IIMURA, Toshiaki
[Division & Section] Law Division
Partner
2014 Admission as Attorney at Law
Telephone: +81-80-2216-0952
Email: tiimura@yuasa-hara.co.jp
Practice Areas
General Corporate Intellectual Property
Major Areas of Expertise
Intellectual Property; Litigation
Membership & Other Qualifications
Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association; Japan Association of Industrial Property Law; The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Education & Experience
Academic History
- 1972
- The University of Tokyo
- 1974
- Legal Training & Research Institute
Job History
- 1974-1983
- Tokyo District Court, Administrative Affairs Bureau, Supreme Court, Sapporo District Court
- 1983-1987
- Tokyo District Court (Intellectual Property Division)
- 1987-1994
- Ministry of Justice
- 1994-1996
- Judge of Tokyo High Court
- 1996-1998
- Tokyo District Court (Presiding Judge of the Traffic Accidents Division)
- 1998-2004
- Tokyo District Court (Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Division)
- 2004-2006
- Chief Judge of the Kofu District Court
- 2006-2014
- Intellectual Property High Court (Presiding Judge)
- 2012-2014
- Chief Judge of the Intellectual Property High Court
- 2014-present
- Yuasa and Hara
Professional Experiences & Activities
- 2002-present
- Councilor of The Copyright Law Association of Japan
- 2014-present
- Member of Industrial Structure Council of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Publications
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Publications Intellectual Property Laws
Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Outline I~III
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Publications Patents Cases
Several Issues on the Infringement or Non-infringement of Patent Right Under the Doctrine of Equivalents (Judgment of the Supreme Court on February 24, 1998)
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Publications Patents Laws
Hearing about Misappropriated Application at Litigations Rescinding Trial Decisions and Patent Infringement Litigations
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Publications Patents Laws
The Effect of 2011 Amendment to the Patent Act, etc. upon the Practice of Civil Procedure – Mainly on the Restriction of the New Trial
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Publications Intellectual Property Laws
Intellectual Property Right – Doctrines and Recommendations: Festschrift Commemorating 80th Birthday of Toshiaki Makino
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Special Interview with Toshiaki Iimura, Chief Judge of Intellectual Property High Court
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Interview with Toshiaki Iimura, Chief Judge of Intellectual Property High Court
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Publications Trademarks Cases
Trademark Litigations – Mainly on the Issues of Trademark Use
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Publications Intellectual Property Cases
Factors for Deciding the Permissibility of Use (Modification) of Copyrighted Work (Judgment of the First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court on June 28, 2001)
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Publications Patents Cases
The Meaning of the ‘Act Necessary for Preventing Infringement’ under Article 100, paragraph 2 of the Patent Act – Case of Method for Measuring Bioactive Materials (Judgment of the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court on July 16, 1999)
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Publications Patents Laws
Significance and Problems of Amendment to the Patent Act (Special Issue: Changing Patent System and Practice – Toward the Enforcement of 2011 Amendment)
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Publications Intellectual Property Laws
Panel Discussion among Japanese and U.S. Judges and Lawyers (Special Report: Japan U.S. Intellectual Property Judicial Conference)
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Publications Patents Cases
Judgments on Non-obviousness in Patent Litigations (1) – (3)
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Seminars
Telephone
+81(3)3270-6641