AIPPI Activities

1995 to Present: Member of the Japanese Group
1999 to Present: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese Group
2001 to Present: The leader of the Study Group on Q169 (Criminal law sanctions with regard to the 
                 infringement of intellectual property rights) in the Japanese Group
2001:            Executive Committee member from the Japanese Group and a member of the 
                 International Working Committee Q156 (International Exhaustion of Industrial 
                 Property Rights) in the XXXVIIIth Congress in Melbourne, Australia, and the 
                 leader of the Study Group on Q156 in the Japanese Group
2000:            Executive Committee member from the Japanese Group in the International 
                 Executive Committee Meeting in Sorrento, Italy
1999:            Member of the International Working Committee Q146 (International Exhaustion 
                 of Patent Rights) and the leader of the Study Group on Q146 in the Japanese Group
1998:            Executive Committee member and delegate to the Working Committee Q134 
                 (Enforcement of Rights) from the Japanese Group in the XXXVIIth Congress in 
                 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1997:            Executive Committee member and delegate to the Working Committee Q134B 
                 (Enforcement of Rights - Procedures and Sanctions) from the Japanese Group in 
                 the International Executive Committee Meeting in Vienna, Austria
1995:            Delegate to the Working Committee Q115 (Unfair Competition) in the XXXVIth 
                 Congress in Montreal, Canada


Education

1984:            The Legal Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
1982:            Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (Doctor 
                 Course)
                 Degree: Doctor of Engineering
                 Major: Mineral Resources Development Engineering
                 Doctoral Thesis: A Study on Development of Vertical Double-Belt Conveyors
1979:            Passed the Bar Examination.
1976:            Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (Master 
                 Course)
                 Degree: Master of Engineering
                 Thesis for the Degree: A Study on Development of Vertical Screw Conveyors
1974:            Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
                 Degree: Bachelor of Engineering
                 Graduation Thesis: A Study on Development of Vertical Screw Conveyors


Professional Practice

1997 to Present: Founding Partner of FUKUDA & KONDO
1993 to 1996:    Partner of YUASA AND HARA
1989 to 1992:    Senior Associate of YUASA AND HARA
1988 to 1989:    Foreign Associate of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C.
1987 to 1988:    Foreign Associate of Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett (now known as Banner & 
                 Witcoff), Washington, D. C.
1984 to 1987:    Associate of YUASA AND HARA
1984:            Admitted to the bar.


Major Practice Areas

                 Intellectual property infringement litigation and international technology transfer contracts


Publications and Presentations

                 Regular lecturer of APIC (Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center) Intellectual Property Seminar held 
                 in Tokyo (since 1997)
                 Regular lecturer of JIII (Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation) Industrial Property Seminar 
                 held in Tokyo (since 1996)
                 Invited speaker at various conferences of such organizations as AIPLA and American Chamber of 
                 Commerce in Japan
                 Author of case commentaries on such cases as BBS parallel import case and co-author of various 
                 publications on intellectual property law practice


Membership of Other Organizations

                 Intellectual Property Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
                 Industrial Property Law Association of Japan
                 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers


Other Activities

                 Auditor of the Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc. (Japan)


Source of Additional Information

                 Personal Homepage: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vk3k-kndu/