Hogan Lovells Horitsu Jimusho Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo

Intellectual Property

Partner

Hiroto Imai is a bengoshi (Japanese qualified lawyer) and a benrishi (Japanese qualified patent attorney) in Hogan Lovells' Tokyo office. Since 1997, Hiroto has handled various patent and other intellectual property disputes/matters, including patent litigations in a variety of industry sectors, invalidation trials, face-to-face negotiations, settlements, brand protections, licensing, and IP aspects of corporate and commercial transactions. Whilst his primary focus is on IP practice, Hiroto also has extensive experience in handling corporate and commercial disputes/matters in a wide variety of areas.

In Japan, few attorneys have scientific or engineering backgrounds; however, Hiroto actively uses the strength and knowledge of his own scientific and engineering background in handling patent disputes/matters, etc., in various technical fields, whether they are contentious or not.

Japanese, English

LL.M., University of Pennsylvania

Supreme Court Legal Training and Research Institute, 1995-1997

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 1991-1992

B.Eng., Waseda University, 1991