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Last modified date：2010.5.27
Toshiyuki Kono
Professor
Graduate School
Undergraduate School
Academic Degree
LL.M
Field of Specialization
Private International Law, International Civil Procedure Law, International Heritage Law
Outline Activities
My main reserach fields are private international law, international civil litigation, and heritage law. Recent reserach includes international enforcement of intellectual property right and litigation and economic analysis of conflict of laws. I served also as a member of experts group to draft Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and of Japanese Delegation and Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression. I am currently serving as a member of Intergovernmental Committee of the Intangible Heritage Convention to draft its Operational Directives.
As for teaching activities, I hold seminar and lecture on Private International Law for law school, International Civil Litigation for LL.M course (in English), tutorial seminar for graduate students.
Research
Research Interests
- Intellectual Property, Private International Law and Cross-Border Civil Litigation
keyword : Patent, Copyright, Applicable Law, Jurisdiction, Recognition of Foreign Judgments
2010.06～2010.12.
- Economic Analysis of Private International Law
keyword : Private International Law, Micro Economics
2007.04.
- Cultural Diversity and International Law
keyword : Intangible heritage, cultural diversity, traditional knowledge and cultural expressions, intellectual property, cultural policy
2005.04.
- Analysis of International trade, culture and law
Current and Past Project
- Construction of a data base of trade-related Japanese law, for the purpose to make Japanese Law transparent
Academic Activities
Books
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Toshiyuki Kono, Steven Van Uytsel, Antonio Arantes, Wend B. Wendland, Vinod K. Gupta, Branislav Hazucha, Terri Janke, Shubba Chaudhuri, Ikechi Mgbeoji, Joel-David Dalibard, Graham Dutfield, Wim van Zanten, Ryu Kojima, Jacque de Werra, Chidi Oguamanam,Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property,Intersensia ,2009.05. |
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Shozo Ota, Kazuaki kagami, Christian Kirchner, Juergen Basedow, Souichirou Kozuka, Hans-bernd Schaefer/katrin Lantermann, Kazuaki Kagami/Toshiyuki KONO/Yuko Nishiytani, ralf Michaels, Horst Eindemueller, Tomoyo Matsui, Yoshihisa hayakawa,Basedow J./ Kono T., (eds.), Economic Analysis of Private International Law, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, (2006) pp. 246 ,Mohr Siebeck,2006.04. |
Papers
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Toshiyuki KONO,Critical and Comparatove Analysis of the Rome 2 Regulation on Applicable Laws to Non-contractual Obligations and the New Private International Law in Japan,J. Basedow/H. Basedow/Y. Nishitani (eds.), Japanese and European Private International Law in Comparative Perspective, pp.221-241.,2008.01. |
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Toshiyuki KONO,Kono T., “UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage from the viewpoint of Sustainable Development,Yusuf A., Standard STANDARD-SETTING IN UNESCO. SIXTY YEARS OF NORMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE (2007) (UNESCO Publishing/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007), pp.237-265,2007.10. |
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Toshiyuki KONO/Julia Cornett,KONO T. /Cornett J., What is Intangible Cultural Heritage? - An Analysis of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the requirement of compatibility with human right,Blake J. (ed.) Safeguarding the INtangible Cultural Heritage - Challenges and Approaches, (Institute of Art and Law, 2007), pp.143-174,2007.10. |
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Economic analysis of artcile 20 of the new Japanese Private International Law. |
Presentations
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Infringement of IP and International Jurisdcition at the Sympisum on IP and Private Inernational Law, held at Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo on May 20 and 21, 2009.. |
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A lecture at Faculty of Law, University Muenster. |
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A lecture at the meeting of International Academy of Consumer and Commercial Law in 2006. |
Membership in Academic Society
- Japanese Association of Private Law
- Japanese Association of Cultural Policy
- Japanese Association of International Law
- Japanese Asspociation of Private International Law
Educational
Educational Activities
As for teaching activities, I hold seminar and lecture on Private International Law for law school, International Civil Litigation for LL.M course (in English), tutorial seminar for graduate students.
Due to time constrain, unfortunately I could not accept any invitation for teaching at other institutions in Japan and abroad.
Other Educational Activities
- 2009.09,I arranged a training session for young Thai judges and it was started in October 2009. .
- 2008.05,The reform program of our LL.M. course, for which I serve as the director was selcetd as one of the most innovative masters program in law by Japan Society of the Promotion of Science..
- 2006.07,LL.D. program, for which I serve as the directer, was selected as one of the best graduate programs in Japan..
- 2003.07,Co-director of Duke Law School summer institute.
- 2004.07,Co-director of Duke Law School summer institute.
Social
Professional and Outreach Activities
Drafting of Conventions at UNESCO, Delegation of Japan for negociations
chairman of the commitee of cultural affairs of UNESCO National Comission
Member of the Special Committee for the Convention for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
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