Akira SHOJI

Akira SHOJI Patent Attorney

■ Qualifications
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2004
Additional Indication of Specific Infringement Litigation Representation Work
■ Educational Background
B.S., Department of Communication Systems, Faculty of Informatics and Engineering The University of Electro-Communications
■ Corporate Fields of Expertise
Designing and implementing sound systems and image systems
■ Specialized Fields
-Intellectual property rights in general, including mainly patent prosecution
Technical Fields of Professional Experience
-Electricity, electronics, and communications technologies
-Computers, computer applied technologies, software, image processing, computer graphics, and game machines
-Semiconductor devices, electronic circuits, electronic components, communication equipment, electrical equipment, control engineering, and business models
■ Languages
Japanese and English
■ Organizational Memberships
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
-International Activity Center, from April, 2010 until present
■ Additional Activities
Worked for a major intellectual property law firm in the U.S., from 2007 to 2009, specializing in over 150 cases of U.S. patent prosecution, including handling with U.S. Patent Attorneys the filing of U.S. patent applications mainly for Japanese companies.