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Nobuo ARAKAWA

2nd Mechanical Division
Patent Attorney & Divisional Manager

Field
mechanical
design
Qualification
patent attorney (1997)
IP infringement litigator (2004)
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Profile

Mr. Arakawa was qualified as a patent attorney in 1997.  He was also qualified in 2004 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 Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., he joined Fukami in 2002.  He handles prosecutions, appeals, expert opinions, and litigation in the fields of patent and design.  He is a member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

Education

graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1991)
received a master’s degree from the same university (1993)

Experience

Intellectual Property Department, National House Industrial Co., Ltd. (1993-1999)
Intellectual Property Department, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (1999-2002)
Fukami Patent Office (2002-)

Adjunct lecturer

Professor, Osaka Institute of Technology Department of Intellectual Property (2011-2014)

Overseas training

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch Program (US) (2005)
Mewburn Ellis Program (UK) (2007)