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Yasufumi Shiroyama

Yasufumi Shiroyama

TEL:
81-3-6775-1038
FAX:
81-3-6775-2038

Yasufumi Shiroyama is a partner who heads all aspects of the firm's intellectual property group practice, including:

・Drafting and arguing complaints, motions, answers and other pleadings for patent, trademark, copyright and know-how infringement litigation in district and appellate courts in Japan, on behalf of both Japanese and foreign companies; ・Drafting and arguing complaints, motions, answers and other pleadings for litigation arising in relation to technology transfer agreements, compensation for employee's invention, and allegedly defective products, etc. in district and appellate courts in Japan, on behalf of both Japanese and foreign companies; ・Drafting and negotiating various technology transfer agreements on behalf of both Japanese and foreign companies; ・Managing written discovery in cooperation with U.S. counsel for a Japanese client in patent license related litigation in U.S. federal court; ・Managing appellate litigation matters seeking nullification of decisions of the Japanese Patent Office; ・Drafting and arguing complaints, motions, answers and other pleadings in invalidation trial and opposition procedures before the Japanese Patent Office; and ・Advising on regulatory matters for pharmaceutical products, medical devices, chemical products, and personal data etc.

Shiroyama Yasufumi

Practice Areas

Practice Groups

  • Intellectual Property Law Group
  • Life Sciences and Health Care Practice Group

Background

Mar 1992 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
May 1998 University of California, Davis (LL.M.)
July 1997 Beijing Language and Cultural University (Language Training)

Publications

The Patent Litigation Law Review - Edition 1 (Japan Chapter) The Patent Litigation Law Review - Edition 1
Dec 2017
Aug 2015
Dec 2012
Patent Term Extension Jurist No. 1439
Apr 2012
Paense against patent infd litigation used to support businesses Intellectual Property Management No. 736
Apr 2012
The SL DVD copyright case Hanrei Times Additional Volume 32
Sep 2011
Apr 2011
IP High Court Case regarding patent term extension Hanrei Times Additional Volume 29
Sep 2010
Canon Employee Invention Case Hanrei Times Additional Volume 25
Sep 2009
Smilarity in Service - Career-Japan Case Jurist Additional Volume, No. 188
Nov 2007
Comprehension of Technology for Patent Infringement Litigation The University of Tokyo Law Review, Vol. 1
Aug 2006
Getting the Deal Through - Patents (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Patents
Jan 2006
Getting the Deal Through - Trademark (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Trademark
Jan 2006
Exploitation of images and names of articles Soft-law studies No.3, the University of Tokyo Press
Sep 2005
Jul 2004
100 cases on patent Bessatsu Jurist No. 170
Feb 2004
Mar 2003
Dec 2002
Stream of Patent Infringement Litigation Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
Dec 2002

Lectures

Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property TOKYO 2017 ~IP Dispute Resolution in ASEAN+3(Japan-China-Republic of Korea)~ Supreme Court, IP High Court, Ministry of Justice, Japan Patent Office, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, IP Lawyers Network Japan
Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2017

Achievements

Sep 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 15, 2021
Jul 17, 2012
Sep 14, 2010

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (1994)
  • Japan Patent Attorneys (2003)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
  • The Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English