Hideki Takaishi | Profile
Qualifications and affiliation
Hideki Takaishi is a partner at Nakamura & Partners, a Japanese attorney-at-law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association), a Japanese patent attorney, and a California attorney.
Languages: Japanese and English.
Official firm profile / LinkedIn profile and updates
Education and career
He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology and completed its master's program in precision machinery engineering. During his master's studies, he conducted research in artificial intelligence.
2000: Passed the Japanese bar examination.
2002: Completed legal training, registered as an attorney-at-law, and joined Nakamura & Partners.
2005: Registered as a Japanese patent attorney.
2010: LL.M., Duke University School of Law.
2011: Trainee at Morrison & Foerster LLP; admitted to the California Bar; passed the U.S. patent agent examination.
2014–present: Partner, Nakamura & Partners.
Practice
Patent litigation; trademarks; designs; unfair competition; copyright; competition law; licensing, joint development and commissioned development agreements; corporate matters; and international transactions.
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Patent litigation in Japan / Inventive step / Patent drafting and claims / AI and patent practice
Selected books (Japanese)
論点別 特許裁判例事典 第四版
A topic-based patent case law reference by Hideki Takaishi, fourth edition. PDF e-book from Chizaijuku.
特許実務のための進歩性のすべて
A guide to inventive step for patent practitioners, supervised by Hideki Takaishi. Chuokeizai-sha, 2026.
論点別意匠裁判例事典―迅速な調査と活用のために
A topic-based design case law reference by Hideki Takaishi, supervised by Kazuhiko Yoshida. Keizai Sangyo Chosakai, 2020.
Publications and insights
Books and lectures / Materials archive (Japanese) / Past activities (Japanese)
YouTube and slides (Japanese) / English blog / Updates on X / FM Totsuka (Japanese)
Contact
Inquiries about legal matters, lectures and writing
Qualifications and practice information: official firm profile, checked September 28, 2026. AI research background: information provided by Hideki Takaishi.
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Graduate research and related patent
His graduate research is documented in the 1999 paper “Nonlinear Mapping of Geographic Images and Its Network Expression Based on Geometric Features,” coauthored with Naoya Moriya, Keisuke Kameyama and Yukio Kosugi. It appeared in IEICE Technical Report, NC (Neurocomputing), 98(577), pp. 125–132. The bibliographic record lists Hideki Takaishi’s affiliation as the graduate school of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Bibliographic record (J-GLOBAL) · University research record
He is also named as one of six inventors of Japanese Patent No. 4250248 (JP4250248B2), concerning a method and apparatus for extracting changed areas in geographic images. The application was filed on January 29, 1999, and the patent was registered on January 23, 2009. Tokyo Institute of Technology is identified as the patentee in the granted patent publication. Patent record · Original Japanese patent publication (PDF)