Design Department
Ryoji SAITO
[Advisor]
Mr. Saito graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
He has been Of Counsel at SOEI since 2006.
He held many senior positions in the Japan Patent Office including Appeal Examiner,
Director of Design Division and Director of the Board of Appeal. He was a member
of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law Committee of Industrial Structure Council,
and a Design member of Industrial Property Council. He was also involved in
drafting amendments to the Unfair Competition Prevention Law and the Design
Law. He is the author of one of the most famous books on Japanese Design Law,
“General Observations on Design Law.”
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