Our main services relate to filing applications for patents, utility models, designs and trademarks at IP Offices in Japan and overseas, filing PCT-based international applications at WIPO for patents based on the PCT and for trademarks based on the Madrid Protocol, filing applications at regional Patent Offices such as USPTO, EPO and CIPO, as well as intermediate prosecution thereof.
We also welcome clients based outside of Japan. We regularly coordinate high quality advice on patent and trademark portfolios for our worldwide clients.
Our main field of patent: machinery, computer software (system) and articles of daily use. Please ask about other fields and requirements.
We bring you services related to relevant trial proceedings, and appellate legal action at the Intellectual Property High Court.
We provide services for infringement court action legal advice, searching the third party’s IP rights, expert opinions and consulting, education of IP matters, preparing request for subsidy, licensing in connection with patent, utility model, design and trademark rights, unfair competition and copyright matters, and so on.
North, Central and South America: America, Canada, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and so on.
Europe: EP (European Patent), EUTM（Formerly CTM）, Austria, Benelux (Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, German, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italia, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and so on.
Asia: China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, India and so on.
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand and so on.
Middle East and Africa: UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, South Africa and so on.
President
Registered in 2012 as Patent/Trademark Attorney, No. 17985.
Specific Infringement Litigation Qualified, registered in 2013.
Born in Tokyo, Japan.
Education:
Graduated from Waseda University in Science & Engineering Department.
Master degree in Machinery received at Waseda University
Practical experience:
System engineer in Medical technology at Fujitsu Limited.
Working in the field of protection of industrial property since 2006.
Professional Affiliations:
Member of commission in Kanto Branch of Japan Patent Attorneys Association.
Other Capacities:
TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication), Level B
Test of Chinese Proficiency, Third grade
Information Technology Strategist, formerly Senior Systems Administrator
Adviser /Founder
Registered in 1980 as Patent/Trademark Attorney, No. 8619.
Deregistered in 2023.
Born in Shizuoka, Japan.
Practical experience:
Engineer at MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Patent engineer at SUZUYE & SUZUYE Intellectual Property Law in Tokyo
Established Warashina and Associates Patent Firm in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1984.
Moved to Nakano, Tokyo in 1986.
