Yuji Tsuruya

Patent Attorney

IP Litigation Attorney

 

Scope of Practice

(1) Areas of Technological Expertise

Information processing, user interface, image processing, games, electrical control systems, business models, etc.

(2) Areas of Practical Specialty

Prosecution of intellectual property rights (applications, appeals, etc.), patent invalidation trials, patent infringement litigation, Cease and desist letters (handling receipt of letters and sending of letters), expert opinions, prior art search, Intellectual property due diligence etc.

 

Education

BA, Control Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

MA, Control Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

BA, Faculty of Law, Chuo University

 

Work Experience

April 2017   Founder and President of HARAJUKU SOGO

March 2017   Left a Patent firm in Tokyo

2015   Qualified as a IP Litigation Attorney

2010   Vice President, Patent Firm in Tokyo

2008   Joined Patent Firm in Tokyo

2008   Registered as Patent Attorney

2008   Left Japan Patent Office

2006–2008   Director, Telephone Telecommunications, Fourth Patent Examination Department, Japan Patent Office

2000–2002   Worked on international cooperation, countermeasures against counterfeit products, and other duties as Director, Regional Policy Office, International Affairs Division, Japan Patent Office

1997–1998 (6 months) Dispatched to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

1990–1992   Professional Legal Officer, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland

Examiner/Appeal Examiner, Japan Patent Office

 

Books, Papers, Lectures

Lecture on the “Trends of ASEAN” at the Electrical/Electronics Group (East) of the Japan Intellectual Property Association, Dec. 2016.

“How to Write Patent Specification and Claims” (co-author). 8th edition. Gendai Sangyo Sensho, 2016.

“Claim Drafting Common Among Japan, the United States, Europe and China” (No. 1, No. 2) (co-author). No. 2, No. 3, Intellectual Property Management Vol. 64, 2014, Japan Intellectual Property Association.

“Court Decision Affirming Patent Right Infringement of Method Patent”. Patent Vol. 64, Apr. 2011.

“Facing the Flood of Infringing Products in Asian Countries”. Monthly Global Management, Japan Overseas Enterprises Association, Nov. 2011.

“Status Quo of Intellectual Property Systems in Asia and Japan's Role”. Chemical Business Journal, The Chemical Daily, Dec. 2001.

“Arbitration Agreements”. Vol. 45, No. 3, AIPPI, 2000

“WIPO Arbitration Center”. Annual Report of the Japan Association of Industrial Property Law No. 18, 1994.

“The Dictionary of US Patent Practice Terms” (co-author). AIPPI Japan, 1990.

 

Group Memberships

AIPPI, APAA, Japan Patent Attorneys Association, FICPI

 

Activities

April 2017–March 2019   Council Member, Japan Patent Attorneys Association

2005–March 2019 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Management, K.I.T. Toranomon Graduate School

2014–present   Director, Operational Working Group, Support Team for Organizing Myanmar’s Intellectual Property System, Japan Patent Office

2010–2013   Software Committee Member, Japan Patent Attorneys Association