Yoshinari Kishimoto Partner

Mr. Kishimoto's practice is divided between patent litigation and patent prosecution relating to the electrical and mechanical arts.

District of Columbia, New York
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Japanese Patent Office
Tokyo and Osaka District Courts and IP High Court in specified infringement litigation

George Washington University Law School (LL.M. Intellectual Property, 1998)
Keio University (Bachelor of Laws  1994)
University of Tokyo (B.S. M.E., 1980)

Various mechanical and electrical arts, including but not limited to, motor vehicles, semiconductors, circuitry, control devices, robotics, endoscopes, optics, information systems and printing devices.

Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, McLeland & Naughton (1994 - 2001)  Hiraki & Associates, Associate, (1991-94)  Japan Patent Office, Examiner, (1981-91) 


How to Challenge Patent Validity
“US Patent Litigation Defense Manual”, Chuo Keizai
“Utilizing IP to become president (US volume)”, Nikkei Shimbun
Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 57 No. 7, “Defensive Strategies for Protecting Companies from Patent Trolls”, July 2007
Business Houmu, “Pre-litigation Countermeasures against Patent Trolls”, May 2007
“Canon tests patent exhaustion doctrine”, Managing Intellectual Property, July/August 2006
Nikkei Nano Business, No. 39, “Patent Now, First CAFC decision on nanotechnology”, June 2006
Patent Journal, Vol. 48, Nos. 6, 9 & 10 "A comparative study of the relationship between patent systems and antitrust laws in the United States vs. Japan".

OITDA Patent Forum, “Recent IP Trend and How to Defend Your Company against Patent Litigation” (Mar 2009)
JIPA Kanto Electrical Machinery Division, “Strategies for Patent Disputes in the US – Defense Strategies for Patent Trolls” (Jan 2009)
BRI Seminar, “Practical Tips for US Patent Litigation” (Mar 2008)
AIPPI “Mock Trial Seminar” (Nov 2007)
2007 JPAA Training Program for Nagoya members, “New Rules for USPTO” (Oct 2007)
Kyoto University, Management of Technology in Medical Science Course, “US Patent Litigation”, (Nov 2006)
2006 APLF-DePaul University School of Law Symposium, “New Japanese Patent Law” (Sept 2006)
2005 JPAA IP symposium “Update on US Patent Legislative Movements and Litigation” (May 2005)
2003 JPAA IP Symposium, “Post-graduate IP Education in Japan”, (Mar 2003)
“Patent Enforcement in the US”, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, (Jul 2002)
JPO Seminar, “Basic Differences in Patent Systems between Japan and the United States”, (Oct 2001)
Institute for International Research Seminar, “Beyond GATT: Commercialize & Exploit Intellectual Property in the Global BioRX Market”, (Dec 1995)