Atsumi & Sakai

Atsumi & Sakai‘s team advises on domestic and cross-border contractual agreements covering all types of IP, including licensing agreements for patents, trade marks, designs, copyrights, and regulations related to employee inventions. The team is jointly led by Chie Kasahara, who is highly experienced in advising corporations on protecting their IP rights related to tech, biotech, and medicine, and Harukuni Ito, who is well-versed in handling patent litigation and proceedings before the Japanese Patent Office in areas such as electronics, automotive machinery, and pharma. Ian Stanley Scott is a name to note in relation to sport and entertainment-related IP advisory.