President, Senior Partner, Managing Partner
Takeya OKAMOTO
“The product of my imagination, creativity, and passion goes beyond your expectation!”
Takeya OKAMOTO is indeed an acclaimed professional who has covered from upstream to downstream of the flow of intellectual property creation. He has a vast wealth of experience in handling invalidation trials, license negotiations, and infringement litigations; providing expert opinions; and creating agreements, not to mention expertise in acquisition of IP rights. He has handled more than 2000 patent application filings while he has provided consultations of all kinds. With all his knowledge and experiences, he is willing to humbly devote his energies to accomplish the business goals of his clients.
“The product of my imagination, creativity, and passion goes beyond your expectation!”
Takeya OKAMOTO is indeed an acclaimed professional who has covered from upstream to downstream of the flow of intellectual property creation. He has a vast wealth of experience in handling invalidation trials, license negotiations, and infringement litigations; providing expert opinions; and creating agreements, not to mention expertise in acquisition of IP rights. He has handled more than 2000 patent application filings while he has provided consultations of all kinds. With all his knowledge and experiences, he is willing to humbly devote his energies to accomplish the business goals of his clients.
Educational/Professional Background
1989 Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautical Engineering (B.Eng.)
1989 Adachi International Patent Office (now Nagoya International IP Firm)
2005 Registered as a patent and trademark attorney
2007 Became Vice-President/Senior Partner/Managing Partner
2009 Qualified as an IP infringement litigator
2012 Became President of Nagoya International Patent Firm
Areas of Expertise
Takeya’s technical focus is on mechanical engineering, control engineering, information and telecommunication, mechatronics, and business method. In particular, he has expertise in vehicle control (motion characteristic control, autonomous driving etc.), information processing (car navigation, image processing, voice recognition, etc.), sound reproduction (karaoke, electronic musical instrument), etc. He has extensive experience in legal consulting in intellectual property domain and dispute settlement.
Qualifications
Information Systems Security Administrator
Membership of Associations
–Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Memberships & Committees
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
-Permanent Committee [Officer of Japan Patent Attorneys Association](2023-2024)
-Personnel Review Committee for the next fiscal year (2023-2024)
-Business Infrastructure Reinforcement Committee (2019)
-Patent Attorney Practice Standardization Committee (2017-2018)
-Technical Standardization Committee (2012-2013)
-Design Committee (2011)
-Patent Committee (2009-2010)
-Unfair Competition Prevention Act Committee (2007-2008)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association Tokai branch
-Candidate nomination committee (2024)
-Candidate nomination committee, Chairperson (2023)
-Vice Chairperson (2020)
-Legal Committee (2019)
-Secretary-General (2016)
-Tokai Branch 20th Anniversary Project Committee (2016)
-Personnel Committee, Vice Chairperson (2015)
-Patent Committee, Vice Chairperson (2010)
-Intellectual Property Systems Promotion Committee (2008)
Others
-Tokai Council chairperson (2024)
-Tokai Council Vice chairperson (2023)
-Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Nagoya Branch, Steering Committee, Member (2011-2014,2022-2023)
Lectures & Speeches
-“Strategies for Creating Inventions and Filing Patent Applications”, Seminar hosted by our firm (June 2017)
-“Early 2016 Topics on Patent Application Strategy”, Seminar hosted by our firm (July 2016)
-“Insight into Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Affairs Law for Building Your Business Strategies”, Gifu Research and Development Foundation (November 2013)
-“IP rights protection of software and Its Issues”, Japan Information Engineering Trade Center (February 2012)
-“Key Points on Intellectual Property Rights: With Focus on Patents and Trademarks”, Seino Shinkin Bank (March 2012)
Teaching Experience
-“IP Industry and Job of Patent Attorney”, Nagoya University Career Education Office (2010 – 2012)
Publications
“Legal Case Studies on Trademark Dilution”, Japan Patent Attorney Association, Patent 2017 Vol. 70 (September 2017)
Media Appearance
-“Do You Know What Patent Attorneys Do? “, The Mid-Japan Economist (April, 2020)
-“Patent Application and Patent Attorney”, ZIP-FM Radio (May 2008)