M. IDE & CO.

M. IDE & Co. is a firm located in Tokyo, Japan, specialising in counsel and representation in the procurement of patents, trademarks and other IP rights. M. IDE & Co. was founded in 1995 by Masatake IDE who was born in 1957 in Tokyo Japan and was admitted in 1984 as a Japanese patent attorney (benrishi) and is now one of the most experienced active IP practitioners in Japan.  M. IDE & Co. has been working for global procurement of IP rights on behalf of Japanese and international clients for over 20 years. The global work over the years has developed its understanding of various legal systems and ways of thinking which are diverse in various countries, which has helped when communicating with its international clients. Masatake IDE is not only active as an IP practitioner but also has been making a great contribution to the IP industry in Japan since he was an executive officer of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) in 2009-10, and a vice president of JPAA in 2011-12, also as a vice president of the Education Institute of JPAA since 2012, contributing the continuing education for patent attorneys. He was a member of the board of examiners for examination of Japanese patent attorneys in 2014-15, and since 2012 has been a lecturer (concerning response to office action in chemical field) of the JPAA practical training course, which is mandatory to join JPAA. In order to give good advice to clients, extensive knowledge is required about IP laws in various jurisdictions. M. IDE & Co. always endeavours to gather updated legal information in other countries to better understand their trends and ways of thinking.