Masahiro Samejima

Masahiro has experienced the combined areas of technology, business, and law. He founded Uchida & Samejima Law Firm in 2004, which is dedicated to business-legal matters, including Intellectual Property and M&A issues. He currently focuses on advising manufacturers in the combined area of technology and law, on advising business laws to IT corporations, and on providing intellectual property management consultation to technology corporations. The firm has 10 attorneys in total; most of them have some kind of technological background such as Information technology, and the peripherals like electronics, semi-conductors and system engineering. Though the firm is resident in the centre of Tokyo, the firm can handle any case over Japan. The firm has a good connection with foreign law firms, and other experts such as tax accountant, patent filing firm, and consultant. Masahiro Samejima started his career as an engineer at Fujikura Ltd. in 1985, where he researched and developed materials of electric cable. He passed the Patent Attorney Examination (Benrishi) in 1991 and joined IBM Japan as a patent attorney in 1992, where he developed intellectual asset management, contributed to obtaining patents on Nobel Prize inventions, and was awarded “Special Contribution Prize”. He passed the Bar Examination in Japan in 1996 and joined the Legal Training and Research Institute in 1997. As an attorney (Bengoshi), he joined Ohba & Ozaki Law Firm in 1999 and Law Firm of Matsuo & Kosugi in 2000. He has been appointed as a president of many government committees in the area of intellectual property. He authorized numerous books and articles such as “The Handbook of Patent Strategy” and “The Guidance to Legal Matters for System Engineers.”