Mr Yutaka Miyoshi > Mori Hamada & Matsumoto > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
16TH FLOOR, MARUNOUCHI PARK BUILDING
2-6-1 MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-8222
Japan

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)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Intellectual property: Independent local firms

(Leading individuals: Bengoshi)

Yutaka MiyoshiMori Hamada & Matsumoto

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto‘s well regarded intellectual property team covers all relevant areas of intellectual property, with significant experience in infringement cases involving patents, design patents, trademarks and copyrights, invalidation trials, appeals, and employee interventions. The department represents both domestic and multinational clients, and has the depth to support these both globally and before the highest Japanese courts. Yutaka Miyoshi, who has broad disputes expertise across patent litigation, copyright litigation, and trade secret litigation, co-leads the department alongside Yoshifumi Onodera, who is experienced in both domestic and international dipute resolution and arbitration, particularly across China and other Asian countries. Also co-leading is Atsushi Okada, who covers IP infringement litigation, IP transactions and data protection. Associate Hideaki Kuwahara is also noted.