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Masato SASAKI

Executive
Patent Attorney & Vice-President

Field
mechanical
design
  
Qualification
patent attorney (2002)
IP infringement litigator (2005)

Profile

Mr. Sasaki was qualified as a patent attorney in 2002. He was also qualified in 2005 as an IP infringement litigator.  (Qualified as having passed the Specific Infringement Litigation Representation Examination under Article 15 bis of the Patent Attorneys Law in Japan.)
After working at Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd., he joined Fukami in 1991.  He handles prosecutions, appeals, expert opinions, and litigation in the fields of patent and design.  He is an active member of Special Committee at Tokyo High Court and District Court and at Osaka District Court (2014-2015, 2020- ).  He is a member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) and AIPPI.

Education

graduated from Kobe University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1990)

Experience

Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd. (1990-1991)
Fukami Patent Office (1991-)
Member of Special Committee at Tokyo High Court and District Court and at Osaka District Court (2014-2015, 2020-)

Adjunct lecturer

Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics (2010-2022)

Overseas training

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch Program (US) (2007)