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Sakaki MORISHITA Sakaki MORISHITA
Managing Partner
Qualified to represent in IP litigation (conditional)
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Education
B.S. in Physics
Kyoto University
Experience and Achievements
2000
Founded PRIMEWORKS (formerly Morishita & Partners).

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.

1997
Represented Japanese Government (JETRO) as Chief Technical Delegate at the International Collaboration on Electronic Commerce.

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).
Publications
"BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL" (LexisNexis Japan, August 2008)
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.
Lectures
"Basic knowledge of patent application for researchers", Kanazawa Institute of Technology, April 2004, Japan.
"Introduction to patent application for researchers and engineers", The Japan Society for Precision Engineering, January 2004.
"IP-based nonlinear science and its applicability to image processing", delivered to Japan Patent Office Examiners, March 2000.
"Worldwide standardization of IP-based information technology in the Internet age", Press Center for opinion leaders, March 2000.
"IP for the promotion of new computer science", Computer Graphics International '99, June 1999, Canada.
Numerous technical and IP-related presentations for domestic and foreign corporations.
Member
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
The Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
IEEE Computer Society
LES: Licensing Executives Society Japan
Japan Intellectual Property Association
Qualifications
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
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