¡Biography Mr. FURUTANI specializes in patent application and litigation. His specialist fields are electronics, computer software and hardware, businessmethods and mechanics. He graduated from the Electronic Engineerring Department of Kushiro National College of Technology. He graduated from Law school of Kansai university. He was appointed the position of the Chairman of the Software Commitee of Japan Patent Attorneys Association. He is a part-time professor of Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kushiro National College of Technology and Kansai University. He frequently lectured about IP matters at University, Government etc.
gImitation of Shape of Goods ? Grilling plate for toaster oven caseh in Chizai-kanri [Intellectual Property Management], Japan Intellectual Property Association, 1999
March 2000
"Patents and Copyrights for Software (3rd edition)h ASCII Co., 2000
September 2000
gEssentials of Business Method Patents: What patent attorneys share with their clientsh Tokyo Shoseki, 2000
March 2002
gWhat you better know about Business Method Patenth Nikkei Biz Plus, 2001-2002
December 2002
gLegal Consultation on Patent and Utility Modelh Seirin Shoin, 2002
December 2002
"A Decision of EPO on Chimeric Animal related Invention", in PATENT, Vol.55 No.12, Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), 2002
January 2003
"Exhaustion and Implied License", in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Vol.53 No.1, Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), 2003
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