Asano, Eri

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Eri Asano handles patent, trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, and copyright practice legal matters. Her practice includes representing foreign clients — mainly in the areas of electrical instruments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, sport wears, and beverages — in licensing, brand protection, domain name dispute, advising on counterfeit products, and with legal proceedings for prosecuting infringement.

Her practice also includes business transactions. She handles merger and acquisition transactions and restructuring projects for Japanese and foreign clients.

Eri is a former member of the Civil Procedure Study Committee and the Society for the Study of Corporate Law of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association. Eri is capable of handling legal services in Japanese and in English.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Patent Litigation
• Outsourcing

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Wendel Investissement , (2007)
• Landmark Intellectual Property High Court Decision , (2007)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Japan
• New York

Education

• Sophia University - Japan

Address

Kamiyacho Prime Place
1-17, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan

Phones

81.3.6800.1891 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com