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Kuninori Matsuzawa

Tokyo

Associate (Attorney)
Tokyo Bar Association

Biography

1986 Born in Nagano.
Mar. 2005 Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto Fukashi Senior High School
Mar. 2011 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
Mar. 2013 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
Dec. 2015 The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (68th term)
Toranomon Sougoh Law Firm
Feb. 2018 Kotto Dori Law Office
Sep. 2019 Part-Time Lecturer of Kobe University Graduate School of Law (- Feb. 2021)
Sep. 2021 Part-Time Lecturer of Institute of Science Tokyo (- present)
Apr. 2022 Midosuji LPC Tokyo Office

Publications

  • “Q&A for Practice on Quotation and Reprinting and Copyright Act” (4th Edition) (Chuokeizai-Sha Holdings, Inc., October 2016), Joint author
  • “Guide to Understand and Rely on Trademark Act” (Ohta Publishing Co., July 2017), Joint author
  • “Q&A Handbook on Legal Support for SMEs – Legal Affairs from Startup Phase to Development, Maturation, and Decline Phases – “ (Soko-sha K.K., February 2020), Joint author
  • “Image of “Library” in Digital Era Viewed from EU’s New Copyright Directive – Library as Source of Digital Content” (Current Awareness No.343, March 2020)
  • “Basics of Personal Information Protection Law” (Digital Workstyle College, August 2020)
  • “Liability Arising from Unauthorized Use of Books – Risk of Copyright Infringement and Unauthorized Use in Content Production -” (BUSINESS LAWYERS, October 2020)
  • “Entertainment Law Practice” (Koubundou Publishers Inc., June 2021), Joint author
  • Intellectual Property Legal Practice Q&A for Beginners: From Essential Concepts to Contracts, Filing, and Infringement Issues (Minjiho Kenkyu-kai Co., Ltd., January 2026), Joint Author

Lectures

  • “Legal Knowledge Essential for Advertisement” (Japan Uni Copyright Center, November 2017)
  • “Legal Affairs for Broadcast Program Production” (Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan, February 2022)

Activities

・Member of The Copyright Law Association of Japan
・Member of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan
・Member of AIPPI JAPAN
・Member of the Study Committee for the Study Question “Q286 Copyright – Collecting Societies” for the AIPPI World Congress in Istanbul
・Member of the Study Committee for the Study Question “Q291 Defence of Parody in Copyright” for the AIPPI World Congress in Hangzhou
・Member of the Study Committee for the Study Question “Q295 Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” for the AIPPI World Congress in Yokohama

Languages

Japanese / English