Intellectual Property Transactions
Intellectual property transactions consist of various licensing agreements covering patents, utility models, design rights, trademarks, copyrights, publicity rights and know-how, as well as joint research and development agreements, non-disclosure agreements and material transfer agreements.
Our firm has extensive experience in handling these types of transactions, both internationally and domestically, in various fields of business such as chemistry, pharmacy, biotechnology, electrical machinery and other machinery, IT, sports and entertainment. Our highly-specialized lawyers with extensive experience in handling various types of intellectual property transactions are able to provide quality legal services and competently assist clients in achieving their objectives. In addition, our firm has substantial experience in handling intellectual property transactions included in M&A and finance projects, in controversies involving antitrust laws or the Companies Act, or in tax matters.
Our firm's intellectual property-related practice is highly acclaimed, both domestically and abroad. In the IP Rankings for 2022 of the May 2022 issue of the Asian Legal Business (ALB), published by Thomson Reuters, our firm was ranked Tier 1 in the area of Patents, Japan Domestic, and Tier 2 in the area of Trademarks/Copyright, Japan Domestic.
Achievements related to this practice area
2023.02.17 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Chambers Global 2023
2023.02.10 Takamitsu Shigetomi was highly acclaimed in World Trademark Review 1000 - 2023 Edition
2023.01.18 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyer were highly acclaimed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
2022.12.15 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Chambers Asia Pacific 2023
2022.09.22 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Who's Who Legal: Japan 2022
2022.06.30 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyers were highly acclaimed in the IAM Patent1000
2022.05.18 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2022
2022.04.14 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Best Lawyers
2022.02.18 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Chambers Global 2022
2022.01.13 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyer were highly acclaimed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
2021.12.17 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Chambers Asia Pacific 2022
2021.09.16 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Who's Who Legal: Japan 2021
2021.07.01 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyers were highly acclaimed in the IAM Patent1000
2021.05.24 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2021
2021.04.15 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Best Lawyers
2021.02.19 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Chambers Global 2021
2020.09.10 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Who's Who Legal: Japan 2020
2020.06.01 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and our Lawyer were highly acclaimed in the IAM Patent1000
2020.05.22 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2020
2020.04.09 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Best Lawyers
2019.12.19 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in Who's Who Legal: Japan 2019
2019.12.10 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in Who's Who Legal: Japan 2019
2019.05.22 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2019
2019.04.04 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Best Lawyers
2018.12.03 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the Chambers Asia Pacific 2019
2018.04.27 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2018
2018.04.06 Our lawyers were highly acclaimed in the Best Lawyers
2017.12.13 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the Chambers Asia Pacific 2018
2017.05.25 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2017
2016.05.27 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners highly acclaimed in the ALB IP Rankings 2016
2016.03.21 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and lawyers highly acclaimed in the Chambers Global 2016
2016.03.03 Our lawyers received high acclaim from "Best Lawyers."
Lawyers in charge of Intellectual Property Transactions
- Shigetoshi (Toshi) Hirano
- Teppei Mogi
- Kazuhiro Kobayashi
- Yoichi Wakasugi
- Ko Matsui
- Tetsuya Nagasawa
- Norihiro Sekiguchi
- Takamitsu Shigetomi
- Toshiya Furusho
- Issei Watanabe
- Takashi Hirose
- Yohei Hasebe
- Ryotaro Yamamoto
- Yuki Kuroda
- Yoshimasa Sawa
- Seiro Hirata
- Go Hashimoto
- Jason Jose R. Jiao
- Tadashi Ishikawa
- Ikuo Hata
- Sanae Okada
- Takashi Koyama
- Kumpei Ohashi
- Masafumi Takeda
- Takeo Matsumoto
- Qun Ji
- Miriam Rose Ivan L. Pereira
- Kochi Hashimoto
- Shinji Ishizu
- Natsuki Yamato
- Ayaka Sugino
- Kento Sumi
- Yuiko Wada
- Hiro Watanabe
- Shota Iwasaki
- Masataka Mizuno
PublicationsArchives
- 2022.01.12
- Subject Matter of License and "Implied License" under Patent License Agreements Written in English
- 2018.03.01
- IP Laws of the Philippines
- 2018.02.19
- Q&A on the Actual Practice of Employee Inventions (Keiso's Law and Practice Series)(co-author)
- 2010.01.01
- Negotiations regarding Intellectual Property in Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), [1] - [9]
- 2007.05.01
- Commentary on FTA/EPA Negotiations
SeminarsArchives
- 2019.11.20
- DSEI Japan Conferene 2019
- 2018.11.09
- Philippine Legal Practice Update ~ Ideas for Developing New Business in the Philippines ~
- 2016.11.15
- Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on Areas of Intellectual Property