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Hitoshi Akiba is head of the firm's affiliated office in Tokyo, Japan. He focuses his practice on intellectual property, representing clients in a variety of matters including counseling on patent matters, patent infringement litigation, patent licensing and patent transaction. Hitoshi has successfully represented clients in various patent licensing activities. Also, he has provided advice to foreign clients with a broad experience in the Japanese patent system. He also leads patent prosecution work and prior art search/invalidity analysis work of Tokyo Office, which are widely appreciated by foreign clients. Prior to joining the firm, Hitoshi had worked in Hitachi, Ltd. and Renesas Technology Corp. as a IP counsel for over 15 years.
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Adversarial Patent Prosecution℠
Asset Creation - Prosecution & Counseling
Licensing, Transactions & Monetization
Cornell Law School LL.M. (2000)
Chuo University LL.B. (1999)
University of Electro-Communications B.E. (1990)
New York (2001)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1993)
American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Member
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