NOBUHIRO NAKAYAMA
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Institute Director
Nobuhiro Nakayama
- Director of Nakayama Nobuhiro Intellectual Property Law Research Institute
- Senior Advisor to Sakai International Patent Office
- Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
- Member of the Japan Academy
- Attorney-at-Law
We are proud to have had Dr. Nobuhiro Nakayama as our Senior Advisor at Sakai International Patent Office since April 2008.
He is Japan’s greatest authority on intellectual property law. Over his long career as a professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he helped to guide and shape the country’s intellectual property laws. We had the privilege of opening the Nobuhiro Nakayama Intellectual Property Law Research Institute at our firm to provide facilities where Dr. Nakayama could continue his research and where we could benefit from his valuable advice and guidance. Dr. Nakayama conducts research on the future of intellectual property law system as Director of the Institute.
Biography
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1968Passed the second-stage of testing for the bar examination
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June 1969Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Class 1
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July 1969Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
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August 1973Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
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March 1984Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
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April 1991Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
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April 2001Professor, Business Law Center, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
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April 2006Professor, Center for Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
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March 2008Retired from the University of Tokyo and registered as an attorney-at-law (affiliated with the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association).
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April 2008Advisor to Nishimura & Asahi Law Firm, Chief Advisor to Sakai International Patent Office
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June 2008Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
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April 2009Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Research and Intellectual Property Strategy, Meiji University
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2009Officer, JFBA Committee on Intellectual Property Rights
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2012Received the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor
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2016Visiting Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
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2018Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure and became a member of the Japan Academy.
Member of the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters (Cabinet Secretariat), Member of the Industrial Structure Council (Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Policy Committee) (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Member of the Industrial Property Council (Chairperson) (Japan Patent Office), Member of the Cultural Council (Agency for Cultural Affairs), Member of the Council for Customs, Foreign Exchange, etc. (Chairperson) (Ministry of Finance), Member of the National Diet Library Council (Chairperson) (The National Diet Library), Representative Director and Chairperson of the Institute of Intellectual Property, Japan
A message from the Director
In 2008, I retired from my long career in the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. I then registered as an attorney-at-law, and worked at Nishimura & Asahi Law Firm until joining Sakai International Patent Office in 2022.
I had already been serving as a part-time Chief Advisor to Sakai International Patent Office since 2008, but now, I am a full-time Chief Advisor.
The office also has established the Intellectual Property Law Research Institute, where I will continue my research on intellectual property law.
I have known Chairman Hiroaki Sakai since my time as a faculty member at the University of Tokyo, where he was a graduate school student. This connection is what has led to my working at Sakai International Patent Office.
I dedicated myself in studying at the University of Tokyo for a long time, and I have only been engaged in practical work since 2008. This means that I am not necessarily a specialist in patent prosecution, but I hope to be of use as an advisor to the staff here on legal issues regarding IP law, such as copyright cases and other infringement cases.
With the rapid development of digital technology, the world of intellectual property has become more chaotic and cases more complex. I will work hard to help our office keep up with such changes.
Publications
The biography of an intellectual property jurist
(ある知財法学者の軌跡)
This is the memoir of a scholar who was born at the end of World War II and chose a career as a researcher in the years of disturbances at universities. After receiving guidance from various teachers he encountered, this scholar built up a new discipline called intellectual property law.
In the course of establishing this new field of study, he agonizes over what to study and suffers from physical illnesses. Whether you are involved in IP law or not, you will learn from and be inspired by this book.
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PublisherKobundo
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Date of issueMay 2022
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LanguageJapanese
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ISBN9784335359088
Copyright Act (Third Edition)
(著作権法 第3版)
Written by a leader in this field, this book systematically explains intellectual property and copyright law in Japan.
Now that more than a decade has passed since the publication of the first edition, has the “Melancholy of the Copyright Act" that the author experienced been alleviated, or has it grown worse?
The third edition incorporates the 2018 amendment and explains the 2020 amendment in the addendum.
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PublisherYuhikaku
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Date of issueSeptember 2020
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LanguageJapanese
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ISBN9784641243330
Patent Act (Fourth Edition)
(特許法 第四版)
The argument of this text that discusses modern patent law while politics, economics and society all face major turning points is that patent rights must be designed in harmony with the interests of society in general. Its perspective emphasizes the balance between rights holders and society.
It is written systematically by a leading expert, covering revisions of the Patent Act up to 2019, following precedents and theories, and explaining legal interpretations with sophisticated description in consideration of the changes that are occurring in the world.
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PublisherKobundo
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Date of issueAugust 2019
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LanguageJapanese
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ISBN9784335315503
Patent Act, New Interpretation (Second edition)
(新・注解 特許法〔第2版〕)
A large volume from a trilogy, incorporating the theory and practice of patent law without leaving out a single detail. It covers the vast body of legal precedents and literature to elucidate the current state of patent law.
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PublisherSeirin Shoin
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Date of issueSeptember 2017
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LanguageJapanese
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ISBN9784417017172
Multimedia and Copyright
(マルチメディアと著作権)
Issues such as databases and citations, copying of digitized information, altering of programs by users, and other issues concerning information and the rights thereto are unique to the advanced information age in which we live. Given that multimedia plays an important role in modern society, what kind of information protection legislation should be in place for its development? This book carefully explains the current situation of copyright with an eye to the future.
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PublisherIwanami Shoten
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Date of issueJanuary 1996
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LanguageJapanese
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ISBN9784004304265
Other Publications
- Intellectual Property Research Series 9: The Future of Intellectual Property Law (co-authored), Shinzan-sha, Dec. 2010
(知的財産研究叢書9 知的財産法の未来) - Intellectual Property Rights Research V, Yushodo Shuppan, May 2008
(知的財産権研究V) - Intellectual Property Research I/II/III/IV, Tokyo Nunoi Shuppan, Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1999
(知的財産権研究I／II／III／IV) - Commentary: Patent Law (3rd edition), Seirin Shoin, Aug. 2000
(注解 特許法〔第三版〕) - Legal Protection of Software - New Edition, Yuhikaku, Jul. 1988
(ソフトウェアの法的保護 新版) - Intellectual Property: A New Weapon of Corporate Strategy (co-authored), Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Nov. 1987
(知的所有権―企業戦略の新しい武器) - Study of Inventors’ Rights, University of Tokyo Press, Jan. 1987
(発明者権の研究) - International Issues Associated with the Legal Protection of Software, Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, Oct. 1985
(ソフトウエアの法的保護に伴う国際問題) - Foundations of Industrial Property Law, Seirin Shoin, Mar. 1980
(工業所有権法の基礎)
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