Members

Takeshi AOKI

Partner
Language：Japanese, English
Electricity / IT, Computer tech

Experience and Achievements

2011
LL.M. in Business Law, Hitotsubashi University
2010-2014
Lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University Graduate Law School(Intellectual Property Law)
2007
Completed a training program for Chinese patent practice (SPTL Training Program).
2006
Completed a training program for U.S. patent practice (BSKB Summer Training Program).
2000
Joined PRIMEWORKS. Handles patent prosecution in areas including IT, image processing, encryption, computer software and networks.
1999-2000
Associate in a patent law firm Handled patent prosecution broadly in the IT field.
1988-1999
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.Researched artificial intelligence, neural networks, operating system, computer networks, parallel computers, and Internet software.　Involved in developing parallel computers at ICL in the U.K. (1991-1993).
1988
B.S. in Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, The University of Tokyo

Publications

  • “All about License Agreements – Practical Business Edition” (LexisNexis Japan, 2nd ed:December 2016)
  • ” Business Law Handbook” (LexisNexis Japan, February 2015)
  • ” U.S.BUSINESS LAW HANDBOOK” (LexisNexis Japan, July 2013)
  • “IP protection in ASEAN and India: tracking the rapid strides & progress” (Patent, June 2011)
  • “Technological development and intellectual property originating from Hokkaido” (Patent, December 2010)
  • “Strategies for Using the Australian Innovation Patent System” (Patent, April 2010)
  • “All about License Agreements – Practical Business Edition” (LexisNexis Japan, January 2010)
  • “Recent amendments of European Patent Convention” (Patent, October 2009)
  • “Guide to US law” (LexisNexis JP,November 2007)
  • “Patent Attorney Prep Workbook for short answer test – question-by-question breakdown (3) Design Law” (Hougakushoin, Octber 2006)
  • “IP Securitization”, Ginkojitsumu” (Banking Education Co. Ltd., December 2005)
  • “Technology for Measuring Performance of IP Networks” (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE, October 1998)
  • “Method for Inferring Available Bandwidth in IP Networks” (Information Processing Society of Japan, October 1998)
  • “Resource-negotiation System Based on Market Competition” (IEICE, June 1997)
  • “Cost-optimal Design of Communications Networks” (The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 1991)

Members

  • Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  • International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

Qualifications

  • Qualified as a patent attorney (2004)
  • TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) score: 925

Practice

  • Patent / Utility Model Prosecution
  • Industry-University Cooperation
  • Litigation