Admission as Attorney at Law:

1991, No. 21990

Admission as Patent Attorney:

2003, No. 12329

Year of Joining YUASA AND HARA:

1991

Job History:

Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, 1994-1995; Graham & James LLP, Los Angeles, 1995-1996

Academic History:

Chuo University, LL.B.,1985; Legal Training & Research Institute, 1991; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LL.M.,1994; Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois College of Law since 2000; Member of the Board of Visitors, University of Illinois College of Law since 2003

Membership:

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association; Japan Patent Attorneys Association; Japan Trademark Association (Board member); Law & Computers Association of Japan; Copyright Law Association; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); International Trademark Association (INTA); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI Japan); Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale of Japan (ALAI Japan, Board member); Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA); ICANN, Intellectual Property Constituency; License Executive Society, Japan (LES Japan)

Recent Publication: "Finding the balance for reasonable remuneration" (Innovation and Invention Focus 2004, Managing Intellectual Property)

E-Mail:

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