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)

・Vice chair(2025), Member(2021 to 2024), Trademark Committee
・Member of Europe and Africa Section, International Activities Center (2024 to present)

(Tokai Branch, JPAA)

・Member, IP Committee (2020 to 2022)
・Vice chair(2024), member(2023), Educational Institution Supporting Committee
・Member(2025), IP for Regional Resources Supporting Committee

(Activities)

・February 2023| Participated in an international conference SCT46 organized by WIPO on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・November 2023| Participated in an international conference 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| Participated in an international conference SCT47 organized by WIPO, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・October 2024| Participated in an international conference Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks 22 organized by WIPO, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
・March 2025| Participated in an international conference SCT48 organized by WIPO, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on behalf of Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Participated in INTA 2025 Annual Meeting
Participated in CITMA 2025 Spring Conference

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 and 2024

Personal Interest :

Music, playing the cello