Chiba University

May 2000-present
Managing Partner of Ohno & Partners, Tokyo

April 1991 - August 1994, October 1996-April 2000
Yuasa and Hara, Tokyo

September 1995 - September 1996
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett and Dunner, L.L.P., Washington,
D.C. (Associate Attorney of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Group)

August 1994 - August 1995
Fenwick & West, L.L.P., Washington D.C. (Visiting Attorney)
Education:
August 1994 - May 1995
The George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C., LL.M. in Patent and Intellectual Property

April 1989 - March 1991
Legal Research & Training Institute attached to the Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo

April 1981 - March 1985
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, LL.B.

April 1979 - March 1981
University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo (Major: Biology)
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)
Practitionerfs 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 Curt 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 Attorneysf 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)
Honor:
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 and 2005 (www. WhosWhoLegal.com).
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