Professionals
Ayaka Honda
Trademark & Design Group
Bio
Ayaka joined Konishi & Nakamura in 2022. She started her career as a Patent & Trademark Attorney in
2020.
History in Profession
2020 IP Law firm in Japan
2022 Konishi & Nakamura
Admitted
2020 IP 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)
・International Trademark Association (INTA)
・Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
Social activities
(JPAA)
・Vice chair(2025), Member(2021 to 2024, 2026 to present), Trademark Committee
・Member of Europe and Africa Section, International Activities Center (2024 to 2025)
・Appointed as Member of “Consultative Committee on Revision of the International Classification of Goods and
Services”, organized by Japan Patent Office (2026 to present)
(Tokai Branch, JPAA)
・Member, IP Committee (2020 to 2022)
・Vice chair(2024), member(2023), Educational Institution Supporting Committee
・Member(2025 to present), IP for Regional Resources Supporting Committee
(Activities)
・February 2023| Attended an international conference SCT*46 organized by WIPO on behalf of Japan Patent
Attorneys Association
*SCT: Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications
・November 2023| Attended an international Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the
International Registration of Marks 21 organized by WIPO on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・March 2024| Attended an international conference SCT47, held at WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland), as a Representative
Observer for Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・October 2024| Attended an international Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the
International Registration of Marks 22 held at WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland), as a Representative Observer for
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・March 2025| Attended an international conference SCT48, held at WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland), as a Representative
Observer for Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・October 2025 | Attended the TM5* User Session held at USPTO (Alexandria, VA, USA) as a Representative for the
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
*TM5: A cooperative framework among the five major trademark offices — CN, EU, JP, KR, and US
・May 2026| Attended Committee of Experts regarding Special Union for the International Classification of Goods
and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Union), held at WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland), as
a Representative Observer for Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Other activities
・Participated in INTA Annual Meeting in 2025 (San Diego) and 2026 (London)
・Participated in CITMA Spring Conference in 2025 (London)
・Participated in APAA Annual Meeting in 2025 (Malaysia)
Article and Lecture
・Contributed a Newspaper article on "Prior User Trademark Rights" to THE MID-JAPAN ECONOMIST in March 2024.
・Authored an article (Sole Author): "Study on the Revocation of an EU Trade Mark That Has Become a
Common Name in the Trade After Its Registration" in PATENT magazine (Vol. 78, November 2025).
・Lecturers about trademark & industrial design laws and their practices at a university in 2023 and 2024
・Speaker at a Trademark Seminar during "CONTENT TOKYO 2025", Japanese exhibitions for content business
Personal Interest
Music, playing the cello
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