Prof. Ichiro NAKAYAMA – Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Ichiro Nakayama is a Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University where he has been teaching intellectual property law courses. Prof. Nakayama joined Hokkaido University in 2019 after he served as an Associate Professor of School of Law at Shinshu University from 2005-2009 and a Professor of School of Law at Kokugakuin University from 2009-2019. Prior to joining academia, Prof. Nakayama spent many years in Government of Japan, where his last position was a Deputy Councilor, Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat from 2003-2005. Prof. Nakayama originally joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1989. Then, he worked in various fields including patent law reform and regulatory reform in energy industries. After changing his career to academia, Prof. Nakayama has published a number of articles in the field of intellectual property law, especially patent law. Prof. Nakayama received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1989 from the University of Tokyo, LL.M. in 1995 from the University of Washington, and M.I.A. in 1997 from Columbia University.