Hirofumi IKAWA ikawa@sansui.or.jp ■BACKGROUND BIRTHDAY : January, 1962 YEAR OF QUALIFICATION : 2006 YEAR OF REGISTRATION : 2006 (No.14932) ■EDUCATION Niihama National College of Technology (major in Mechanical Engineering) Toyohashi University of Technology (major in System Engineering) Aichi University (major in Law) ■WORK HISTORY - Worked at in the area of IP service from 1984 - Worked at Shibata Patent Law Firm - Worked at Legal and IP Department of MELCO INC. (BUFFALO INC.) Now he worked for SANSUI PATENT FIRM of Nagoya office and Shibata Law Firm ■TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREA □PATENT/UTILITY MODEL Mechanical Area : industrial machine, civil engineering machinery, food processing machinery Information Technology : network equipment, storage device □DESIGN research, preparing application, trial (trial against the final rejection, trial for cancellation of a registered trademark not in use, trial for invalidation) □TRADEMARK research, preparing application, trial (trial against the final rejection, trial for cancellation of a registered trademark not in use, trial for invalidation) □DISPUTE RESOLUTION conducting the case in connection with the prevention of unfair competition preparing contract, conducting license/transfer of right negotiation, warning, suit for canceling trial decision(patent, trademark) infringement suit, importation-restraining measure