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Haruaki Murao

Career History

2013-present
Guest Professor of Osaka University
2009
Judicial intern to Honorable Judge R.R. Rader in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2008
Admitted to practice law in New York State
2007
Graduated from New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
2007-08
Visiting Attorney at Foley & Lardner (IP Litigation)
2000
Joined Tokei Partners (Formerly Okazaki, Ohashi & Maeda)
1999
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
1995
Graduated from University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (Private Law Course, LL.B.)

Practice Areas・Major Professional Experiences

Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Information Law, and Litigation

2016-present
Member of AI Research Committee of Software Information Center (SOFTIC)
2016-2018
Member of Open Source Software Research Committee of SOFTIC
2015-present
Outside director of GMO Media Inc.
2015-present
Chairperson of New Business and Japanese Copyright Research Committee of SOFTIC
2014-present
Lecturer of International Licensing Agreement Course of the Japan Intellectual Property Association
2013-present
Member of working group of rules of Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading issued by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2012-present
Lecturer of Intellectual Property Law of IP Analyst Course of the Association of Intellectual Property Education
2011,2012
A panel member of Copyright Symposium of Osaka University Intellectual Property Center
2011-2012
Member of the New Network Business Legal Issue Research Committee of SOFTIC
2011
Member of Information Service and Software Transaction Expansion Research Committee of SOFTIC
2010-present
Lecturer at Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Civil law)
2010
Speaker at WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Symposium
2009-10
Member of the Software ADR Promotion Committee of SOFTIC
2009-10
Member of the Content Distribution Platform Research Committee of Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ)
2008-09
Member of the Proper Transaction of Software Examination Committee of SOFTIC
2005
Member of Nippon Professional Baseball Agreement Amendment Committee

Major Publications

Kikaigakusyu no gakusyukekka wo riyoushita Cloudgata software niokeru shingaiseihi
Infringement case for Cloud Software Using Results of Machine Learning
Haruaki Murao, Intellectual Property Management, Vol.68, No.8, 1066 (2018)

Computer Kanrenhatsumei ni tsuite chusyoutekina idea ni atari mukoutoshita Genshinhanketsu wo ijishita CLS Jiken CAFC Daihoutei Hanketsu
Patent eligibility of computer related invention, CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp.,_F.3d_(Fed.Cir.2013)
Haruaki Murao et al., NBL, Vol.1003 (2013)

Business method no Tokkyotekikakuseinikansuru America Renpousaikousaihanketsu Bilski v. Kappos, _U.S._ (2010)
Patent eligibility of Business Method, Bilski v. Kappos, _U.S._ (2010)
Haruaki Murao et al., NBL, Vol.939 (2010)

18nosaibanreikara himitsukanriseiwobunseki himitsujouhounohogonikansuruhandanyouso
“secrecy”-the requirement for protection of trade secret 18-case analysis
Haruaki Murao et al., Business law journal, Vol.27 (2010)

IT Vendor versus User: Systemkaihatsutorihikiwomegurufunso-saibanreikaramita funsouruikei
IT vendor versus User: Typical troubles of system development
Haruaki Murao et al., Business law journal, Vol.26 (2010)

America Tokkyohou niokeru syoujinhourino tenkai – Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics Renpousaikousai Hanketsu
Development of Exhaustion Doctrine in the U.S. Patent Law – the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics
Haruaki Murao, NBL, Vol. 887 (2008)

Konnatokidousuru Kaisyayakuin no Sekinin Q&A
Corporate Directors’ Liabilities
Haruaki Murao et al. (2006)

Himitsuhojikeiyaku ni yoru himitsujouhou no hogo
Protection of Confidential Information Through Confidentiality Agreements
Haruaki Murao, Intellectual Property Management, Vol.55, No.6 (2005)

Members

The Copyright Law Association of Japan

Law and Computers Association of Japan

Information Network Law Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Japan Federation of Bar Associations Legal Ethics Committee

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Legal Research Institute
– Intellectual Property Law Study Group
– Sports Law Study Group