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TSUBASA YAMAMOTO

Tsubasa Yamamoto

Admitted to the Japanese bar in 2015 (Daini Tokyo Bar Association). Previously worked at Nakamura & Partners and amaneku Law Office. Currently serves as External Auditor at AVILEN Inc., committee member for the Cabinet Office's "University Intellectual Property Governance Guidelines," and Visiting Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology Graduate School (International IP Business Contract Theory) and other institutions. His main practice areas include intellectual property strategy formulation and implementation support, intellectual property dispute response, open innovation, industry-academia collaboration, and preparation for public listing. In 2020, he received the Encouragement Award in the IP Expert Category at the 1st IP BASE AWARD ceremony hosted by the Japan Patent Office, and in 2022, he was ranked 1st in the intellectual property section of the Weekly Toyo Keizai "Lawyers Selected by Legal Department Members Ranking."

Career

2012　Graduated from Waseda University
2014　Completed the Legal Training and Research Institute, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
2016　Joined Nakamura & Partners
2018　Appointed Director of Japan Street Soccer Association (current position)
2019-　Secretariat of the Patent Office/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Research Study on Support Personnel Development and Contract Guidelines to Promote Open Innovation" (current position)
2019-　Mentor for Kanagawa Startup Acceleration Program "KSAP" (current position)
2020　IP Strategy Lecturer for Tokyo Acceleration Program "NEXs Tokyo"
2020　Received Encouragement Award in the IP Expert Category at the 1st IP BASE AWARD ceremony hosted by the Japan Patent Office
2020　Appointed Advisor for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Measures to Promote Collaboration between Universities and Venture Companies"
2021　Appointed External Auditor of Stockmark, Inc.
2022　Appointed External Auditor of Only Story, Inc.
2022　Appointed External Auditor of AVILEN Inc. (current position)
2022　Appointed Committee Member for Japan Patent Office "Research Study on Skills Required for IP Personnel in Promoting Commercialization of Innovation"
2022　Appointed Committee Member for Cabinet Office "University IP Governance Guidelines"
2022　Ranked 1st in the intellectual property section of the Weekly Toyo Keizai "Lawyers Selected by Legal Department Members Ranking"
2022　Appointed Committee Member for Japan Intellectual Property Association 20th Anniversary Opinion Hearing Committee
2023　Established amaneku Law Office
2023　Appointed Visiting Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology Graduate School (in charge of "International IP Business Contract Theory") (current position)
2023　Appointed Committee Member for Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry "Study Group on Promoting OI between SMEs and Startups"
2023　Appointed Examiner for Tokyo Metropolitan Government FY2023 GX-related Foreign Company Entry Support Project
2024　Appointed Specially Appointed Professor at Digital Hollywood University Graduate School (in charge of "Open Innovation Theory")
2025　Appointed Director of Japan Open Innovation Research Association (current position)