>>> Taro Yaguchi, President
Registered Patent Attorney in Japan
Mr. Yaguchi is a prominent Japanese patent attorney with an extensive business network of key stakeholders in the technology licensing field both in the United States and Japan, including the Japanese government, academic and private research institutions.  Mr. Yaguchi has more than 15 years experience in the field of intellectual property law. After graduating from the faculty of technology of Tokyo University of Science, he was engaged in domestic and foreign patent applications and dispute resolutions in the firm of Suzuye & Suzuye.  Mr. Yaguchi, registered as patent attorney in Japan since 1993, studied in a patent law firm in the United States and attended conferences held by international organizations such as the International Trademark Association (INTA) and Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI).  Mr. Yaguchi's past accomplishments include serving as a Japanese law expert witness in the American Arbitration Association for a case involving a large Japanese corporation, as well as being selected as a Japanese delegation member for the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Patent Law Treaty, held at the World Intellectual Property Office in Geneva in 2000.  Furthermore, he was Vice Chairman of the Patent Committee of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), as well as an advisor to the Patent Committee of the Software Information Center (SOFTIC), the government-related foundation promoting the improvement of infrastructure for information technology.  Mr. Yaguchi authored three full-length books published in Japan, one of which, "The Latest U.S. Business Model Patents 564," became a business bestseller on Amazon.com in Japan.  He is also granted limited recognition under 37CFR § 10.9(b) to practice as patent agent before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

>>> Konomi Takeshita, Vice President
U.S. Patent Attorney
Ms. Takeshita was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1993 and became registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1994.  Ms. Takeshita is also a patent attorney at Omori & Yaguchi, a Tokyo-based intellectual property law firm with a liaison office in Philadelphia, PA.  In addition to her experience as a patent attorney, which has emphasized mainly the mechanical and electrical arts, she has several years of diverse business management experience.  She was a product manager for the Intellectual Property Department at Lexis-Nexis in Dayton, Ohio and was also the Special Projects Engineer at Shiseido America Inc. in New Jersey.  Her past accomplishments also include working as the Director of Engineering and Market Development for Inteque Resources Corporation in Fort Lee, NJ.  Ms. Takeshita graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and completed her law degree at Georgetown University, where she served as Articles Editor for the "Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics." 

>>> Yasuaki Yamaguchi, Vice President, JTG Tokyo Office Manager
Registered Patent Attorney in Japan
Mr. Yamaguchi is a patent attorney with Omori & Yaguchi in Tokyo.  After graduating from the faculty of Nihon University, Mr. Yamaguchi was engaged in prosecution of patents, trademarks, and designs, both domestic and foreign, at Akiyama International Patent Office.  Registered as a patent attorney in 1990, he was a lecturer at the faculty of law of Nihon University, before he started working with the intellectual property department of TOTO Ltd. for almost 10 years.  While in TOTO, Mr. Yamaguchi handled a wide range of issues, including patents and trademarks, dispute resolutions, amending company's regulations regarding commendation of in-house inventors, as well as employee education on patents.  Mr. Yamaguchi is extensively knowledgeable in discovering unnoticed inventions, examining patentability of inventions, as well as Japanese intellectual property law, especially unfair competition law and copyright law.  

>>> Sachiyo Hayashi, Vice President, JTG Osaka Office Manager
Attorney at Law in Japan
Ms. Hayashi provides legal advice specializing in Japanese law at the Japan Technology Group.  Ms. Hayashi has extensive experience in all phases of general litigation in Japan.  Some of her areas of expertise include bankruptcy issues, intellectual property issues as well as medical doctors against malpractice lawsuits.  Ms. Hayashi received her bachelor’s degree in law from Chuo University.  While studying at the Graduate School of Law at Kobe University, she passed the Japanese bar.  Since 1995 when registered as an attorney, she practiced the law with a law office in Osaka, Japan.  In 1998, she established her own firm and began her own practice in Osaka.  Ms. Hayashi has been a frequent lecturer at legal, educational seminars sponsored by various corporations.  She has also co-authored two Q&A books, one of which is about how to protect yourself against door-to-door sales people, mail-order sales and multi-level marketing systems.  The other book talks about how to protect yourself in monetary transactions.

>>> Nadia Liss, Business Development Director