Tomoko Inaba
QUALIFICATIONS
Member, Japanese Bar (1996-) (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
EDUCATION
2001 Universite de Nantes (France) (LL.M.)
1989 Chuo University, Faculties of Law (LL.B.)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010.4-9 Lecturer at Sophia Law School (Intellectual Property Law)
2002- InfoTech Law Offices (formerly Tanso & Yamamoto) (Tokyo)
1996-2001 Hikari Sogoh Law Offices (Tokyo)
1994-1996 Legal Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court
of Japan
SOCIETY
Member of ALAI (Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale) Japan
Member of The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Member of Société franco-japonaise des sciences juridiques
Member of LIDC (La Ligue internationale du droit de la concurrence) Japan
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
- Commentary on Copyright (co-authored) (Keiso Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan, 2009)
- World Intellectual Property Right and Remedies (co-authored) (OCEANA, U.S.A., 2009)
- E-Commerce and the Law of Digital Signatures (co-authored) (OCEANA, U.S.A., 2005)
- Intellectual Property Right Dictionary (co-authored) (Maruzen, Japan, 2004)
ARTICLES
- The Court of Justice of the European Union Judgment of March 23, 2010 on “Adwords” Type Services in Search Engine
AIPPI Vol.55 No.7 (Japan, 2010) - Construction of Publication Contracts (Case of Voice Actor for Animation: The Supreme Court Judgment)
(Chosakuken Hanrei Hyakusen 4th Ed., Japan, 2009) - France Splits over the Implementation of the Three-Strikes Rule
583 Copyright 28 (Japan, 2009) - Right to Make a Complaint against the Offense of Copyright Infringement
(Offense Indictable upon an Injured Person’s Complaint): Pirated Video
Case (co-authored)
Celebrating the 77th Birthday of Dr. Shoen Ono (Japan, 2009) - French Cases on Trademark Infringement by "Adwords" Type Services
in Search Engine
AIPPI Vol.53 No.12 (Japan, 2008) - Court Cases in France on Provider Liability
567 Copyright 27 (Japan, 2008) - Tort Liability for Slavishly Copying Non-creative Expression (co-authored)
The Latest Case Law - Celebrating the 60th Birthday of Mr. Youichiro Komatsu- (Japan, 2008) - The Mulholland Dr. Case: Copy Control Measures on DVDs and Copyright
554 Copyright 30 (Japan, 2007) - Legal Protection of Scents
27 AROMA RESEARCH 54 (Japan, 2006) - National Legislation in France for the EU Information Society Directive:
Developments after the House of Representatives Passed the Bill
545 Copyright 48 (Japan, 2006) - National Legislation in France for the EU Information Society Directive
541 Copyright 26 (Japan, 2006) - The Hotel Junkies Case - Concept of Creativity
30 Copyright Law Journal 199 (Japan, 2003) - Copyrightability of Perfume: Thierry Mugler Case
501 Copyright 22 (Japan, 2003) - EC Directive and Privacy
Law Practice in the Information Networked Society (Japan, 1999) - Regulation of Contents in Cyberspace (co-authored)
No.57 Journal of Japan Society of Information and Communication Research (Japan, 1998) - The Scope of Copyright Protection (co-authored)
Cyberspace and Regulation by Law (Japan, 1997)
LECTURES
- Current Situation and Issues of the Three-Strikes Rule (Content Overseas Distribution Association, 2010)
- Development of the Three-Strikes Rule in Europe (ALAI Japan, 2009)
- Fragrance and Copyrightable Works (ALAI Japan, 2008)
- Legal Protection of Scents (Japanese Society for Cutaneous Health, 2008)
- The Recent Amendment of French Copyright Law (Digital Contents Association of Japan, 2007)
- Copyrightability of Perfume: Implication of the Paris Court of Appeal of France Judgment (Fragrance Journal Ltd., 2006)
- Outline of the French Copyright Law and the Legal Protection of Contents
(Digital Contents Association of Japan, Copyright Seminar , 2005) - Analysis of the Hotel Junkies Case (Copyright Law Association of Japan, 2003)
- Copyrightability of Perfume (Copyright Law Association of Japan, 2003)
