Nishi, Miyuka

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Miyuka Nishi has experience in the area of intellectual property, including trade and service marks, unfair competition, patents, copyrights, and licensing, as well as in general corporate and domestic/international dispute resolution. In 2004, Miyuka worked for the Neighborhood Pro Bono Law Office of Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property

Representative Cases

• Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• SCHOTT acquires majority share in Japan-based Moritex, expanding fiber optic operations into Asia , (2009)

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Japan
• New York

Education

• Keio University - Japan
• William and Mary (College of)

Published Works

• United States Court of Appeals, For the Sixth Circuit Decision ruling that a merger resulting from internal corporate reorganization would conflict with non-transferability of license, 571, Vol. 38, No.1, IBL Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law 13, 2010
• April 8, 2009 CAFC Ruling Applying Exhaustion Doctrine Based on Covenant Not to Sue , 705, Vol. 59, No.9, Intellectual Property Management, Japan Intellectual Property Association, 1067, 2009
• Patents: Employee Inventions, coauthor, 170 Managing Intellectual Property 55, 2007
• 2005 Review: China and Japan, coauthor, 179 Patent World 16, 2006
• Protection of Corporate Intranet Communication from Discovery - Comparison with Japanese Practice, 3rd place in the 2003 Virginia Law Student Writing Competition/ Corporate Counsel Section of the Virginia State Bar, 2004

Address

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

Phones

81.3.6744.1614 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com