YABE, Kozo

Attorney at Law (Partner)

Expertise

Intellectual Property; Cyberspace Law; Licensing; Litigation and ADR including Domain Name Dispute Resolution; International Business Transactions; Corporate M&A and Compliance

Admission as Attorney at Law:

1991

Admission as Patent Attorney:

2003

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; Visiting lecturer, Chuo University Law School 2005-2009

Membership:

Japan Federation of Bar Associations; 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, Statutory Auditor); Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA); ICANN, Intellectual Property Constituency; License Executive Society, Japan (LES Japan)

Publications: “Trade secrets in Japan,” Intellectual Asset Management July/August 2010, co-authored with Taku Fujiwara; “Licensing: Japan,” Getting the Deal Through, Licensing in 23 jurisdictions worldwide 2010; "Finding the balance for reasonable remuneration," Innovation and Invention Focus 2004, Managing Intellectual Property
Appointments: Vice Chair, the Law School Center of the Japan Federation of Bar Association; Examiner of the Patent Attorney Examination, Trademark, the Japan Patent Office; Regional Co-Vice President, Asia-Pacific, TerraLex Group

E-Mail:

illinikyyuasa-hara.co.jp