MIMURA Ryoichi

Education / Work

• 1977 Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
• 1979-1989 Assistant judge of the Tokyo District Court, attached to the General Civil Affairs Bureau of the Supreme Court, assistant judge of the Asahikawa District Family Court
• 1981-1983 Study abroad at The University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
• 1989-1993 Tokyo District Court Judge [1989-1991 Intellectual Property Division]
• 1993-1998 Supreme Court Investigator [Intellectual property cases, general civil cases]
• 1998-2005 Tokyo District Court Judge [Intellectual Property Division Chief Judge]
• 2005-2008 Intellectual Property High Court Judge
• 2008-2009 Tokyo High Court Judge
• 2009 Registered with Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
• 2009-2019 Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Law Office
• 2010-2023 Visiting Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Law
• 2019- Representative, Mimura Komatsu Law Office

Affiliation/position, etc.

• Member of Private International Law Subcommittee, Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice (2000-2001)
• Temporary member of the Legislative Council (International Jurisdiction System Subcommittee) (2001-2005)
• Patent Office/Patent Attorney Examination Committee member (1999-2000)
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Temporary Member of the Industrial Structure Council (Intellectual Property Policy Subcommittee, Unfair Competition Prevention Subcommittee) (2002-2003, 2004-2005)
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Cultural Council Expert Committee Member (Copyright Subcommittee) (2003-2004)
• Director of Copyright Law Society (May 2010-)
• Intellectual Property Achievement Award (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award) (2018)

book

• “Legal Consultation on Patents and Utility Models I and II” (co-author) Seirin Shoin
• Copyright property of architecture [Grenier-Dine case: Court of Appeal] “6 Selected Copyright Cases, 242th Edition” (Special Edition Jurist No. XNUMX)
• “Annual Report on Intellectual Property Law 2018-2019” (co-editor) Nippon Hyoronsha
• Calculation of damages due to patent infringement - Focusing on Article 102, Paragraph 1 of the Patent Law - Separate Patent No. 18 (Volume 70, No. 14)
• “Trademark Legal Consultation I” (co-author) Seirin Shoin
• “The current state of evidence collection and the future of civil litigation” (lecture transcript/co-author) Yuyusha
• Regarding evidence collection procedures in intellectual property disputes (co-author) Jurist November 2016 issue (No. 11)
• “Legal Consultation on Unfair Competition I/II” (co-author) Seirin Shoin
• "Intellectual Property, Computers, and Law - Collection of rare commemorative papers by Professor Toyohiro Nomura" (co-author) Shoji Homu
• Challenges in evidence collection procedures in intellectual property infringement lawsuits Freedom and Justice February 2016, 2 issue (Vol.15 No.67)
• And many others

Media

• Nihon Keizai Shimbun "Half a Century of Improving Each Other" by Ryoichi Mimura(Paid article / March 2021)
• Tokkyo.Ai "Embodying what intellectual property should be and staying active for life"(November 2020)
• Tokkyo.Ai "Intellectual Property Discussion with Ryoichi Mimura"(November 2020)