Kenji Hidaka

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  • position: Professor
  • speciality: Intellectual Property Law; Intellectual Property Policy
  • degree: B.A. (Agriculture), the University of Kyoto
• education and career:
  Graduated from Faculty School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 1981
  Joined the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), 1984
  Examiner, Second Examination Department, JPO, 1988
  Deputy Director, Planning Office, Minister’s Secretariat, MITI, 1989
  Deputy Director, General Administration Division, General Administration Department, JPO, 1995
  Technology Examiner, General Administration Division, General Administration Department, JPO, 1998
  Appeal Examiner, Department of Appeal, JPO, 1999
  Director, Intellectual Property Rights Department, JETRO Beijing, Japan Export Trade Promotion Agency, 2001
  Planning Officer for Patent Strategy, General Administration Division, General Administration Department, JPO, 2004
  Patent Attorney, Hidaka East Asia Patent Office, 2005
  Professor, GRIPS, 2007
• Current Research Interests:
  The issue of counterfeits in East Asia area, Technical outflow and policy for intellectual property rights protectionism