Satoshi Watanabe

Consultant

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Satoshi Watanabe is a Consultant and Customer Engagement Partner at Elevate, helping customers in Japan maximise the value of their intellectual property (IP) assets and align their portfolios with broader business goals through strategic guidance, data-driven insights, and global monetisation opportunities. He enables Japanese companies to turn patents and trademarks into growth opportunities worldwide and also guides global businesses to understand and navigate the Japanese IP landscape.

With over three decades of experience in intellectual property, Satoshi has led invention mining and global IP strategy at IBM Japan, developed and licensed high-value patents at Intellectual Ventures, and launched an AI and blockchain-powered patent valuation and transaction platform as Representative Managing Director of IPwe Japan.

Satoshi received a Bachelor of Arts in law from Sophia University. He is a registered Japan Patent Attorney (since 2001), a Certified Intellectual Property Analyst (since 2016), and a member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association.

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