Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Michiru Takahashi has considerable experience in intellectual property. She primarily handles and advises on patent, trademark, unfair competition, and copyright issues including infringement litigations and trademark prosecutions. She represents multinational industrial clients in a wide number of areas including cosmetics, medical devices, video games, electronics, consumer products, and the entertainment business. She also has extensive experience in general corporate and cross-border transactions and litigations and in privacy compliance and data security. In addition, she advises on e-commerce issues, with particular emphasis on digital signature laws, protection of intellectual property rights, and privacy protection.

Michiru is fluent in Japanese and English and is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Patent Litigation
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. Asahi Electric Co., Ltd., Case No. H13-Wa-10905 (Osaka District Court), Case No. H15-Ne-249 (Osaka High Court)
• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. FDK Corp. et al., Case No. H12-Wa-12553 (Tokyo District Court)
• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. Pearl Metal Co., Ltd., Case No. H12-Wa-21722 (Tokyo District Court)
• Toray, Inc. v. Fresenius-Kawasumi Co., Ltd. et al., Case No. H12-Wa-27399 (Tokyo District Court)
• Advice on Contracts and Legal Aspects in Relation to Digital Certification Practices
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Aruze License Agreements
• Domain Name Dispute
• 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

Education

• Kyoto Daigaku - Japan

Published Works

• The Pitfalls of Failing to "Reasonably" Compensate Employee Inventors in Japan - IP Perspectives, 2008
• Japan's Intellectual Property High Court Recognizes Mini Maglite® Product Shape as 3-D Trademark, 2007
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, 2006
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, Privacy & Data Security Review, 2006
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, World Data Protection Report, BNA International, 2006
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, 2005
• Electronic Signature and Authentication, Seirin Shoin, 2000
• Parallel Importation of Patented Goods Does Not Constitute Patent Infringement, Issue 73 of Patent World, 1995

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

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