About Open COVID-19 Declaration
About Open COVID-19 Declaration The Open COVID-19 Declaration was founded by the Open COVID Founders, IP legal professionals and researchers who address acceleration of the rapid development, manufacture and distribution of therapeutic drugs, vaccines, medical devices, infection control products, software solutions and the like are central to stopping the spread of COVID-19. The Open COVID-19 Declaration calls on intellectual property owners to make their patents, utility models, design patens and copyrights freely available in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the activities whose sole purpose is stopping the spread of COVID-19. Accomplishing this as swiftly as possible calls for a new kind of cooperation between industry, government and academia, that breaks the molds of traditional models. To make or support the Declaration, visit https://www.gckyoto.com/covid19 or contact covid@gckyoto.com.
Founders
Hiroyuki Kojima （Corporate Senior Vice President）
Shunichi Higashi （President and CEO）
Hisayoshi Hondou （Executive Vice President）
Satoru Kusunoki （Representative Director, Member of the Board, Managing Director）
Ken-ichi Nagasawa （Managing Executive Officer）
Hideki Sanatake （Executive Officer）
Fumihiko Matsuda, Ph.D. （Professor and Director, Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine）
Tetsuya Matsueda （Executive Officer, Responsible for Intellectual Property）
Motohiro Makino （General Manager of Corporate Intellectual Property Division）
Hisao Yamasaki （Founder & CEO）
Fuminori Inagaki （Managing Executive Officer）
Chanel G.K.
Guillermo Gutierrez （C.E.O.）
Hisao Nishii （Executive Officer, Technology ＆ Research Development Affairs, Senior Maneger, Technology Development Department)
Hiroyuki Umetani （Chief officer - Legal, Intellectual Property)
Yosuke Iida （General Manager, Intellectual Property Div.）
Toshikazu Kudo （General Manager of Intellectual Property Division）
Tomohiro Itou （General Manager, Technology Sales Department）
Tomonori Bekku （General Manager, Intellectual Property Department）
Masaaki MAGARI （Department Manager Intellectual Property Strategy Department, Research & Development Division）
Hirokazu Bessho （Intellectual Property and Standardization Supervisory Unit, Head of Supervisory Unit）
Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
Masayuki Ooshima （Director）
Masahito Seno （EVP, President of Legal Management Group）
Hiroshi Takabe （Senior manager Intellectual Property Department, Legal Management Group）
Takaaki Nagura （General Manager)
Supporters
KEIDANREN（Japan Business Federation）
Japan Association of New Economy
Computer Software Association of Japan
Kioicho Strategy Institute, Inc.
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office
The National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT)
Steering Committee
Kenichi Nagasawa
Managing Executive Officer, Canon Inc.
Fumihiko Matsuda, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University
Hideki Sanatake
Executive Officer, Canon Inc.
Hisao Yamasaki
Co-Founder & CEO, GenoConcierge Kyoto, Inc.