Tasuku Mizuno
Partner Founder at City Lights Law Office
Chiyoda, Japan
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SeniorTasuku Mizuno is an attorney and founder of City Lights Law Office in Tokyo, specializing in IP, entertainment, art, internet and information law with a decade of professional experience. He leads Arts and Law and helped shape Creative Commons Japan (now Commonsphere), blending legal practice with open culture advocacy and digital-era copyright reform. A senior researcher at Keio University SFC, he advises government panels on fab/3D‑printing policy and serves on boards of tech and creative organizations, bridging law, design and fabrication communities. He has authored and translated books on open design and legal design, and writes regularly on contracts, architecture and collaborative systems in the internet age. Notably, his work frequently crosses into hands-on maker and FabLab networks, making him as comfortable shaping policy as translating it into practical workflows for creators. Based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, he combines courtroom acumen with an unusually deep engagement in open-source and maker movements.
10 years of coding experienceGithub contributions (5)
CityLightsLawOffice/Consulting_Agreement_Mizuno
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
CityLightsLawOffice/contract-manuals
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 branch in 1 day
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