Mid-Campus Open Laboratory Building#1, 1st floor

中央キャンパス総合研究棟一号館1階会議室

Transferable Skills Seminar
- Intellectual Property - 

This transferable skills seminar is targeted for researchers (MC, DC, PD).

Seminar will be conducted in English.

Quest for Truth that no one has ever found in the universe is what all the researchers are seeking for. Once you have identified it and proven that it is legitimate, you would want to publish it quickly to earn the reputation that you deserve. In the world of business, there are multiple ways to secure the rights and benefit that the pioneering individual or company ought to enjoy. IPR, Intellectual Property Rights, is the concept to enable the protection of your deserved entitlement. 

Transferable Skills Seminar – Intellectual Property Rights has been designed especially for graduate school students and postdoc researchers who could enjoy a seminar in English. The 90 minutes seminar is consisting with the following contents:

You will learn the basics of key elements of IPR such as: Trade Secrets, Patents, Design Rights, Trade Marks and Copyrights. 

Not only working for a company, but also when you work with companies for joint research projects, you would need to understand why and how companies are sensitive to IPR. The lecturer, Mr. Kenji Kamata is active patent lawyer and a manager of IP department of Panasonic. 

■ Seminar Overview

 

■　Lecturer

Mr. Kenji Kamata

Panasonic IP Management

http://www.panasonic.com/global/home.html

Kenji Kamata is a manager and a patent lawyer from Panasonic Corporation. 

He has extensive experience in Japan, US and International patent prosecution, managing patent portfolio and advising inventors on all aspects of intellectual property law.

Prior to his current assignment, he worked for several years (2003-2010) as a Director of Panasonic Patent Center based in Washington, D.C., responsible for the management and procurement of US patents.

To date, he has received master degree in law (LL.M) from New York University School of Law, and a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.EE) from WASEDA University.

He is admitted to practice before the Japanese Patent Office as a member of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). He is also admitted to practice law in the state of New York, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

■ Seminar date

2018/8/17 16:00-17:30

■ Place

Mid-Campus Open Laboratory Building#1, 1st floor

South-East corner of Main Street & Gingko Avenue

https://goo.gl/maps/rLmxXjjUpp82

http://www2.synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=contents&view_category_lang=2&view_category=1017

■　Eligibility

Hokkaido University graduate students and postdocs 

■　Application

～8/17/2018 13:00

■　Max participants

30

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■　How to apply

You need to be registered in the Hi-System.

If you are not, please go to the Front Office for Human Resource Education and Development homepage and register in Hi-System.

Click "申し込む" and login to Hi-System. Your registration will be completed as soon as you login.

If you do not receive confirmation e-mail in three business days after registration, 

please contact I-HoP.

I-HoP

ihop@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp

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