Profile of Executive Chairman
Tatsuhiko Sato
Registered as patent attorney in 1973 (registration No. 7780)
Patent attorney specially authorized to act as counsel in intellectual property infringement lawsuits
pecialties
Production engineering; materials; software; industrial chemistry; trademarks; design; contracts; lawsuits
Academic career
Graduated from Fukushima National Technical College (majored in industrial chemistry)
Graduated from Waseda University, department of law (majored in law)
Completed PhD program at Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
［PhD in International Studies］
Career as JPAA board member
| 1979 and 1980 | Regular member |
| 1992 | Vice-president |
| 2004 | Executive vice-president |
| 2005 | President |
Career as JPAA committee chairperson
| 1986 | Committee for enhancing and generalizing patent system |
| 1991 | Patent committee |
| 1997 | Committee for examining general policies |
| 2003 | Committee for promoting industrial cooperation |
IP-related activities
| 1995-2002 | Part-time instructor of Fukushima Technical College, faculty of electrical engineering |
| 1985 | Co-operative research fellow of University of Tokyo, research center for advanced science and technology, department of intellectual property |
| 2001-2002 | Committee member of Institute of Intellectual Property |
| 2001 | Lecturer of entrepreneur training program in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2002 | Panelist of international appeal examination symposium Lecturer of Japan-China trademark seminar in Beijing |
| 2003 | Panelist of China intellectual property seminar |
| 2004 | Panelist of Nikkei intellectual property forum |
| 2004-2005 | Lecturer of biotechnology, information technology and nanotechnology IP strategic management program at Waseda University Panelist of international IP symposium Delivered IP lecture at Ritumeikan University, graduate school |
| 2005 | Lecturer of IP Seminar in Hokkaido Delivered IP lecture at Soka University, graduate school of engineering Lecturer of open school (theme: intellectual property human resource development) at University of Tokyo, research center for advanced science and technology |
| 2007 | President of Asia IP innovation subcommittee in intellectual property association of Japan |
| 2009- | Visiting professor of Waseda University, graduate school of commerce |
| 2010- | Board member of the Japan academic society for ventures and entrepreneurs |
Career as a member of government committee
| 1997-1998 | Patent attorney examination committee |
| 2002-2003 | Patent subcommittee in industrial structure council |
| 2006 | Subcommittee of intellectual property policy in industrial structure council |
| 2007-2011 | Intellectual property strategy headquarters (advisory regular member) |
| 2008 | Temporary member of patent attorneys examination subcommittee in industrial property council |
Award-Winning
Awarded the Distinguished Service Award of Japan Patent Attorneys Association, and other four Award.
Published writings
"Development of system for involvement of participants"
Review on "national activities based on intellectual property policy" proposed by "council on intellectual property in the 21st Century"
"Conflict in international patents, and what Japan should do"
"Gaining Competitive Advantage through Protection of lnvention"