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Yosuke Kawasaki

Yosuke Kawasaki

Patent Attorney (benrishi)
Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1421
FAX:
81-3-6775-2421

Dr. Kawasaki is a registered and qualified patent attorney (benrishi) at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He has been involved in various patent matters and is well versed in patent searches, international and domestic patent filing and prosecution. He is specialized in the fields of Life Science and Pharmaceuticals.

Kawasaki Yosuke
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property/TMT
Patent Prosecution IP Disputes IP Licensing and Transactions Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Science

Topics

External Seminars
Nov 25, 2022
Presentation at the US Case Law Seminar by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) International Activities Center: (Title) A CAFC Decision indicating that mere absence of descriptions on the structure to be exin the specification is insufficient for negative limitations to fulfill Written Description Requirement (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.) (Research Results Report)
External Seminars
Dec 3, 2021
Presentation at the US Case Law Seminar by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) International Activities Center: Introduction of the Supreme Court decision that confirmed the validity of the doctrine of assignor estoppel and indicated its limits of application (Minerva Surgical, Inc .v. Hologic, Inc.)
Books
Oct 2020
Legal Matters regarding Life Sciences and Health Care - Navigation regarding Regulations, Intellectual Properties and Corporate Matters (Second Edition)

Practice Groups

  • Intellectual Property Law Group
  • Life Sciences and Health Care Practice Group

Background

Mar 1999 Bachelor of Science, Kyoto University
Mar 2001 Master of Life Science, Graduate School of Kyoto University
Nov 2006 Doctor of Life Science, Graduate School of Kyoto University
Feb 2007 - Mar 2009 Researcher, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Apr 2009 - Mar 2014 Patent Examiner at Japan Patent Office
Apr 2014 Registered as a Patent Attorney. Joined AMT.
Feb 2016 Qualified as a Litigation Patent Attorney ("Fuki-Benrishi")
2021 - 2022 Project leader of Project Group for Liaison with AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) in JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
2021 - 2023 IP mentor in IP Acceleration program for Startups (IPAS) at the JPO
2022 - 2023 Chairperson of Biotechnology and Life Science Committee in JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Apr 2024- Technical Advisor in Intellectual Property Lawsuits

Publications

Legal Matters regarding Life Sciences and Health Care - Navigation regarding Regulations, Intellectual Properties and Corporate Matters (Second Edition) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
Oct 2020
Cases where IP High Court determined the interpretation of scope of product inventions whose claims recite intended use of the products. IP High Court Decision on June 27, 2019, (Case No. H31 ne 10009), Appealed from Tokyo District Court, December 18, 2018 (Case No. H28 wa 6494), and IP High Court Decision on March 19, 2019 (Case No. H30 gyo-ke 10036) A.I.P.P.I Journal of the Japanese Group, Vol.65, No.6, pp.13-34
Jun 2020
Legal Matters regarding Life Sciences and Health Care - Navigation regarding Regulations, Intellectual Properties and Corporate Matters Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
Sep 2018
The Use Invention in the Field of Foods Has Now Become Patentable in Japan Patents & Licensing (Vol.46 No.3) October 2016
Oct 2016
A Patent is Deemed Invalid Based on the Lack of an Inventive Step Over a Publicly Worked Invention in Infringement Lawsuit Patents & Licensing (Vol.45 No.5) March 2016
Mar 2016

Lectures

Presentation at the US Case Law Seminar by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) International Activities Center: (Title) A CAFC Decision indicating that mere absence of descriptions on the structure to be exin the specification is insufficient for negative limitations to fulfill Written Description Requirement (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.) (Research Results Report) Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Nov 25, 2022
Presentation at the US Case Law Seminar by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) International Activities Center: Introduction of the Supreme Court decision that confirmed the validity of the doctrine of assignor estoppel and indicated its limits of application (Minerva Surgical, Inc .v. Hologic, Inc.) Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Dec 3, 2021
Patenting AI inventions in the US and Japan NEDO Silicon Valley Office
Jan 31, 2020
Description Requirements for Bio-life science inventions involving AI American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Jan 29, 2020
AIPPI Japan case study workshop 189th - identification of invention defined with intended use - AIPPI Japan
Oct 28, 2019
UNITT (University Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer) annual conference 2019, session 2B, Patent filing strategy for medical inventions seeds found in academic researches aiming for different medical modalities Hosted by UNITT (University Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer), and co-hosted by Tokyo Denki University.
Sep 6, 2019

Professional Admissions

  • Patent Attorney (2014)
  • Qualification as a Litigation Patent Attorney ("Fuki-Benrishi") (2016)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English