Masatake Ide

Masatake Ide is a Japanese Patent Attorney admitted in 1984 and is the founder of the firm M. IDE & Co. located in Tokyo, Japan in 1995, specialising in counsel and representation in the procurement of patents, trademarks and other IP rights.

Mr Ide is a specialist of chemical and biochemical IP matters and was a chairman of the biotech/life-science committee of JPAA in 2004, and therefore M. IDE & Co. has first become popular as a firm providing good legal expertise in chemical/biotechnological areas, and has now grown to handle a wide range of IP matters, including mechanical, electrical, design patent, trademark and unfair competition.

Mr Ide is not only active as an IP practitioner but also has been making a great contribution to the IP industry in Japan since he was an executive officer of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) in 2009-10, and a vice president of JPAA in 2011-12, also as a vice president of the Education Institute of JPAA in 2012-16, contributing the continuing education for patent attorneys. He was a member of the board of examiners for examination of Japanese patent attorneys in 2014-15, and since 2012 has been a lecturer (concerning response to office action in chemical field) of the JPAA practical training course, which is mandatory to join JPAA.

Mr Ide is a member of JPAA, AIPPI and FICPI, and can communicate in Japanese and English.