弁理士:塚原朋一(英語) | TANI&ABE,p.c.

Patent attorneys

塚原 朋一

Tomokatsu TSUKAHARA

Qualification

Japanese Attorney-at-Law

Position

Advisor

Education and History

1968 Mr.Tsukahara received his B.S. in Economics from Hitotsubashi University. He passed the National Bar Examination in 1967 and entered the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan in 1968.
1970 In 1970, he sat on Assistant Judge and then Judge at the District Courts of Tokyo and Chiba, Judicial Research Official at the Supreme Court, Presiding Judge of a Division at the District Court of Sendai and Tokyo, Judge at the Tokyo High Court, Chief Judge of the District Courts of Kushiro and Kofu.
2003-2007 In 2003-2007, he became Presiding Judge at the Tokyo High Court 18th Civil Division (Intellectual Property Division)
2007-2010 In 2007-2010, Intellectual Property High Court  as Chief Justice. He retired in 2010.
2010.9.〜 After retirement, he was a Professor at the Waseda University School of Law until 2013. During this time, he was also a special advisor at TMI Associates, Soei Patent & Law and Tani & Abe, p.c.