Yusuke Inui

Attorney-at-Law, Patent Attorney

Attorney-at-Law (New York)

Partner
TEL: +81-381-3-6452-9283
Email: inui@kubota-law.com

Mr. Yusuke Inui is an attorney-at-law and a patent attorney qualified in Japan, and is also admitted to the New York Bar.

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, he was admitted to the Japanese Bar in 2003 and also qualified as a Japanese patent attorney in 2006. He worked at Kubota Patent Law Office from 2003 to 2007. He studied at the New York University School of Law from 2007 and obtained an LL.M. degree in 2008, and then worked until 2009 at the New York Office of Lovells (currently Hogan Lovells). He was admitted to the New York Bar in 2009. After coming back to Japan, he worked at Hogan Lovells Tokyo Office as a member of the Japan Practice team from 2009 to 2015, until he left Hogan Lovells and joined KUBOTA.

Mr. Yusuke Inui's practice has mainly focused on protection of IP in Japan, in particular patent litigation and trademark protection. He represented clients both inside and outside in many high-profile patent litigation in various technical fields including telecommunication and chemicals. He also filed numerous Japanese trademark applications for clients outside Japan in various fields including fashion, food and beverage, material and finance industries, and also advised the clients on trademark enforcement and domain name protection. In addition to IP, Mr. Inui has experience in general commercial transactions and litigations, as well as drug and medical device regulatory matters.

Mr. Inui speaks English and Japanese. He has been an active member of AIPPI Japan, and currently serves as the Assistant Reporter General of the AIPPI Bureau. He has also been a lecturer in a training course for patent attorneys held by the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association since 2013.

Bibliography:

Trademarks and Trade Name is the Internet Era (2006)

Parameter Invention (AIPPI Japan English Journal, May 2006)

Latest Case Law Report (AIPPI Japan English Journal, March and May 2010)

Technical Scope of Product-by-Process Claims: IP High Court January 27, 2012 Grand Panel Judgment (AIPPI Japan Journal, August 2012)

Abuse of Rights (Analysis on Important Case Law & Promotion of Brand Strategy; Legal Practice on Trademarks (Chuokeizai-sha, 2023))