FY2014 “Intellectual Property Achievement Awards”

April 11, 2014
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Japan Patent Office

1. Outline of "Intellectual Property Achievement Awards"

In order to contribute to further disseminating and raising awareness of the intellectual property rights system through honoring individuals and corporations that have contributed to the expansion and development of the intellectual property rights system in Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Patent Office give “Award for Contributor Concerning the Intellectual Property Rights System” to individuals who have contributed to the development and dissemination of the intellectual property rights system as well as raising awareness thereof, and give “Award for a good-standing company Utilizing the Intellectual Property Rights System” to corporations which have most effectively taken advantage of the intellectual property rights system and contributed to its development. “Both are called the "Intellectual Property Achievement Award."

2. Winners of Award

In this fiscal year, four individuals and four corporations received Awards from Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and four individuals received Awards from Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office.

Awarded Individuals and Corporations in FY2014

(alphabetical order)

Awards form Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Awards for Contributor Concerning the Intellectual Property Rights System
Hidetaka Aizawa	Professor (Graduate School of International Corporation Strategy, National University Corporation Hitotsubashi University)
Kiyoshi Asamura	Patent Attorney, Chairman (Asamura Patent Office)
Hidesato Iida	Attorney, President (Haru Law Office)
Katsushige Nakamura	President (Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd.)

Awards for a good-standing company Utilizing the Intellectual Property Rights System
iPS Academia Japan, Inc.	Patent exploitation	Kyoto
Nitto Denko Corporation	Patent exploitation	Osaka
MTG Co., Ltd.	Design exploitation	Aichi
Noevir Co., Ltd.	Trademark exploitation	Hyogo

Awards from Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office

Awards for Contributor Concerning the Intellectual Property Rights System
Tokuji Kajiwara	Chairman and Executive Director (Kajiwara, Inc.)
Hisashi Kato	Patent Attorney, President (Kato Patent Office)
Mitsuo Sakamoto	Patent Attorney, President (Mitsuo Sakamoto Patent Office)
Mamoru Matsuoka	Professor (National University Corporation Mie University)

3. Award Ceremony

On April 18^th, the Invention Day (an anniversary of the Patent Monopoly Act established as the first substantial patent law in Japan, which was promulgated on April 18^th, 1885), the award ceremony was held as follows.

Date:	April 18 (Fri.), 2014
Time:	11:00 - 12:00
Place:	The Tokai University Club, Room of Aso and Asahi (Kasumigaseki Building 35th Floor, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo)

[Last updated March 8 2016]

Contact

<<For the awarded individuals>> Personnel Division General Affairs Department Japan Patent Office Point of Contact: Personnel in charge of Honors E-mail:PA0110@jpo.go.jp   <<For the awarded enterprises>> Policy Planning and Research Division General Affairs Department Japan Patent Office Point of Contact : Office of Patent Strategic Coordination E-mail:PA02F0@jpo.go.jp