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Our People
Practice Areas
- Corporate business law, Civil and commercial affairs (especially litigation/ dispute cases)
- Litigation for Corporation
- Corporate law including compliance matter
- Intellectual property rights
- Financial law
- Real estate
Biography
| 1972 | Born in Osaka |
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| Mar. 1990 | Koyo Gakuin High School |
| Mar. 1995 | Kyoto University Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
| Apr. 1997 | The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (49th term) Midosuji Law Firm (currently, Midosuji LPC) |
| Jan. 2003 | Partner of Midosuji LPC (- present) |
| Jun. 2007 | Outside company auditor of Access Co., Ltd. (- Jul. 2014) |
| Jun. 2014 | Outside company auditor of NCS&A Co., Ltd. (- Jun. 2016) |
| Jun. 2020 | Outside director of CDG Co., Ltd. (- Dec. 2024) |
| Jul. 2021 | Advisor of Osaka Dental Association(- present) |
| Jun. 2023 | Outside company auditor of Chugai Ro Co., Ltd. (- present) |
| Jul. 2024 | Auditor of Osaka Dental University (- present) |
Experience
- Filing for an injunction of import and sale pursuant to unfair competition prevention law
- Shareholders’ derivative action (Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.) (Management Side)
- Litigation claiming damages for public land trust (representing the trustee bank)
- Criminal Defense, JR Fukuchiyama Line Derailment Accident Case prosecuted by a public prosecutor. The acquittal has become final and binding at the first trial.
- Litigation cases claiming damages based on the Product Liability Act
Publications
- Legal Practice for Disciplinary Actions -Q&A and Case Study (Shin Nippon Hoki, Publishing Co., Ltd. in Sep. 2014) , Joint Author
Lectures
- “Joint Research and Development Agreement ~ Basic knowledge and points to note” (Patent Professional Corporation, MAEDA & PARTNERS, in Jan. 2005)
- “Seminar on the Amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act ~ For Protection of Trade Secrets and Urgent Measures to be Taken ~”
(Midosuji LPC in Sep. 2015) - “2015 Revised Employee Invention System Seminar” (Midosuji LPC in Jan. 2016)
- “2015 Revised Employee Invention System Seminar ~ For Review of Employee Invention Regulations based on the draft guidelines ~” (Patent Professional Corporation, MAEDA & PARTNERS, in Mar. 2016)