Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property TOKYO 2024 JSIP2024 - IP Dispute Resolution in Asia -Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property TOKYO 2024 JSIP2024 - IP Dispute Resolution in Asia -

 

Speakers

Japan Patent Office

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Name: ONO Yota
Position: Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
1989 Bachelor’s degree, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
1989 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as a member of the General Affairs Division of the Japan Patent Office
1993 Studied at the Columbia University in the City of New York
2004-2007 Director of the New York Office, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
2007-2008 Director of the International Energy Strategy Promotion Office, Secretariat of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
2008-2010 Director of the International Affairs Division, Secretariat of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
2010-2012 Dispatched to the International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan Co., Ltd. (public-private exchange program)
2012-2014 Director of the Trade Insurance Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau
2014-2015 Director of the Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau
2015-2017 Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Secretariat of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
2017-2018 Director-General, Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Secretariat of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
2018-2020 Counselor of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance (Deputy Vice Minister of the Customs and Tariff Bureau/International Bureau)
2020-2021 Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, Secretariat of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (Concurrently) Deputy Director-General for Energy, Environment and Innovation Policy, Minister's Secretariat
2021-2024 Senior Managing Director, Japan Finance Corporation
2024- Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (Current Position)
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Name: TAMURA Kiyoko
Position: Director-General , Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office
April 1990 Joined the Japan Patent Office (Medical Science Division, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science))
April 1994 Examiner
October 1995 Administrative Officer, Administrative Affairs Division
December 1998 United States Patent and Trademark Office
October 2002 Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, JPO（the 22nd Board of Appeal）
October 2004 Senior Examiner, Organic Chemistry Division, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
October 2005 Judicial Research Official, Tokyo District Court
January 2009 Associate Managing Examiner, Medical Science Division, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
April 2010 Director, Pharmaceutical Compounds Sub-Division, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
July 2013 Director, Biotechnology Division, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
July 2015 Director, Examination Standards Office, Administrative Affairs Division
July 2017 Chief Administrative Judge, the 24th Board of Appeal
July 2019 Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal, the 25th Board of Appeal
January 2022 Executive Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department
July 2024 Director-General of Trial and Appeal Department
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Name: MORIFUJI Atsushi
Position: Executive Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office
April 1992 Joined the Japan Patent Office (Motive Machinery Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
April 1996 Examiner
April 2008 Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, JPO (the 10th Board of Trial and Appeal)
October 2009 Senior Examiner, Logistics Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
April 2010 Associate Managing Examiner, Textile Processing and Packaging Machinery Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
April 2014 Director in technical affairs, Automatic Control Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
July 2015 Director, Motive Machinery Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
July 2016 Director, Logistics Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
July 2018 Senior Director, Living Appliance Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
July 2019 Deputy Director-General, Automatic Control Division, Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
July 2020 Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal, the 14th Board of Trial and Appeal
April 2021 Judicial Research Official, the Intellectual Property High Court
April 2024 Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal, the 14th Board of Trial and Appeal
July 2024 Executive Chief Administrative Judge (current position), Trial and Appeal Department

In addition, he worked at the General Coordination Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Budget and Accounts Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department (Deputy Director), Japan Patent Information Organization (Director of Investigation and Research), IP Promotion Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department (Director of Patent Information Policy Planning), and KIT Toranomon Graduate School, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (visiting professor).