Eiichiro Kubota

Practice Areas

Mr. Kubota's practice has centered around IP litigation, particularly patent and trademark litigation, and related matters such as advising on infringement and invalidity. He has a wide range of experience in other IP related areas such as licensing, and he has also developed expertise in areas including regulatory, general commercial transactions and dispute resolution, bankruptcy, and general technology-related legal issues.

Career

Mr. Kubota studied at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He qualified as a lawyer in 1991 and as a patent attorney in 1993. Between 1991 and 1994 he worked at Nakamura & Partners. In 1994, Mr. Kubota established Kubota Patent and Law Office. He has been a partner of Hogan Lovells leading the Japan Practice from 2008 to 2015.

Professional Memberships

AIPPI, LES, APAA, Tokyo IP Inn of Courts

Publications

Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace (Contributor 1999, John Wiley & Sons)

Guide to Business Model Patents (2000, X-media)

The Parker Case, Parallel import of goods bearing Trademarks (October edition, 2000, Patent, Journal of JPAA)

Intellectual Property Dictionary (co-author 2001, Sanseido)

Patent Disputes in the Real World (July to December editions, 2002, Nikkei Biotechnology & Business)

The trend of Patent Infringement Lawsuits (co-author 2002, JIII)

Copyrightability of Architectural works (August edition, 2004, Intellectual Property Management, Journal of JIPA)

License Agreements and Acts beyond the License (June edition, 2005, A.I.P.P.I., Journal of the Japanese Group)

Trademarks and Tradenames in the Net Age (2006, X-media)

Indirect Inringement (Theories and Practice of IP law, Shin-nihon hoki, 2007)

Prior Use Right and Preparation of Proof Thereof (April edition, 2008, Intellectual Property Management, Journal of JIPA)

The Impact of the IP High Court decision regarding Exhaustion by sale of Indirect Infringing Goods (December edition, 2015, LES Japan News)

The new trend of Business Law (co-author 2020, Seirin Shoin)