AOKI, Hiromichi

Practice Areas

Unfair Competition　Copyright Law　Designs　Trademarks

Major Areas of Expertise

Trademarks, Designs, Unfair Competition, Domain Name

Membership & Other Qualifications

JPAA; JTA; APAA; AIPPI; ITMA (U.K.); INTA

Education & Experience

Academic History

1981

Chuo University, LL.B., Majored in Administrative Law and Intellectual Property Law

Job History

1983

Joining YUASA & HARA

Professional Experiences & Activities

1991,1995 and 2001

M. of Three Dimensional Trademark Committee, Design Committee and Interface Committee of Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP)

1994

Delegate of JPAA at the Diplomatic Conference for Trademark Law Treaty

1996-1997

Chairman of Design Committee of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

1999

Hague Geneva Act

1999

Lecturer of JPAA, Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) and Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)

2004

Councilor of APAA

2004 and 2005

Chairman of Design Working Group of IIP

2004-2007

Visiting Professor, School of Law, Hokkaido University

2004-2009

Co-Chair of Design Committee of APAA

2007

Adjunct Lecturer, Major of Law, Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba

2007

Adjunct Lecturer, Bunka Fashion Graduate University

2008

Visiting Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

2008-2009

Chairman of Trademark Committee of JPAA

2008-2009

Temporary member of New Types of Trademarks Working Group of Industrial Structure Counsel established by Japanese Government

2009

Lecturer, Japan Customs

2010

Lecturer, IP High Court

2010

Speaker, INTA Annual Meeting in Boston; Vice chairman of Q218 (Protection against the Dilution of a trademark) committee of AIPPI

2012-2013

Chairman of Unfair Competition Prevention Law Committee of JPAA

2012 and 2014

Featured in “The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners”

2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015

Named to the World Trademark Review’s WTR1000

2013 , 2014 and 2015

Named to Who’s Who Legal