Kazutaka Otsuka

Patent Attorney since: 2004
Supplementary Note of Specific Infringement Lawsuit Counsel: 2009
Kazutaka Otsuka is an experienced patent attorney and a Lawsuit Counsel who focuses his practice on domestic and international trademark and design prosecution. He incorporates global policies for intellectual property protection in his daily work related to IP rights acquisition and client counseling.
As a member of a patent attorney group, Mr. Otsuka was involved in the management of the Intellectual Property Foreign Training Department for four years, starting in 2006. In 2011 and 2012, he was a member of the Trademark Committee, a special committee of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). In the Japan Trademark Association, an association made up of corporate intellectual property professionals and lawyers, he is a member of the judicial decision research group and has been involved in the management of the group since 2012.
At law school, Kazutaka was a member of the Corporate Law seminar, where he immersed himself in a study of corporate law, particularly intellectual property rights law and product liability law.

Key Areas of Expertise
Examinations, consultations, and procedural support for trademark and design rights acquisition (foreign and domestic), dispute support, legal advice, consultations and other types of support for license transfer agreements, negotiations, unfair competition, and copyrights

Seminars
Introductory Seminar for Overseas Trademark Applications, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
Points to Note For Working on Foreign Trademarks that Differ from Japanese Trademarks, ASAMURA IP P.C. 120th Anniversary Seminar
Basic Work for Trademarks Related to International Registration Systems Based on the Madrid Agreement, Japan Patent Attorneys Association Ongoing Training
Trademark Strategies for Building a Service Brand, Samurai Incubate, Inc.,

Publications
“Look and Learn! Introduction to Foreign Patent Applications” Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, 2010
“Trademark Law Practice Seen From the Latest Rulings II” Seirin Shoin, 2012
“Analysis of Important Precedents and Brand Strategy Promotion Legal Practice of Trademarks” (editor), Chuokeizai -sha Holdings, Inc., 2023