PEOPLE BY QUALIFICATION

Ayumu IIJIMA
飯島 歩

Representative of Innoventier Group
Representative Partner of Innoventier LPC
Senior Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Sep, 1992)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2001)
• Japan Patent Office Legislative Affairs Office / Legal Expert (Jul, 2002 - Jun, 2003)
• Innoventier LPC / Representative Partner (Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Senior Partner (Representative of Innoventier Group) (Sep, 2017 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese (native), English (fluent)

Tomomi FUJITA
藤田 知美

Equity Partner of Innoventier LPC
Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Takamatsu High School (Mar, 1999)
• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2003)
• Kitahama Partners / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Dec, 2011)
• Kitahama Partners / Partner (Jan, 2012 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Apr, 2016 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, M&A, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Jun HIRANO
平野 潤

Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2003)
• Tokiwa Law Office / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Sep, 2011)
• Hirano Law Office / Representative (Oct, 2011 - Nov, 2018)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Dec, 2018 - Dec, 2020)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Jan, 2021 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Employment Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Takeshi KANDA
神田 雄

Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2003)
• YUASA AND HARA / asociate (Oct, 2006 - Jun, 2009)
• Japan Patent Office Legislative Affairs Office / Legal Expert (Jul, 2009 - Jun, 2010)
• YUASA AND HARA / Associate (Jul, 2010 - Feb, 2020)
• University of Southern California Law School (LL.M.) (May, 2011)
• Innoventier LPC / Assosiate (Mar, 2020 - )
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Jan, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Cross-border Transactions, Employment Law, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese，English

Shizu MACHINO
町野 静

Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2004)
• Keio University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2006)
• Kitahama Partners / Associate (Dec, 2007 - Oct, 2016)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2015)
• Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. / Visiting Attorney (Aug, 2015 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Nov, 2016 - Dec, 2018)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Jan, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Atsuko OWADA
小和田 敦子

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics (BEc) (Mar, 1997)
• Nishimura ＆ Asahi. / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Dec, 2005)
• Nakamura & Partners / Associate (Jan, 2006 - Aug, 2017)
• New York University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2013)
• Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Legal Theory LL.M.) (Sep, 2019)
• NEC Corporation (Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Apr, 2021 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese,English

Reiko MANABE
真鍋 怜子

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2003)
• Supreme Court of Japan The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan (Oct, 2004)
• City-Yuwa Partners / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Oct, 2009)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Apr, 2016 - )

Practice Areas: Finance, Employment Law, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Akio MISHINA
三品 明生

Associate
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan)

• Osaka University School of Engineering Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Science (B.Eng.) (Mar, 2004)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Materials and Manufacturing Science (M.Eng.) (Mar, 2006)
• Osaka Gakuin University Graduate School of Law (J.D.) (Mar, 2014)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Jan, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Yuki MURAKAMI
村上 友紀

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2009)
• Osaka City University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2011)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Jul, 2017 - )
• Duke University School of Law / Visiting Scholar (Jul, 2018 - Jun, 2019)

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Bankruptcy
Languages: Japanese (native), English (fluent)

Takeru MIZOGAMI
溝上 武尊

Associate
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Osaka University School of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2010)
• Kyoto University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2012)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Apr, 2018 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Competition Law, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese, English

Mai HATANO
秦野 真衣

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2010)
• Kyoto University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2012)
• Kyoto University Legal affairs office (Sep, 2015 - Nov, 2019)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Dec, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Personal Information Protection, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese, English

Reina KANEMURA
金村 玲奈

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2010)
• The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.) (Mar, 2012)
• University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (LL.M., Concentration in Intellectual Property & Technology Law) (May, 2020)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Nov, 2020 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Cross-border Transactions, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Hiromi KAKUGAWA
角川 博美

Associate
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Doshisha University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2015)
• Kyoto University Law School (Mar, 2016)
• Supreme Court of Japan The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan (Dec, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Nov, 2021 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Employment Law, Dispute Resolution, Health Care
Languages: Japanese,English

Ryosuke UEDA
上田 亮祐

Associate
Attorney at Law (Japan)

• Kobe University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2015)
• Kobe University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Jan, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Keiko KAWAKAMI
川上 桂子

Representative of Innoventier IP Attorneys
Senior Partner
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Osaka University School of Engineering Science Information Technology (B.Eng.) (Mar, 1988)
• Bank of Japan Computer System Department (Apr, 1988 - Oct, 1992)
• Ikeuchi, Sato and Partners / Partner (Aug, 1998 - Mar, 2009)
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit / Visiting Scholar (Apr, 2009 - Jun, 2009)
• INTELIX Patent & Law Firm / Partner (Jun, 2009 - Dec, 2015)
• Kawakami & Associates / Partner (Jan, 2016 - Apr, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Apr, 2017 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Senior Partner (Representative) (Sep, 2017 - )
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Representative Partner (Nov, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Tomomichi YOKOI
横井 知理

Partner
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 1993)
• Keio University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.) (Mar, 1996)
• Kyoto University Graduate School of Energy Science (Mar, 2011)
• Kitahama Partners (Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Apr, 2016 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Koji MAEDA
前田 幸嗣

Partner
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Osaka City University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2001)
• Aoyama & Partners / Patent Attorney (Trademark Group) (Jan, 2002 - Dec, 2006)
• Kamada Patent Office / Patent Attorney (Trademark Group) (Jan, 2007 - Feb, 2015)
• Saegusa & Partners / Patent Attorney (Trademark and Design Group) (Mar, 2015 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (Trademark and Design) (Sep, 2017 - Dec, 2018)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Junior Partner (Jan, 2019 - Oct, 2022)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Partner (Nov, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Yoshimichi KAJITANI
梶谷 美道

Associate
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Osaka University School of Engineering Science Chemistry (B.Eng.) (Mar, 1987)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering Science Chemistry (M.Eng.) (Mar, 1989)
• Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Oct, 1995 - Sep, 2001)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (Jan, 2022 - Oct, 2022)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (Nov, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese,English

Yutaka TABATA
田端 豊

Associate
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Osaka City University Department of Engineering Department of Applied Physics (B.Eng.) (Mar, 2008)
• Osaka City University Graduate School of Engineering Electronic Information System (M.Eng.) (Mar, 2010)
• Panasonic Corporation (Apr, 2010 - May, 2013)
• Miyazono Patent Office (Jun, 2013 - Apr, 2020)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (May, 2020 - Oct, 2022)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (Nov, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese,English

Shoji YOSHIDA
吉田 昌司

Of Counsel
Patent Attorney with License for Infringement Lawsuit (Japan)

• Shin Nippon Koki Co., Ltd. (Apr, 1967 - Mar, 1979)
• Yasuda & Okamoto Patent Attorneys / Vice President (Apr, 1979 - Feb, 2005)
• Fukami Patent Office, p.c. / Patent Attorney (Mar, 2005 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Of Counsel (Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Of Counsel (Sep, 2017 - Oct, 2022)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Of Counsel (Nov, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese

Ayumu IIJIMA
飯島 歩

Representative of Innoventier Group
Representative Partner of Innoventier LPC
Senior Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Sep, 1992)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2001)
• Japan Patent Office Legislative Affairs Office / Legal Expert (Jul, 2002 - Jun, 2003)
• Innoventier LPC / Representative Partner (Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Senior Partner (Representative of Innoventier Group) (Sep, 2017 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese (native), English (fluent)

Atsuko OWADA
小和田 敦子

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics (BEc) (Mar, 1997)
• Nishimura ＆ Asahi. / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Dec, 2005)
• Nakamura & Partners / Associate (Jan, 2006 - Aug, 2017)
• New York University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2013)
• Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Legal Theory LL.M.) (Sep, 2019)
• NEC Corporation (Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Apr, 2021 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese,English

Manami Niwa
丹羽 愛深

Associate
Patent Attorney (Japan)

• Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering 　 (B.Eng.) (Mar, 1996)
• Fukami Patent Office, p.c. (Oct, 2000 - Sep, 2015)
• Nihon University Distance Learning Division Department of Law (LL.B.) (Sep, 2015)
• SunCrest Patent and Trademark Attorneys (Oct, 2015 - Jun, 2018)
• Sakamoto IP -Intellectual Property (Jun, 2018 - Dec, 2022)
• Innoventier IP Attorneys / Associate (Jan, 2023 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese,English

Akio MISHINA
三品 明生

Associate
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan)

• Osaka University School of Engineering Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Science (B.Eng.) (Mar, 2004)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Materials and Manufacturing Science (M.Eng.) (Mar, 2006)
• Osaka Gakuin University Graduate School of Law (J.D.) (Mar, 2014)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Jan, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Languages: Japanese, English

Ayumu IIJIMA
飯島 歩

Representative of Innoventier Group
Representative Partner of Innoventier LPC
Senior Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Kyoto University Department of Law (LL.B.) (Sep, 1992)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2001)
• Japan Patent Office Legislative Affairs Office / Legal Expert (Jul, 2002 - Jun, 2003)
• Innoventier LPC / Representative Partner (Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2017)
• Innoventier LPC / Senior Partner (Representative of Innoventier Group) (Sep, 2017 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution
Languages: Japanese (native), English (fluent)

Shizu MACHINO
町野 静

Partner
Attorney at Law (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2004)
• Keio University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2006)
• Kitahama Partners / Associate (Dec, 2007 - Oct, 2016)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2015)
• Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. / Visiting Attorney (Aug, 2015 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Nov, 2016 - Dec, 2018)
• Innoventier LPC / Partner (Jan, 2019 - )

Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Atsuko OWADA
小和田 敦子

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan), Patent Attorney (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics (BEc) (Mar, 1997)
• Nishimura ＆ Asahi. / Associate (Oct, 2004 - Dec, 2005)
• Nakamura & Partners / Associate (Jan, 2006 - Aug, 2017)
• New York University School of Law (LL.M.) (May, 2013)
• Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Legal Theory LL.M.) (Sep, 2019)
• NEC Corporation (Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Apr, 2021 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese,English

Reina KANEMURA
金村 玲奈

Counsel
Attorney at Law (Japan), Attorney at Law (New York)

• Keio University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2010)
• The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.) (Mar, 2012)
• University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (LL.M., Concentration in Intellectual Property & Technology Law) (May, 2020)
• Innoventier LPC / Counsel (Nov, 2020 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Cross-border Transactions, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Law
Languages: Japanese, English

Azamat SHAKIROV
アザマト シャキロフ

Associate
Advocate (Russian Federation), Advocate (Uzbekistan)

• Tashkent State Institute of Law (LL.B.) (Jun, 2011)
• Nagoya University Research and Education Center for Japanese Law (Jun, 2011)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Law and Politics (LL.M.) (Mar, 2015)
• Kitahama Partners / Paralegal (Jun, 2015 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Apr, 2016 - )
• Mineev & Partners (Jun, 2016 - Dec, 2017)
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP （London） (Dec, 2019 - Aug, 2020)

Practice Areas: Russian Law・Central Asian Law
Languages: Russian, Uzbek, English, Japanese

Azamat SHAKIROV
アザマト シャキロフ

Associate
Advocate (Russian Federation), Advocate (Uzbekistan)

• Tashkent State Institute of Law (LL.B.) (Jun, 2011)
• Nagoya University Research and Education Center for Japanese Law (Jun, 2011)
• Osaka University Graduate School of Law and Politics (LL.M.) (Mar, 2015)
• Kitahama Partners / Paralegal (Jun, 2015 - Mar, 2016)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Apr, 2016 - )
• Mineev & Partners (Jun, 2016 - Dec, 2017)
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP （London） (Dec, 2019 - Aug, 2020)

Practice Areas: Russian Law・Central Asian Law
Languages: Russian, Uzbek, English, Japanese

Koji MASUDA
増田 昂治

Currently Seconded to Consumer Affairs Agency
Associate
Temporarily Not Licensed Due To Secomdment

• Chuo University Faculty of Law Department of Law (LL.B.) (Mar, 2012)
• Keio University Law School (J.D.) (Mar, 2014)
• Innoventier LPC / Associate (Apr, 2019 - )
• Consumer Affairs Agency (Jan, 2022 - )

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, M&A, Advertising Law
Languages: Japanese, English