Professional experience

Graduated from Meiji University (LL.B.);
Graduated from Waseda University (LL.M.);
Passed the BAR Examination in 1995;
Registered for Patent [& Trademark] Attorney in 1995;
Joined Nakamura & Partners in 1996;
Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 2010
Japan Trademark Association (JTA) (1996-)
International Trademark Association (INTA) (2000-)
Japan Patent Office (JPO) Council (2004-)
JPAA Education Institute (2004-)
Madrid System Subcommittee of INTA (2005-2007)
AIPPI Japan Guest Researcher (2012)

Publications, etc.

"Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Right" by Sanseido (2001)
"Joint Trademark Right and Joint Litigation", JTA BULLETIN (Aug. 2003)
"Content or Ingredient Indication and Use of Trademark", PATENT EXTRA Vol. 62 Extra No. 1, by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2009)
"Some Thoughts Concerning Name of Shopping Centre ", PATENT Vol. 62 No.6, by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2009)
"Basic Knowledge about Paris Convention and other Treaties regarding Trademarks", IP Seminar of Thomson Corporation (2006)
"Basic Knowledge about Foreign Trademark Prosecution and the Nice Classification", IP Seminar of Thomson Reuter Professional (2012)
"How to Make an Appropriate Specification", JPAA Seminar (2012)