Shigeo Takakura

Shigeo Takakura
Executive Manager
Human Resources Development Center
National Center for Industrial Property Information Training (NCIPI)
Japan

Mr. Shigeo TAKAKURA
Executive Manager for Human Resources Development, National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (NCIPI), and Visiting Professor, Meiji University Law School

Born: July 5, 1951

Education:
1976 Graduated from Kyoto University, Master Degree in Information Engineering
1983 Studied Computer Science in University of Oregon

Career in the Patent Office:
1976 Joined Japan Patent Office (JPO)
1995 Director for Developing Country Cooperation, JPO
2001 Director, Technology Research Division, JPO
2002 Director for National Intellectual Property Policy, Cabinet Office
2003 Director, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO
2004 The present post

Educational Activities:
1998-99 Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
2000 Lecturer, Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
2004 Visiting Professor, Meiji University Law School

International Activities:
1988-91 First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva
1992 Delegation of Japan to Diplomatic Conference for Adoption of CBD in Nairobi
1996 Chairman, Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group, APEC

Writings:

  • 2001 "Recent Development of Multilateral Agreements on Intellectual Property Rights", Yuhikaku Publishing
  • 2000 "Intellectual Property Aspects of Trade and Genetic Resources", Patents and Licensing, Vol. 30, No.5
  • "Non-Patent Database for Examination of Software-Related Inventions", Patents and Licensing, Vol. 31, No.6

 

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