Katsuyuki KOBAYASHI,
patent attorney,
CAPLS(Certified Administrative Procedure Legal Specialist)

Areas of expertise

Trademark, Design, Patent and Utility Model (All fields except for chemical matters, electronic circuit placement), Copyright, GI Application

Personal History & Education

• Place of Birth: Nagano-city, Nagano-pref.
• High School: Nagano prefectural high school ~1980.3
• Univ. : Meiji University (Degree: Law) ~1985.3
• Univ. : Tokyo University of Science (Degree: Electrical Technology) ~2012.3

Work Experiences

I opened my firm in Tokyo and Nagano in May, 2012.
Before the opening, I worked for big and small patent firms in Tokyo as follows and communicated with many firms in overseas for over 30 years, through which I have had not only got a lot of experience in IP field but also I could know the way how to manage the firm and what firm is preferable to their clients.

Usually, small firms are doing business with small companies.
However, some of the firms I have worked with, even if the size is very small, are doing business with big companies which have a special department of IP.
This is because the attorney in the small firms can solve problems effectively as ones in big firms.
As the clients can easily find who is in charge of the issue and who has the responsibility for that, they can get quick responses.

Keep small, Keep excellence. This is my policy.

1984.4~
・J.YAMAUCHI & CO. (trademark)
・Hirose International Patent Office, (trademark) (for 3 years)
・Kawaguchi International Patent Office, (patent) (for 3 years)
・Hanabusa Patent Office, (design, trademark) (for 12 years)
・Oda International Patent Office, (design, trademark, patent, copyright) (for 6 years)
・Akimoto & Co. (trademark, patent, copyright) (for 3 years)
and others
~2012.3

Memberships & Associations

• JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
• NDPA (Nagano-ken Design Promotion Association)
• JTA (Japan Trademark Association)(joined SCT meeting 35,37)
• JIDA (Japan Industrial Design Association)
• APAA (The Asian Patent Attorneys Association) (joined: Chiang Mai 2012, Penang 2014, Okinawa 2015, Bali 2016, New Delhi 2018, Taipei 2019, Busan 2022)