Professionals
Kotaro Ito
Partner
Trademark & Design Group
Bio
Kotaro started his profession at an insurance industry in 1987. His role at the company covered wide range of
legal works in terms of payment of insurance claim, insurance conditions, establishments of subsidiaries and so
on.
After 16 years of experience working on the insurance company, Kotaro made a resolution to change the career by
joining to the business of the intellectual property. In 2004, he became a member at Konishi & Nakamura.
While acquiring experience in trademark and design works at Konishi & Nakamura, he has continuously participated
in social activities, especially in the committee activities at the Japan Patent Attorneys Association
(JPAA).
In 2014, he headed the Trademark and Industrial Design Committee at the Tokai Branch of JPAA and delivered a
successful presentation of study results on new-type trademarks, i.e., sound marks, color marks and so on, and
the International Registration system of industrial designs.
Admitted
2005 Attorney
2009 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)
・Co-chair (2018, 2020), member (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021), Industrial Design Committee
・Co-chair (2019, 2020), member (2015 to 2018, 2021, 2022), Education Institute
・Member (2022), IP Enforcement Facilitation Committee
(Tokai Branch, JPAA)
・Chair (2014), Trademark and Industrial Design Committee
・Chair (2019, 2020), co-chair (2018, 2022), member (2021), Education Planning Committee
(Others)
・IP Advisor, IP support desk in Aichi Prefecture (2019 - Present)
Article and Speech
Free IP consultation at the Tokai Branch of JPAA
Research on Partially Claimed Designs – PATENT Vol. 65 No. 8 (2012) (in Japanese) (Joint work)
Lecturers at Nagano IP Forum in 2015 organized by the Tokai Branch of JPAA
Lecturers at Regional Brand Seminar in 2016 organized by Aichi Prefecture
Lecturers at IP Seminar in 2020 organized by Aichi Prefecture
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