Bio :

Ayaka joined Konishi & Nakamura in 2022. She started her career as a Patent & Trademark Attorney since 2020.

History in Profession :

2020 IP Law firm in Japan
2022 Konishi & Nakamura

Admitted :

2020 Attorney

2024 Specific IP Litigator

Services :

・Clearance for trademarks, trade names, industrial designs, common-laws, domain names.
・With the Japan Paten Office: Filing trademark application, Prosecution, Proceeding with Oppositions, Appeals with the Board of Appeal, Filing Observations.
・With Courts: Sue Decisions rendered by the JPO, seeking injunction and damages.
・With ADR panels at WIPO and JP. Domains: Representing clients for domain name disputes.
・Intervening negotiation for domestic and foreign clients.
・Advising trademarks and industrial designs portfolio
・Speeches

Memberships :

・Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
・Japan Trademark Association (JTA)

Social activities :

(JPAA)

・Member, Trademark Committee, JPAA (2021 to present)
・Member, International Activities Center (2024 to present)

(Tokai Branch, JPAA)

・Member, IP Committee (2020 to 2022)
・Vice chair(2024), member(2023), Educational Institution Supporting Committee

・2023| Participated in an international conference SCT46 organized by WIPO on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・2024| Participated in an international conference SCT47 organized by WIPO on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Article and Lecture :

・Newspaper articles regarding prior user TM rights, published by THE MID-JAPAN ECONOMIST in March 2023
・Lecturers about trademark & industrial design laws and their practices at an university in 2023

Personal Interest :

Music, playing the cello