Patend and Law Firm JuJu (Nagoya Aichi Japan)

Mitsuhiro KATO
Patent Attorney, Attorney-at-law

He has handled a number of domestic and foreign patent applications mainly in software-related fields such as power control of hybrid car, image processing of printer, car navigation system and computer graphics (three-dimensional map）as a patent attorney.

After the registration as an attorney-at-law, he also handles licensing and litigation cases, while continuously dealing with applications of intellectual property rights. Besides of licensing, he also handling a lot of contraction cases relating to IP and R&D. Though he started his carrier as a patent attorney in patent field, he now handles a variety of IP cases, including design patent, trademark, and unfair competition cases. Taking advantage of his wealth of experience, he gives effective advises to companies in business and IP strategy. He supports companies to utilize IP for growing their business.

Making the most of a technical background, he also handles technical disputes in which the design defect of the plant and the like are disputed.

Also, he has a lot of experiences as a lecturer of seminars on intellectual property, and has received good valuation for comprehensibility.

He hopes to be helpful to you as much as possible with a motto of "quickness and the best performance!".

Membership and Qualifications

• Japan Patent Attorneys Association
• Aichi Bar Association
• APAA
• Licensing Executives Society Japan
• Information Processing Engineer

Profile

March 1988

Graduated from Kyoto University, Aviation Engineering Division

April 1988

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Aerospace Business Division

January 1997

Registered as a patent attorney

April 2004

Entered Nagoya University Law School

November 2008

Legal Apprentice

December 2009

Registered as an Attorney-at-law (Aichi Bar Association), Re-registered as a patent attorney

Literary Works

• Influences of Business Method Patent: Protection of Business Method Patent and its Involvement (<Special feature>Business Method Patent)
• The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association 52(6), 311-316, 2002-06-01
• Cooperation between Patent Attorney and Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant Patent December, 2021（https://system.jpaa.or.jp/patent/viewPdf/3917）

Hirotaro NAKAMURA
Attorney-at-law, Patent Attorney

He was interested in chemistry when he was a student, and he engaged in the research for luminescence materials of organic EL displays. In addition, he studied eco-technology at university.

After the registration as an attorney-at-law, he handles a variety of cases, including general civil cases centered on traffic accidents, family affairs cases including divorce and inheritance, corporate legal affairs, and criminal cases.

After the registration as a patent attorney, he also handles patent and trade mark search and filing applications.

For the cases relating to natural science, the degree of understanding and consideration on such cases depend on whether the attorney has the background or not. He handles wide range of such cases making the most of his knowledge.

He hopes to help as many of you as possible.

Membership and Qualifications

• Aichi Bar Association
• Japan Patent Attorneys Association
• Society for Research of Administrative Litigation in Nagoya
• APAA

Profile

March 2005

Graduated from Nagoya University, School of Informatics and Sciences, Department of Natural Science Informatics

April 2005

Entered Aichi University Law School

November 2010

Legal Apprentice

December 2011

Registered as an Attorney-at-law (Aichi Bar Association)

April 2016

Registered as a patent attorney

Masakuni NISHIWAKI
Attorney-at-law,Certified Public Accountant

In the audit firm, he mainly engaged in statutory audit of listed companies (the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law audit and Companies Act audit), and also in audit and review business and accounting advice business for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, he consulted not only on accounting and audit, but also on such as the Commercial Code, the Companies Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. Furthermore, he was often involved in property assessment for corporate reorganization cases.

As a lawyer, he handled a wide range of fields including general civil affairs as well as corporate law, bankruptcy, domestic relations, and criminal cases. Finally, he decided to work at Kinki Local Finance Bureau of Ministry of Finance by some kind of fate.

In Kinki Local Finance Bureau, he was involved in financial administration as supervisory authority, and he was in charge of the guidance and examination business for financial inspection on deposit-taking financial institutions (bank, credit association, credit union, etc.), money lenders, trust companies, issuer of prepaid payment instruments, and the like.

Taking advantage of a wide range of experience in the past, he is resolved to continue to address every case with the aim of solutions that satisfy all the requesters.

Membership and Qualifications

• Aichi Bar Association
• Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Lawyers Network of Insolvency Proceedings in Japan
• Japan Law Foundation
• Support agencies for business innovation

Profile

October 1999

Registered as a Junior Accountant

March 2000

Graduated from Nagoya University, School of Economics, Department of Business

April 2000

Employed at Asahi & Co. (now KPMG AZSA LLC.) Nagoya office

April 2003

Registered as a Certified Public Accountant

April 2004

Entered Nagoya University Law School

November 2007

Legal Apprentice

December 2008

Registered as an Attorney-at-law (Aichi Bar Association)

July 2013

Employed at Kinki Local Finance Bureau of Ministry of Finance, Finance Department, Examination Business Division

Toru OGAWA
Attorney-at-law, Certified Public Tax Accountant