
Senior Partner
Akio Shiga
Professional Career
Hitachi Co., Ltd. Consumer Product Laboratory 1985-1987
YKI Intellectual Property Attorneys since 1988
Education
B.S. in Physics, Chiba University, 1985
Professional Qualifications
Completed the 1999 Summer Training program sponsored by the U.S. law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch
Completed the 2000 IP Program offered by the German firm of Vossius & Partner
Completed the 2001 Patent and Intellectual Property Law and Practice Summer Institute of CASRIP, University of Washington
Completed the 2002 Institute in American Law of the George Mason Law and Economic Center
Organization Memberships
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Licensing Executives Society Japan
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers