Professionals

Background

Education:
1995: Waseda University (LL.B)
2005: Franklin Pierce Law Center (Currently, University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law, LL.M in Intellectual Propery law)

Carrer and Qualifications:
1996 Joined Isshiki International Patent Office as a paralegal
2002 Trademark and Patent Attorney
2008 Infringement lawsuit counsel
2016 Appointed as a Partner
2024 Leaving Isshiki at the end of June and founded ITAGAKI Int. Trademark & Patent Attorney on July 1st.

Practice Areas

・Domestic and international trademark and design searches
・Filling domestic and international applications, oppositions, and appeals on trademarks and designs
・Negotiations on transfer of rights /licensing
・Registration in general
・Consultations / Expert opinions on infringements (trademark and design)
・Invalidation trials
・Trademark and design infringement litigations
・Consultations on copyright matters 　
・Intellectual property training instructor at companies, educational institutions, etc.

Activity

(1) International conferences

Mid-term Meeting of Five Trademark Office (Beijing 2016, sent by JPAA)
INTA Annual meeting (San Diego 2005, Hong Kong 2014, San Diego 2015, Orlando 2016, Barcelona 2017, Seattle 2018, Boston 2019.)
APAA Annual Meeting (Chiang Mai 2012)

(2) Board & Committee of JPAA, External committees, Presentations

[Board of JPAA]
2011-2013 Member of JPAA Regular Committee

[Committees of JPAA]
2007-2009 Member of Trademark Committee
2010-2013 Member of Copyright Committee
2011-2014 Member of Continuous Training Planning and Management Department of JPAA Education Institute
2013-2014 Vice-chairman of Copyright Committee
2014-2015 Manager of Continuous Training Planning and Management Department of JPAA Education Institute
2015-2017 Vice-chairman of Trademark Committee
2017-Mar. 2018 Chairman of Trademark Committee

 [Presentations]
– WIPO –
Jan. 2016 “National Workshop for the Effective Utilization of the Madrid System for Trademark Agents and Specialists in Cambodia” under the sponsorship of WIPO (Venue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (recommended by JPAA)

– JPAA –
Feb. 2011 Fourth lecture of “Copyright Agreement” in a training course on practitioners specializing in Copyright
Jun 2013 “Introductino of Q&A collection based on the current status of the copyright work and copyright network initiative”,
Nov 2016 and Nov 2017 Fourth lesson of “Comprehensive Quenstions” in a training course on practitioners specializing in Trademark

– External Lectureer –
2009-2012 “Summer course of intellectual property practice”in Department of Intellectual Property of Osaka Institute of Technology
2012 Lecture at BUNKA GAKUEN Intellectual Property Center (recommended by JPAA) (Title: “Handling of Works of Digital Contents”)
2012 Lecture at BUNKA GAKUEN Intellectual Property Center, 2012
(Title: “The points of attention regarding contracts in collaboration between industry and academia targeted for design intellectual property”)

(3) Other qualifications and memberships

Passed Pre-1st Grade Test in Practical English Proficiency
The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Japan Trademark Association (JTA)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
The Asia Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

(5) Paper

“Trade dress protection in US” Patent Vol. 60, No. 4 (2007)