Shogo Hamasaki
Education
Ph.D., economics, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., economics, University of California, Berkeley
Summary of Experience
Dr. Hamasaki is an economist who specializes in the application of microeconomics to complex business problems and disputes. His expertise is in applied game theory, industrial organization, and market design. Dr. Hamasaki has conducted theoretical and empirical analyses of questions arising in the technology, entertainment, and biopharmaceutical industries in intellectual property (IP) and antitrust matters, among others. His recent case work has focused on market design and IP monetization of new technologies, economic analysis of contracts in innovation settings, and the evaluation of the economic impact of legal and governmental regulations and interventions. In his recent IP analyses, Dr. Hamasaki has evaluated FRAND compliance and determinations, reasonable royalties and lost profits, injunction and exclusion orders, and commercial success. Dr. Hamasaki has served as an expert witness and has presented on topics related to antitrust and IP. He has also advised patent holders and patent pools in designing individual and collective licensing structures and royalty rates for new and existing licensing programs. Prior to joining Analysis Group, Dr. Hamasaki was a research assistant and taught microeconomics at the University of California, Los Angeles.