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Masayuki Matsuda




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Professional Qualifications & Activities
Admitted in Japan, 1977
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association
Admitted as a Patent Attorney


Education & Prior Experience
Chuo University (LL.B., 1973; LL.D., 2006)
Founder, Managing Partner , MAX Law Offices (1981 - )
Member, Copyright Section Group, Cultural Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs (1993 - )
Professor, Civil Procedures, Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1997 - 2000)
Visiting Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University Law School (2004 - )
Visiting Professor of Law, Chuo University Law School (2007 - )
Chairman, Legal Training and Research Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Member, Operation Committee, Copyright Institute, Copyright Information Center
Director, The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Director, The Law and Computer Association of Japan
Member, Japan Industrial Property Law Association
Chairman, Research Group on Contents Evaluation and Business Models, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Member, Investigative Commission for Program Making in the Broadband Age, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
Director, Entertainment Lawyers Network


Publications
"Areas of IT Intellectual Property, Legal Affairs and Lawyers Practice" The Lawyers, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2008
"Japan is Strong in Shop-floor Production (Monozukuri) but World Trends Place More Emphasis on Contents" The Lawyers, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2008
"IT Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs [2nd ed.]" Nikkan Kogyo Shimbunsha, 2008 (Supervising Editor; Co-Author)
"Study on Author's Right to Preserve Integrity of Work," Yuhikaku, August 2006
"Basis of Copyright Law" Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2005
"Illustrated: Content Finance--Financing Methods Change by Copyright Trust" The Nikkankogyo Shimbun Ltd. August 25, 2005
"Copyright Trust of Image Content and Neighboring Issues" COPYRIGHT, July 2005
"Illustrated: Comprehensible Personal Information Protection Law" The Nikkankogyo Shimbun Ltd. November 2004
"IT Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs - Building Business Models and Compliance Programs" Nikkan Kogyo Shimbunsha, 2004
"Internet Law Practice and Intellectual Property" Law and Computers No. 22, July 2004
"Crossover Among License Agreement of Works under Article 63 of the Copyright Law, Law of Obligations in the Civil Code, and Bankruptcy Law" Collection of Papers to Commemorate Professor Masao Handa's Sixtieth Birthday March 2003, Hogaku Shoin
"Legal Guidance for IT Corporations 2003" IMS Publications, 2003
"Legal Research on Electronization of Bill and Check (Peperless)" Financial Research and Training Center, Financial Services Agency, 2003
"Dictionary of Intellectual Property" Sanseido, 2001
"Issues in Performing an Action for Infringement of Reproduction Right and Adaptation Right in Program Works" Intellectual Property, Structure of Court Law Today Vol. 26, March 1999, Shin Nihon Hoki
"A Proposal to Amend the Provisions for Damages in the Copyright Law" Copyright Policy Forum November 1998, Copyright Information Center
"The Nature of the Right to Maintain Integrity and its Surrounding Issues" Collection of Papers to Commemorate Professor Monya's Sixtieth Birthday April 1998, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
"Moral Rights and Related Issues" Copyright Vol. 36, No. 429, December 1996, Copyright Information Center
"Moral Rights and Related Issues" Copyright Study June 1996, The Copyright Law Association of Japan
"Intellectual Property in the Computer Era" Gyosei, 1988
"Computer Business Law" Shoji Houmu, 1987


Related News
Recommended as leaders in Chambers Asia 2009
Selected as "Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2008" by Asia Law & Practice
Ranked as a recommended lawyer in Japan in Chambers Global 2008
Recommended as leaders in Chambers Asia 2008
Selected as the prominent practitioners in IP Profile 2007 by Asia Law & Practice.

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