InfoTech Law Offices specialize in copyright, patent, other intellectual property rights, antitrust law, international transactions, international litigation and other corporate legal matters.
Takashi B. Yamamoto
QUALIFICATIONS
Member, Japanese Bar (1988-) (First Tokyo Bar Association)
Member, New York
Bar (1995-)
EDUCATION
1992 Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
1978 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995- Managing Partner, InfoTech Law Offices (formerly Tanso & Yamamoto) (Tokyo)1993-94 Pennie & Edmonds (New York)
1992-93 Morrison & Foerster (San Francisco)
1988-91 Shinmyo & Partners (Tokyo)
1986-88 Legal Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
1978-83 Asahi Kasei Corporation (Tokyo) (formerly Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.)
SOCIETY
Member (Director) of ALAI (Association Litteraire et Artistique
Internationale) Japan
Member (Director) of The Copyright Law Association of
Japan
Member of Japan Association of Industrial Property Law
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
- Contents Securities and Laws (Shojihomu, Japan, 2015)
- The Philosophy of Fair Use Doctrine (co-authored) (Ohta Publishing, Co., Japan, 2010)
- World Copyright Statutes No. 42 – U.S. Copyright Act of 1976- (translation) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 2009)
- Commentary on Copyright (co-authored) (Keiso Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan, 2009)
- The Fundamentals of American Copyright Law, 2d Ed. (Ohta Publishing Co., Japan, 2008)
- World Copyright Statutes No.38 -The Copyright Act, 1957 of India- (co-translated) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 2008)
- E-Commerce and the Law of Digital Signatures (co-authored) (OCEANA, U.S.A., 2005)
- The Fundamentals of American Copyright Law (Ohta Publishing Co., Japan, 2004)
- World Intellectual Property Right and Remedies (co-authored) (OCEANA, U.S.A., 2001)
- World Copyright Statutes No.29 -U.S. Copyright Act of 1976- (co-translated) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 2000)
- World Copyright Statutes No.27 -Digital Millennium Copyright Act- (translation) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 1999)
- Copyright Enforcement Manual: Korea (Gyosei Co., Japan, 1999)
- Amendment to Copyright Law and Unfair Competition Prevention Law (co-authored) (Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan, 1999)
- Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the Harmonization of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (translation) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 1998)
- International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (co-authored) (FT Law & Tax, U.K., 1996)
- World Antitrust Law and Practice (co-authored) (Little Brown, U.S.A., 1995)
- The Green Paper of the European Commission on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (translation) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 1995)
- Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure: The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (translation) (Copyright Research and Information Center, Japan, 1995)
- American Copyright Law (translation) (Commercial Law Center Inc., Japan,
1990)
ARTICLES
- Copyright Protection of Digital Rights Management in Japan
The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business Vol.39 (Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, 2017) - Substance of Copyright: Similarity (The Supreme Court Judgment on Esashioiwake
Case)
Chosakuken Hanrei Hyakusen 5th Ed., (Yuhikaku, Japan, 2016) - UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES
(Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, 2016) - Withholding Tax against License Fees in Cloud
1027 New Business Law 45, 1028 New Business Law 73 (Shojihomu, Japan, 2014) - Protection of Contents Security by Copyright Law
13 IP Management Review 4 (Association of Intellectual Property Education, Japan, 2014) - Protection of Performers’ Rights and the Vehicle Theory
Introduction to Performers’ Rights (Japan, 2013) - Legal Liability for Indirect Infringement of Copyright in Japan
The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business Vol.35 (Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, 2013) - Talking on Copyright
JRRC E-mail Magazine (Japan, 2012) - On the 2012 Amendment of Copyright Law: To What Extent is the Scope of Fair Use Permitted
7 Businesshomu 72 (Japan, 2012) - Protection of Access Control by Copyright Law
603 Copyright 2 (Japan, 2011) - Part 2 From the Viewpoint of Copyright: The Territorialism
of Copyright and the Issues of International Jurisdiction and Choice of
Law
37 Copyright Law Journal 109 (Japan, 2010) - Issues on the Liability
of the Internet Service Provider
Vol.83 Chizaiken Forum (Japan, 2010) - Adaptation
Right (Esashioiwake Case: The Supreme Court Judgment)
Chosakuken Hanrei Hyakusen 4th Ed.,( Japan, 2009) - The Implication of
the Settlement in the Google Book Search Case
Vol. 52 No.7 Journal of Information Processing and Management 405(Japan, 2009) - Right to Make a Complaint against the Offense of Copyright Infringement
(Offense Indictable upon an Injured Person’s Complaint): Pirated Video Case
(co-authored)
Celebrating the 77th Birthday of Dr. Shoen Ono (Japan, 2009) - Which of Author or its Copyright Assignee Holds a Newly Vested Right to
the Use that was Unknown at the Time of the Assignment?
2021 Hanrei Jihou 185(Japan, 2009) - Japanese Court
Jurisdiction Over International Cases
Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business Vol.30 (Kluwer Law International, U.K., 2008) - Dependence and Independence in Copyright Exemptions to Indirect Infringers
from Direct Infringers
The Current Society and Copyright Law -Celebrating the Retirement of Professor Hiroshi Saito- (Japan, 2008) - Tort Liability
for Slavishly Copying Non-creative Expression (co-authored)
The Latest Case Law - Celebrating the 60th Birthday of Mr. Youichiro Komatsu- (Japan, 2008) - Injunctions against
Indirect Copyright Infringement and Categorization Thereof
865 New Business Law (Japan, 2007) - Scope of Damages
Copyright Law and Design Law, Theories and Practice on Intellectual Property Vol.4 (Japan, 2007) - Scope of Damages against Moral Rights Infringement
Copyright Law and Design Law, Theories and Practice on Intellectual Property Vol.4 (Japan, 2007) - Moral Rights (May 31, 2006)
- The Doctrines of
Copyright Limitations and the Permissible Domain of Private
Reproduction
Recent Development of the Academic Disputes on the Intellectual Property Laws and the Competition Law - Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Professor Dr. Nobuo Monya (Japan, 2006) - Comments on the
Compensation System for Private Recording
Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Morning Edition of August 10 (Japan, 2005) - Infringement of Reproduction Rights
Copyright Litigation Law (Japan, 2004) - The "2 Channel"
Copyright Infringement Case
520 Copyright 20 (Japan, 2004) - Comment on the
"Shukan-Bunshun" Case
Tokyo Shinbun, Evening Edition of April 19 (Japan, 2004) - Looking into the
Copyright Business in the U.S.
2 Right Now! 29 (Japan, 2003) - Applicable Law
concerning Infringement of Public Transmission Right
Current Issues on Copyright Law and Civil Code -Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Professor Masao Handa (Japan, 2003) - Applicable
Laws and Jurisdictions Concerning Copyright
27 Copyright Law Journal 193 (Japan, 2003) - Fundamentals of American Copyright Law
85-98 JUCC Journal (Japan 2002) - Copyrightability of
User Interface
1782 Hanrei Jihou 206 (Japan, 2002) - Case Review: A & M Records, Inc., v. Napster, Inc., 239 F. 3d 1004 (9th
Cir. 2001)
2002 Amerika Ho 450 (Japan, 2002) - Objectives and
Consequences of the Provider Liability Law: A Comparative Legal
Aanalysis
495 Copyright 2 (Japan, 2002) - The "Who Moved My
Cheese?" Case
492 Copyright 16 (Japan, 2002) - Free Speech of
Expression by Parody and Limitation on Copyright Protection -Suntrust Bank v.
Houghton Mifflin Co., _F.3d_, 62 PTCJ 552 (11th. Cir. 2001)-
1215 Jurist 172 (Japan, 2002) - After the "Napster" Case: Trends Surrounding the Online Music
Services
13 L & T 91 (Japan, 2001) - The IBF File Case Where the Court Held that Data Files do not Constitute
Program Works
Copyright Case Law -Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Mr. Ryuichi Murabayashi (Japan, 2001) - The "Napster"
Case
483 Copyright 17 (Japan, 2001) - Unfair Competition
Prevention Law and the Role of Patent Attorneys: With Analysis of the iMac
Case
54 Patent 2 (Japan, 2001) - The Development of Copyright Law System in the U.S., EU and Japan
18 Law and Computers 103 (Japan, 2000) - Digital Millennium
Copyright Act and Other Recent Amendment to the U.S. Copyright Law
459 Copyright 21 (Japan, 1999) - Copyright Protection of Databases -The Wall Street Journal
Case-
Copyright Update Japan 1998 (Japan, 1999) - Legal Issues on
Shrink-Wrap Agreements
438 Copyright 2 (Japan, 1997) - Moral Rights in the United States
23 Copyright Law Journal 34 (Japan, 1996) - Copyright Issues in a Networked Society
425 Copyright 2 (Japan, 1996) - Outline of EU Directive on Protection of Database
424 Copyright 2 (Japan, 1996) - Copyright Issues of the Information Super Highway
Multimedia Copyright Information (Japan, 1996) - Analyses of Risk in
U.S. Patent Litigation
23/2 Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law (Japan, 1995) - Legal Framework of
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Handbook (Japan, 1995) - Characteristic of American Copyright Law
409 Copyright 2 (Japan, 1995) - Case Law
Doctrines in American Copyright Law
553-611 New Business Law (Japan, 1994-97) - The Dynamics of the
American Court System
23/2-23/11 Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law (Japan, 1994) - Doing Business In
Japan: Strategies & Practical Insights
II/1 International Computer Lawyer 2 (USA, 1994) - The IP Issues in front of Japanese Companies
JPC International Business News (Japan, 1993-1994) - U.S. Criticism on Japanese Patent System
86 Private Law Information (Japan, 1993) - Toward A Fair Use Standard
1992 Amerika Ho (Japan, 1992) - U.S. and Japanese Copyright Doctrines to Deny Infringement
11 Law & Technology (Japan, 1990) - Review of American Computer Copyright Cases
468-494 New Business Law (Japan, 1990-91) - The Concept of
'Originality' and the Merger Doctrine in Japanese Copyright Law: The Meaning of
the System Science Case
Ⅳ-4 Software Protection 1 (USA, 1990) - The Concept of Originality and the Merger
Doctrine
456 New Business Law (Japan, 1990) - American Copyright Law after Joining the Berne Convention
5 Law & Technology (Japan, 1989)
LECTURES
- Copyright Protection for AI Works and Copyright in the Age of AI (Asia - Pacific Regional Meeting for Heads of Copyright Offices, 2017)
- Protection of Contents Security by Copyright Law
(Subcommittee for Copyright on Newspaper, The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association, 2015) - The U.S. Copyright Law
(MPA Seminars to Train Music Copyright Managers, 2015) - Copyright Infringement Cases and Countermeasures
(Japan Reproduction Rights Center (JRRC), 2015) - The U.S. Copyright Law
(MPA Seminars to Train Music Copyright Managers, 2014) - Q&A on Copyright and Portrait Rights for Motion Pictures
(T3 Media, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Information Systems Corporation, 2013) - Copyright Law Protection to Access Control for “Cloud” (ALAI Study Days 2012 in Kyoto, 2012)
- Protection of Access Control by Copyright Law (Copyright Research and Information Center, 2011)
- The Recent Development of Right of Portrait and Right of Publicity and the Limitations to Utilization (Japan Research Institute for New Systems of Society, 2010)
- The Forefront of the Copyright Law: Recent Amendments to and Future Issues of the Copyright Law (Patent Attorney Douyukai Seminar, 2010)
- International Jurisdiction and Applicable Law on Copyright Infringement Committed through the Internet: From the Aspect of the Copyright Law (The Copyright Association of Japan, General Symposium, 2010)
- Repercussions of the Proposed Settlement on the Google Book Search Case (ALAI Japan, 2010)
- The Implication of the Settlement in the Google Book Search Case (Mita Sciety for Library and Infomation Science, 2009)
- What Determines Duration of Copyright and Related Rights: From the Aspect of the Common Law (Lecture Transcription) (ALAI Japan, 2008)
- Legal Dependency of Accomplice or Copyright Limitations (The Copyright Law Association of Japan , 2008)
- What Elements are Expressions of Works and What Expressional Elements are Protected by Copyright (Copyright Research and Information Center, 2008)
- Outline of the U.S. Copyright Law and the Legal Protection of Contents (Digital Contents Association of Japan, Copyright Seminar , 2005)
- Re-structuring the"Work" Concept under the Number of Works (Copyright Research and Information Center, 2005)
- Enforcement of Copyright in Digital and Networking Era (Tokyo Seminar 2005)
- Limitations in the Digital Network Environment (ALAI Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 2003)
- Copyright Enforcement in Japan (Tokyo Seminar 2003-2006)
- Copyright Enforcement in Japan (Copyright Research and Information Center, 2000-2004)
- Copyright Enforcement in Japan (Japan International Cooperation Agency, 1999-2007)
- The DMCA of US and the EU Directive (The Copyright Law Association of Japan, general Symposium in Autumn, 2001)
- License of Copyright to Computer Programs (Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry Legal & Business Affairs Association, 2001)
- The History of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law and the Role of Patent Attorneys under the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as Amended (Japan Patent Attorneys Association, 2000)
- Legal Issues on E-Commerce and Business Model Patents (Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development, 2000)
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction in Copyright Infringement Disputes (Licensing Executives Society Japan, 2000)
- Digitalization in Japan and the United States: Status of and Lessons from Advanced Development of Infrastructure for Digital Society in the United States, and Advice to Users and Photographers in Japan (All Japan Federation of Copyrights for Photographers, 1999)
- Intellectual Property Rights in the Networks (Japan Agricultural Development Extension Association, 1999)
- Discussion in WIPO and the Legislative Trend in Europe and the United States
on Copyright
(Keidanren, 1999) - New Technologies and Their Copyright Protection at the International Level (WIPO National Training Course on International Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh, 1998)
- The Exercise and Management of Copyright and Neighboring Rights: International Practice and the National Experience of Japan (WIPO National Training Course on International Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh, 1998)
- Legal Issues on Shrink-Wrap Agreements (Copyright Research and Information Center, 1997)
- The Impact of Digital Technology on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Protection (WIPO Asian Regional Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1996)
- Copyright Issues in a Networked Society (Copyright Research and Information Center, 1997)
- Practical Aspects of the Enforcement of Rights: Provisional Measures, Civil Remedies, Criminal Sanctions (WIPO Asia/Pacific Symposium, Denpasar, Indonesia, 1995)
- Protection of Computer Programs and Data Bases (WIPO Asia/Pacific Symposium, Denpasar, Indonesia, 1995)
- Legal Remedies for Software Piracy (The Pacific Rim Computer Conference, San Francisco, 1995)
- Characteristics of American Copyright Law (Copyright Research and Information Center, 1995)
- Doing Business in Japan: Strategies and Practical Insight (The World Computer Law Congress, San Diego, 1993)
- Japanese Legal System (UC Berkeley School of Law, 1993)
バナースペース
InfoTech Law Offices
Hibiya Central Bldg., 14th Floor,
2-9, Nishi-Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Japan
TEL +81-3-5532-8900
FAX +81-3-5532-8901