阿部隆徳国際法律特許事務所

Education
The George Washington University Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2002~2003);
Georgetown University Law Center (Casual Researcher, 2003);
Boston University School of Law, LL.M. in American Law Program(2002);
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan(1997);
University of Tokyo (1995)

Internship in the U.S.
Practical Training on U.S. Litigation with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &Dunner, LLP (2003) and Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP (2002~2003)

Official Position
Visiting Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (2010~),
Adjunct Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (2008~2010),
Lecturer, Osaka University Graduate School of Law (2008~),
Commissioner, Model Enterprise Analyzing Patients’ Death relating to Medical Examination, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (2008~),
Secretary General, China Patent Cooperative Association (2007~),
Commissioner, Education Evaluation Committee, Osaka Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Intellectual Property (2006);
Commissioner, Stem Cell Research Committee, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (2006~);
Commissioner, Human Genome Research Committee, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (2006~);
Lecturer, Osaka Institute of Technology (2005~2008);
Commissioner, Gene Therapy Clinical Research Committee, Japan National Center for Child Health and Development (2005~);
Commissioner, ELSI Committee, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2004~2008)

Practice Areas
Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Licensing; Global Litigation, Health Law; Labor and Employment; General Corporate

Representative Clients, Cases or Matters
Represent Swiss pharmaceutical company for Japanese patent infringement litigation
Represent German medical device manufacturer for Japanese patent infringement litigation
Represent Japanese LCD manufacturer for Japanese patent infringement litigation
Represent Japanese electric company for Japanese patent infringement litigation
Represent Japanese University for Japanese patent litigation involving inventorship issue
Represent Japanese construction company for Japanese patent infringement litigation
Represent Japanese electrochemical materials company for multinational patent infringement litigation in Japan, China, and Taiwan
Represent U.S. and Swiss pharmaceutical companies for Japanese patent invalidity trial
Represent Japanese pharmaceutical company for Japanese trademark litigation
Represent Taiwanese company for international commercial litigation
Represent Chinese company for international arbitration in Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
Represent Japanese company for insurance litigation
Assist Japanese electronic company for U.S. and European patent litigation
Assist Japanese medical device manufacturer for U.S. and Korean patent litigation
Assist Japanese golf club manufacturer for U.S. patent litigation
Assist Japanese RFID manufacture for U.S. patent litigation
Assist Japanese dental materials and equipment manufacturer for U.S. patent litigation
Assist Japanese electronic company for U.S. trademark litigation
Assist Japanese food company for U.S. trademark matters
Assist Japanese medical device manufacturer for Chinese patent litigation
Assist Japanese electronic company for U.S. antitrust litigation
Assist Japanese electronic company for U.S. false advertisement litigation
Represent U.S. foundation for multinational licensing agreement
Advise Japanese clients for multinational patent litigation, jurisdictions including Japan, U.S., Germany, UK, Taiwan, and China, etc.

Presentations (in Foreign Jurisdiction)
"Legislation and Administrative Regulations of Biobank Japan Project for Personalized Medicine　-Collection, Preservation, and Research of Materials--" at 2006 ELSI Symposium “Reexamining the ELSI Implication of Biobanking-A Cross Culture Perception” at Taiwan (2006, English speech)

"Recent Developments in Japanese Patent Litigation - How to Enforce Your Rights and Protect Yourself in Japanese Court -" at Hsinchu Science Park and National Tsing Hua University, both at Taiwan (2005, English speech)

"P2P Technology and Copyright- How to Balance Advancement of Technology and Copyright Protection-" at National Taiwan University and Su- Chow University, both at Taiwan (2005, English speech)

"Current Intellectual Property Situation in Japan" at The George Washington University Law School (2002, English speech)

Presentations (in Japan)
"How to draft an Internal Incident Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine (2010)

"How to draft an Internal Incident Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at National Hospital Organization Kinki Division (2009)

"How to draft an Internal Incident Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine (2009)

"Medicine and Intellectual Property" at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (2009)

"How to draft an Internal Incident Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" , "Medicine and Law- Japan and U.S. Comparison" at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine (2009)

"Battle in Foreign Culture” at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine (2009)

"Current Situation and Counter Measure for International IP Litigation- focus on U.S. Patent Litigation-” at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2009)

"How to draft an Internal Incident Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law” at University of Tokyo School of Medicine (2009)

"International License Agreement in the U.S. and Japan- Basic Concepts and Provisions” at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2009)

"Patients’ Violence in Hospital-Countermeasure based on Case Laws” at Suita Municipal Hospital (2009)

"Current Situation and Future Perspectives of Global Patent Infringment Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (2009, English speech)

"Patients’ Violence in Hospital- Countermeasure based on Case Laws” at Osaka Prefecture Hospital Association (2009)

"Global Patent Litigation” at Osaka University Graduate School of Law (2008)

"Medicine and Intellectual Property” at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (2008)

"Global Patent litigation- What Business People should know about IP” at IUJ Business School (2007, English speech)

"U.S. Health Law & Intellectual Property law Education-Two Classes of Scientific Technology and Law-" at Osaka University International Symposium “Legal Education and Ethical Issues in Science and Technology” (2006)

"Medicine and Intellectual Property- Intellectual Property, Gene Therapy, and Tailor Made Medicine" at Medical Management Program, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2006)

"License in the U.S. and Japan" at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2006)

"Current Situation and Future Perspective of Foreign Patent Infringement Suit in Japan, U.S., Europe, and Asia – What Japanese Company Should Prepare?- " at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (2006, English speech)

"Intellectual Property" at ELSI Committee, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2006)

"How to Cope with U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation" at Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing & Industrial Association (2006)

"P2P Technology and Copyright- How to Balance Advancement of Technology and Copyright Protection-" at International Movie Contents Association (2006)

"Legal and Ethical Issues of Gene Therapy" at Japan National Center for Child Health and Development (2005)

"Current Situation and Future Perspective of Foreign Patent Infringement Suit in Japan, U.S., Europe, and Asia – What Japanese Company and Chinese Company Should Prepare?- " at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (2005, English speech)

Moderator of Aoyama & Partners’ 40th Anniversary Symposium "Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation: Reconsidering the Traditional Territoriality Principle" panel discussion: titled as "Utilization and Protection of IP Rights in a Borderless Era" Panelists from US, UK, Germany, France, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan (2005)

"Current Situation and Future Perspective of Foreign Patent Infringement Suit in Japan, U.S., Europe, and Asia – What Japanese Company Should Prepare?- " at Aoyama & Partners’ 40th Anniversary Symposium(2005)

"The Method of Reading US Case Law, KP Permanent Make-Up Inc. v. Lasting Impression I Inc. " at Japan Trademark Association (2005)

"The State of US Litigation - Perspectives from IP Research in the US" at Japan Trademark Association and Kansai Patent Research Association(KTK) (2005)

" Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation" at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (2005, English speech)

"Judicial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Literal Infringement, DOE, and Unfair Competition Regarding Foreign Patent Infringement Case" at Intellectual Property Association of Japan (2004)

"Interplay of Japan and U.S. Patent Law" at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(2004)

"Japanese Court's Viewpoint on Multinational Jurisdiction" in front of the management of Japanese Chemical Company (2004)

Publications
"Quality of care and peer review: A delicate balance"
(Translation of Shirley Morrigan and S. Lynn McClelland's article)

"Nine Unanswered Questions After In re Seagate Technology LLC"
(Translation of Judge McKelvie, Mr. Frankel, Ms. Kwong's article)

"Seagate Plus Two"
(Translation of Judge McKelvie, Ms. Miller and Mr. Sethi's article)

"In re Kubin- How to overcome obviousness rejections in a post-KSR world-"
(Translation of Mr. Chartove's article)

"Forum Selection in Patent Litigation: A Traffic Report"
(Translation of Judge McKelvie's article)

"Seagate Plus One"
(Translation of Judge McKelvie and Ms. Miller's article)

"Taiwan Intellectual Property Litigation", consigned by Japan Patent Office to
Interchange Association Japan
Taken in charge of "Chapter 5 Comparison with IP Litigation in Japan".

"Medical Management" co-author, Nikkei Medical Kaihatsu, 2008

"Intellectual Property License Agreement- Theory and Practice" co-author, Shouji Houmu, 2007

"Legal Issues in Medicine for Medical Practitioners- From Privacy Act to Medical Patent", co-author, Nihon Iryou Kikaku, 2006

"The Legislation and Administrative Regulation on Biobank Japan Project for Personalized Medicine - Collection, reservation, and Research of Materials-" for 2006 ELSI Symposium “Reexamining the ELSI Implication of Biobanking-A Cross Culture Perception” at Taiwan, 2006 (English)

"Continuing Legal Education System in the U.S.- Implication to Japan CLE Program " in Osaka Bar Association Monthly Journal, May 2005

"Chinese Patent Infringement; comparison with U.S. Patent Law and Cases ", translation supervisor, Toyo Hoki Publishing, 2005

"Intellectual Property Q & A", co-author, Japan Industrial Newspaper, 2005

"The State of US Litigation - Perspectives from IP Research in the US" in Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 55, No.2, 2005

"Judicial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Literal Infringement, DOE, and Unfair Competition Regarding Foreign Patent Infringement Case" in Intellectual Property Management, Vol.54, No.10, 2004

"Drainage to the Patient with Hydrocephalus and Risk Judgment of Treatment" , "Bilateral EMAS for Patients with Moyamoya Disease and Doctors' Discretion" in Neurosurgery Letters, 2000, 2001 etc.

Professional Affiliations
Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Osaka Bar Association; Japan Patent Attorneys Associations; Japanese Association of Industrial Property Law; Japanese Association of Medical Law, COE IP Law Study Group in University of Tokyo, American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Languages
Japanese (Native); English (Fluent)