Takahashi, Michiru

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Michiru Takahashi has considerable experience in intellectual property, focusing primarily on patent, trademark, unfair competition, and copyright issues, including infringement litigation and trademark prosecution. She represents multinational clients in a wide variety of areas, including cosmetics, medical devices, video games, electronics, consumer products, and entertainment.

As a lead counsel, Michiru represented Mag Instrument, Inc. in connection with its victory at the Intellectual Property High Court on the registration of the Mini Maglite 3-D trademark.

She also has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, including licensing and distributorship agreements. In addition, she frequently advises clients on privacy and data security issues, including development of internal policies and measures against privacy breach cases.

Michiru is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association and the International Trademark Association.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Dell pursues trademark protection and enforcement in Japan
• Dell settles favorably in dispute over unauthorized name use
• Estee Lauder Group builds trademark portfolio and protects its brands in Japan
• Fresenius Medical Care favorably settles Japanese patent infringement case involving membranes used in dialyzers
• Mag Instrument builds and protects flashlight trademark portfolio in Japan
• Mag Instrument files action to protect distinctive design of Mag flashlights in Japan
• Mag Instrument is first to obtain 3-D trademark registration in Japan in landmark Intellectual Property High Court decision , (2007)
• Mag Instrument settles favorably trade dress infringement suit involving flashlight shape , (2009)
• Mag Instruments resolves trade dress infringement suit involving flashlight shape
• Midway Games negotiates exclusive distributorship agreement with Aruze for video games
• Starbucks pursues counterfeit products and trademark infringement in Japan

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Japan

Education

• Cornell University
• Kyoto Daigaku - Japan

Published Works

• A Privacy Primer for Corporate Counsel, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2009
• 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 Review, 2006
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, World Data Protection Report, BNA International, 2006
• Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, 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

Address

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

Phones

81.3.6800.1821 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

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