Tetsu Yoshida
Patent Attorney Admitted in Japan Only
Email: tyoshida@poszlaw.com

Education
Kanazawa University, B.S.
Mechanical Engineering 1993
Kanazawa University, Master of Mechanical Engineering 1995

Admissions
Japan Patent Office

Memberships
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Reg. No. 11494)
Intellectual Property Association of Japan
Kansai Patent Study Association

Tetsu Yoshida, a technical advisor with Posz Law Group, has experience in intellectual property prosecution and litigation practice in Japan . He assists in prosecuting U.S. patent applications for, and in communicating with, Japanese clients. Prior to joining Posz Law Group in 2007, he worked for three years as a technical specialist in a patent prosecution group at an intellectual property law firm in Virginia .

Mr. Yoshida's research and related activities while at NAIST are available as follows:
· 2006, Technology Transfer Training Program in the US
· 2005, Technology Transfer On the Job Training Program
· 2004, Technology Transfer E-Learning Program (Contracts with respect to IP)

After working in both the engineering department and the intellectual property law department of MIZUNO Corporation in Osaka Japan , Mr. Yoshida became a patent attorney in Japan in 1999. Mr. Yoshida developed his career by drafting patent applications and working with IP litigation attorneys in Japan . In 2003, Mr. Yoshida was appointed as a visiting associate professor in intellectual property law by Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST). Regarding patents, Mr. Yoshida's areas of expertise include mechanical and electronic devices, software, and Internet-related technology.

Publications

· Introduction of NAIST Technology Transfer Training Method, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (Feb. 2008)

· Intense IP Training Program in a US IP firm forNARA Institute of Science and Technology, Journal of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Vol.4, No.1 (Jan. 2008),

· Posz Law Group is introduced as a host firm which has originated the NAIST US IP training for three years in a row.

· Analysis of Recklessness standard by CAFC Seagate case and proposed strategies for defendants, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (1) 2008,1/16, (2) 2008,1/18

· Obviousness of drug patents in a post-KSR world: Magazine, “Patent,” Journal by Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Vol. 60, No. 11 (Nov. 2007)

· Essentials of NAIST Technology Transfer Training, Journal of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Vol. 3, No.11 (Nov. 2007)

· Practice Tips for Streamlining U.S. Patent Prosecution, Chizai-Kanri, Vol. 57, No. 9 (Sep. 2007)

· Analysis of obviousness in a post-KSR world and suggestions, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (Jun. 2007)

· A Hidden Difficulty Existing Between Japanese Companies and U.S. Attorneys, RIGHT NOW (Feb. 2007)

· Conflictions among industries with respect to an obviousness standard in the KSR supreme court case, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (Nov. 2006)

· Directions to strengthen the intervene rights in US patent reform by the US congress, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (Dec. 2005)

· Various opinions from industries with regard to US patent reform, Nikkei Chizai Awareness (Sep. 2005)

· Co-Author, Patent and Intellectual Property Law 「特許・知的財産Q&A 500経済産業調査会）, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2000)

Selected Seminar and Lectures
· Key-Note Speaker, Advanced IP Strategy for Start Ups, Innovation OKINAWA 2006

· Instructor, “Introduction to the Intellectual Property Law for Entrepreneurs,” DOSHISYA Women’s College (April – July 2007)

· “Strategy of technology transfer from academia,” Society for Management of Intellectual Properties; SMIPS, (Jun. 2006), etc.