- PROFESSIONALS
- Wakayuki KUBOTA
Wakayuki KUBOTA
Qualifications
Registered Patent Attorney (Registry No. 14761)
Qualified as a litigation representative before court (2010)
Membership
JPAA
Languages
Japanese, English
Profession & Career
Foreign cases (patent, design and trademark), domestic cases (design and trademark), and legal work (including handling disputes)
He has an excellent reputation for his responsiveness to clients' needs, particularly in relation to non-standard cases, both in domestic and foreign applications and disputes.
He worked for seven years and three months at Mitsubishi Corporation (Chemicals Division), where he was responsible for trading practices, building efficient logistics systems and developing new business.
He worked for a domestic patent firm for a total of 23 years and 1 month, mainly handling foreign cases (patent, design and trademark) and domestic cases (design and trademark). In addition, he handled a wide range of domestic and foreign disputes (domestic patent infringement litigation, US patent warning letter case, European design warning letter case, domestic trademark invalidation trial, European trademark opposition, European trademark cancellation trial, etc.).
He joined TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES in April 2025.
Education
March 1994:
Graduated from Waseda University, Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics
Articles, Publications, Lectures
Career in the Japan Patent Attorneys Association:
･Chief manager, the Americans IP committee, Japan Patent Attorney Association (2016-2018)
･Deputy Director General, International Activities Center, Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2019-2020)
Hobbies and interests
His favorite motto is "Be a professional with a broad perspective".
He enjoys sports, especially football and tennis, reading and listening to music, especially Western popular music.