OKAMOTO, Yoshinori
[Division & Section] Law Division
Associate
2000 Admission as Attorney-at-Law
2005 Admission as Patent Attorney
E-Mail: yokamoto@yuasa-hara.co.jp
Please feel free to use the above email address or the following Contact Form when making enquiries.
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Practice Areas
Unfair Competition Copyright Law General Corporate Cross-border Practices Intellectual Property Patents Designs
Major Areas of Expertise
Patent Cases, IT Related Cases
Membership & Other Qualifications
Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association; Japan Patent Attorneys Association; The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Education & Experience
Academic History
- 1992
- The University of Tokyo, B.E. in Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics
- NTT Basic Research Laboratory and Electro Technical Laboratory of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (as a short-term trainee from The University of Tokyo)
- 1994
- The University of Tokyo Graduate School (Studied Abroad in Computer Science Department at Stanford University Graduate School for about one year), M.E. in Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics
- 2000
- Legal Training & Research Institute
Job History
- 2000-Present
- YUASA AND HARA
- 2003-2005
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (former Pillsbury Winthrop LLP) Northern Virginia Office and Silicon Valley Office
- 2003
- Passed the Examination for Registration to Practice in Patent Cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (qualification expired upon returning to Japan in 2005)
Professional Experiences & Activities
- 2002-2003
- Member of Environmental Protection Committee, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
- 2005-Present
- Member of Environmental Protection Committee, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
- 2006-2009
- Member of Intellectual Property Policy Promotion Headquarters, Japan Patent Attorney Association
- 2011-2012
- Member of Software Committee, Japan Patent Attorneys Association
- 2013-2015
- Member of ADR Promotion Committee, Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Awards & Achievements
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan 2025 (Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan 2026 (Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Legal Updates
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Japan Copyright Law、Intellectual Property Laws、Others
Tentative Analysis of Principle Code for Protection of Intellectual Property and Transparency for the Appropriate Use of Generative AI (provisional title) (draft) Summary of Disclosure Items / Specific Examples
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Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others
Acceleration of Scientific Research by AI and Intellectual Property Systems in the Era of Superintelligence (Need for Superintelligence Legal Science)
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Japan Patents Laws、Others
Purposes of the Patent System in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Environmental Conservation (Global Warming, Climate Change and Patent Law)
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Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others
AI Strategy Council in Japan: The Need to Promote the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Clarify Laws
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Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others
Utilization and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: Discussions on Prohibiting Chat GPT
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Publications
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AI Agent Society and AGI Certification
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A Data Protection System for Democratic Sovereign AI
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Factors Hindering Data Sharing and Circulation and Institutional Designs to Promote Them
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Certification and Rights of AGI
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Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws
Future of the Patent Attorney Industry and Use of AI – Joining the magazine discussions (considering the viewpoints on AI’s technological future) –
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Publications Others
Legal Norms and Ethics for Humans and AGI
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Publications Others
Legal Personality and AI Rights of AGI
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Publications Others
AI Rights for the Post-Singularity Symbiosis
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Publications Others
Human Rights (AI Rights) and Consciousness of AGI
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Legal System in the Era of Superintelligence
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Official Data Income (DI) Collecting Social Norm Data – Toward Democratic AI Alignment –
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Publications Others
Human Rights of AI (Al Rights)
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Publications Others
AI Alignment as Legal Science
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Publications Intellectual Property Laws、Others
Is Japan Still a Machine Learning Paradise?
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Publications Others
AI Alignment and Constitution
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Publications Others
Alignment and Human Rights (AI Rights) of Artificial Intelligence to Keep the Law
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Publications Patents Laws
AI Assisted Inventions and Patent System in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws
What prevents innovations based on intellectual property in Japan? – Joining the magazine discussions (taking viewpoints of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into consideration) –
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Publications Others
Alignment and Human Rights (AI Rights) of Artificial General Intelligence
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Publications Patents Laws
Purpose of Patent System in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Publications Patents Laws
Enforcement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Technology Patents – Claims Using Neural Networks –
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Artificial General Intelligence and Intellectual Property
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Publications Patents Laws
Enforcement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Technology Patents – Claims Using Features, etc. to Specify the Inventions -
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Publications Patents Laws
Enforcement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Technology Patents
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Publications Patents Laws
Third Party Opinion Solicitation System Introduced by the Amended Patent Act in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Amicus Brief in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT
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Publications Patents Laws
Artificial Intelligence (AI) related Patents and the Inspection System under the Revised Japanese Patent Act
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Publications Patents Laws
Learning Data for Artificial Intelligence and Protection of Limited Provision Data
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Publications Patents Laws
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning and Specifying Elements of Defendant Products in Patent Infringement Lawsuits
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Patent Eligibility is Disputed as to Claims about Memory
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Intellectual Property and Artificial General Intelligence
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Publications Patents Laws
Patent Protection for Learned Models of Neural Networks
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Publications Intellectual Property Others
Intellectual Property Protection about Learning Data for Artificial Intelligence
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Jury’s Finding is Judged to be Supported by Substantial Evidence as to Patent Disputes about Smartphones ~ Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ~
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Joint Infringement is Disputed as to Method Invention Regarding Content Delivery Service ~ Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. ~
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Patent Eligibility is Disputed as to Device Profile Claims
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Contempt of a Permanent Injunction Order is Disputed as to Products that were Designed Around
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Publications Patents Laws
Judgment on Statutory Invention (A Creation of Technical Ideas Utilizing a Law of Nature) Regarding Computer Software-Related Inventions Considered From the Viewpoint of Enforcement in Patent Infringement Lawsuits
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Publications Patents Cases
Numerical Ranges and Doctrine of Equivalents
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Publications Patents Laws、Cases
Considering Japanese Problems from the US Akamai En Banc Decision – Consideration for Amendment of the Japanese Patent Law (Induced Infringement, Joint Infringement, and Relationship between Indirect Infringement and Direct Infringement
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Publications Intellectual Property Laws
Exploitation of Copyrighted Works for Information Processing Required for the Preparation of Offering Information Using Information and Communication Technology
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Joint Infringement is Disputed as to Computer Related Inventions Regarding Emergency Medical Care
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Publications Cross-border Practices、Patents Cases
Case where Entity Performing Method Claims is Disputed Regarding GPS Communication
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Publications Patents Cases
Definition in the Specification when Construing Patent Claims
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Publications Patents Cases
Case where Joint Infringement is Disputed as to Method Inventions Regarding Auctions of Financial Instruments
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Publications Patents Laws
Proving Highly Technical Matters in the Intellectual Property High Court
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Publications General Corporate、Intellectual Property
When you realize from a patent publication that another company has applied for a patent regarding your company’s trade secret technology used in your company
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Publications General Corporate、Cross-border Practices、Patents
Patent Infringement Lawsuits when Japanese Corporations Advance into the U.S.
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Publications General Corporate、Cross-border Practices、Patents
Simultaneous Patent Infringement Lawsuits in Japan and the U.S.
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Publications Patents Laws
Employee Invention Issues in Japan
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Publications Patents Laws
When you receive a patent infringement warning letter requesting termination of production regarding products that your company produces in accordance with directions from another company
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Publications Others
Geometric Reasoning with Quantitative Physical Models
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The Probabilistic Belief System with Confidence Factor
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Neural Network Model for Realtime Adaptation to Rapidly Changing Environments
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Seminars
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