Education
LL.M.,Keio University (LL.M)
Visiting research fellow, University of Cologne, (Germany)
Bar Admissions
Japan
Professional Experience
Associate Professor (Civil Procedure Law), Shimane University (1973-1985)
Associate Professor (International Civil Procedure Law), Osaka University (1985-1990)
Professor of Law (International Civil Procedure Law, Private International Law), Osaka University Graduate School of Law (1990-2004)
Professor of Law (International Civil Procedure Law, International Family Law, International Trade Law, International Intellectual Property Law), Ritsumeikan University School of Law (2004-2012)
Namura & Associates (2004-2012)
Namura & Partners (2012-)
Practice Areas
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
Publications
- Private International Law ” (5th ed.) (co-editor with Kidana and Matsuoka)
- Explanatory Guide to Issues in International Trade Law” (with Nomura)
- Concentrated international jurisdiction for claims with multiple defendants in different countries – Analysis of Japanese judgments (Law and Politics in the 21st Century p. 391)
- Jurisdiction and governing law for international contracts on the Internet (Internet and Law) (edited by Matsui and Takahashi)
- Employee Inventions and Claims against Employers for proper payment for the transfer of title as patentee of foreign patents – Analysis of a Japanese Supreme Court decision (38 L&T 11)
- Article 118 (2) of the New Japanese Code of Civil Procedure regarding the Recognition of Foreign Judgments (47 Osaka Univ. Law Review 153)
Other Activities
Mediator and Advisor, Osaka Family Court
Arbitrator,Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center
Member,Advisory Board of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association)