Tsuyoshi FUJIMOTO
Professional Experience
Mr. Fujimoto is the Senior Manager of our Trademark and Design Division. His practice encompasses Trademark/Design prosecution and litigation for both domestic and foreign clients.
Membership
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Intellectual Property Association of Japan
Education
LL.M., Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University
Practice Areas
Trademarks
Designs
Languages
English
Japanese
Articles (including co-authored)
“Prosecution History and Design Right Infringement Litigation” AIPPI Vol.67, No.6, p.14, 2022
“Subject to Regulation by Indirect Infringement Defined in the Design Act” Patent Vol. 75, No. 3, p.78, 2022
“The Context of the Design Act Reform 2019” Patent Vol. 74, No. 8, p. 97, 2021
“Infringement Cases of Christian Louboutin’s Red Sole Trademark in India” AIPPI Vol. 65, No. 1, p.31, 2020
“The validity of industrial design registrations and design patents as a measurement of “good” product design: A comparative empirical analysis” World Patent Information No. 53, p. 14, 2018
“Distinctiveness of Registered Sound Trademarks Consisting Solely of Sound” Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 68, No. 9, p.1200, 2018
“Reform of Design Protection System in Singapore: Design Protection System for Pro-Innovation” Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Vol. 14, No. 2, p.5, 2017
“Report on a Survey of Trends in Design Applications 2016 -Macro Survey-” Japan Patent Office Research Report, 2017
“Research report regarding reconsidering operation of a user-friendly design law system” Japan Patent Office Research Report, 2017
“Supreme Court Judgement on Trademark Distinctiveness in Indonesia (KOPITIAM Case)” LES JAPAN NEWS Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 17, 2016
“Questionnaires regarding Distinctiveness of Trademarks outside of Japan” Journal of the Japan Trademark Association Vol. 83, 2015
“Access and Benefit Sharing under Convention on Biological Diversity” Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 62, No. 10, p.1495, 2012
“Review of a case in which Article 2(1) of the Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Act was applied to a Domain Name Dispute” Patent Vol. 64, No. 9, p. 49, 2011
Seminars
“Strategic Use of Industrial Design”, JPO/IPR 9th Training Course for Patent Practitioners 2020, November 18, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan
“Introduction to the Design Act”, JPO/IPR 9th Training Course for Patent Practitioners 2019, October 21, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
“Design Law”, JPO/IPR 13th Training Course for Patent Practitioners 2018, November 5, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
International Committee Memberships
WIPO, Standing Committee on The Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, 39th Session (April 2018)
International Committee, Intellectual Property Association of Japan (2019-)