Managing Partner
Language:Japanese, English
Electricity / IT, Computer tech. Mechatronics
Members
Sakaki MORISHITA
Experience and Achievements
- 2009
- Founded focalworks corporation
- 1997-2000
- Director of Monolith Co., Ltd. Managed a number of national (MITI, STA) projects related to topology-based computer science. Worked on the construction of patent networks from advanced theories.
- 1994-1997
- Associate in a patent law firm Handled domestic and foreign patent prosecution and administration of the translation division. Organized IP workshops jointly with foreign patent law firms. Completed a training program for patent practice in Europe(1995)
- 1986-1994
- Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) Designed and developed products of computer hardware and architecture. Developed and commercialized a number of PCs including the world’s first 32-bit, A4 laptop. Designed a number of LSIs and printed boards. Handled process management, cost management and quality control. Twice awarded the Computer Department’s Best Inventor Award(1993 and 1994)
- 1986
- B.S. in Physics Kyoto University
Publications
- “All about License Agreements - Basic Edition” (DAI‐ICHI HOKI CO.,LTD. , 1st ed: September 2018)
- “All about License Agreements - Practical Business Edition” (DAI‐ICHI HOKI CO.,LTD. , 1st ed: September 2018)
- “Tax business for lawyers and patent attorneys and judicial scriveners for tax return in the year 2014 - 2017”(LexisNexis Japan, November 2013 - December 2016)
- “International Business Law - Legal Work from trade transactions to articles of agreement in English”(LexisNexis Japan, 2nd ed:July 2015)
- “BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL” (LexisNexis Japan, August 2008)
- “Guide to US law” (LexisNexis Japan, November 2007)
- “All about License Agreements – Legal Management of Business Risk ”(LexisNexis Japan, November 2006)
- “Q&A for Business Troubles with Intellectual Property” (Chuokeizai-sha, Inc., December 2004)
- “Protecting your intellectual rights in deploying your business in China” (Business Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 9, 2004)
- “The Difference between Novelty and Inventive Step, a new interpretation based on relevant prior art”, Patent, vol.53 (JPAA, February 2000)
- “Homotopy and Intellectual Property”, Invited paper in Proceedings Computer Graphics International 1999(IEEE, June 1999)
- “A Model of Virtual Environments for Integrating Academia, Industry and Governments”, Position paper for EC/NSF Advanced Research Workshop in June 1999, France(Springer-Verlag London)
- “Business, Academia, Government: Toward Symbiotic Collaboration in a Networked Society”, Invited paper in Frontiers of Human-Centred Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments(Springer-Verlag London)
- “Status of R & D and possibilities of joint research efforts in security technology and homotopy technology supporting electronic commerce”(JETRO, March 1998)
Media
- Narrative Company – Turning point of Top 11 entrepreneurs”(Publication Laboratory, January 2012)
- Web TV Program “At the turning point of time -in pursuit of their career and life goals-“(May 2010 – April 2011)
Members
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
- The Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
- IEEE Computer Society
- LES: Licensing Executives Society Japan
- Japan Intellectual Property Association
Qualifications
- First class boat's operator (2021)
- Personal Water Craft operator (2021)
- Qualified to represent in IP litigation (2004)
- Qualified as a patent attorney (1994)
- Qualified as Microcomputer Application Systems Design Engineer (1991)
- Qualified as Class I Information Technology Engineer (1991)
- Passed Test in Practical English Proficiency (EIKEN) Grade 1 (1990)
- TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) score: 895
Practice
- Patent / Utility Model / Design / Trademark Prosecution
- Licensing
- Consulting
- Litigation