Lawyers

Yutaka Miyoshi

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Yutaka Miyoshi is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2006-present).  He focuses on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation, as well as a variety of IP-related transactions including M&A and licensing, while also engaging in many domestic and international high-profile lawsuits and technology transfers.  His practice covers a variety of industries, including drugs, bio-engineering, telecommunications, Internet-related businesses, game software, sports, and entertainment.  He also has vast experience handling cases in jurisdictions outside Japan, including the U.S. and Europe, as well as international arbitrations before ICC and JCAA.  His writing includes “Patent Litigation in Japan” (co-author, Practical Law, 2018) and “Trade Mark Litigation” (co-author, The European Lawyer Ltd., 2013).

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association; New York State Bar Association

Education

Keio University (LL.B., 1991); The George Washington University Law school (LL.M., intellectual Property Law Course, 2003)

Mentions

Japan

Intellectual property: Independent local firms

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