Tomokazu Takahashi is an experienced trademark attorney, regularly represents both local and international clients for a wide range of trademark proceedings. His practice covers trademark prosecution; clearance searches; opposition, cancellation and invalidation proceedings; enforcement; design prosecution; and IP licensing and assignment.

Eriko Kinoshita has been involved with trademark and design related matters and is well-versed in domestic and foreign trademark/design proceedings. Her practice covers trademark/design searches, prosecution, opposition/cancellation/invalidation proceedings; enforcement; and IP licensing and assignment.

Yoshikazu Iwase joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune after working with an intellectual property firm in Tokyo for three years. His litigation experience involves a number of patent infringement trials and revocation suits against the trial decisions of the Japanese Patent Office concerning patentability/validity of patents over various technologies. He has also been involved with a wide range of trademark/trade dress and copyright infringement suits, licensing and IP assets transfer transactions, and dispute resolution. Mr. Iwase has provided a wide range of advice regarding U.S. patent infringement issues in Japan. His experience also includes drafting and negotiating licensing, patent and various intellectual property transfer agreements, transactions and due diligence of intellectual property in the course of M&A deals.

Mr. Goto has an exceptional background as a Japanese lawyer with an academic background in both science and engineering, and professional experience working in the intellectual property department of a major electronics company. Mr. Goto’s practice covers a wide range of complex intellectual property and technology/data related matters, including disputes concerning patents, licensing, trade secrets, trademark and technology related antitrust claims, as well as various data privacy/protection issues. He also has broad experience in various regulatory matters as well as product liability issues involving chemical substances, pharmaceutical products and other industrial products. Mr. Goto is recommended for: ・Intellectual Property (Japan) - Chambers Global (2019-2026) ・TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom) - The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021-2026) ・Intellectual Property (Japan) - Asialaw Profiles (2021-2026) Since 2017, Mr. Goto has been serving as the vice chair of Standing Committee on Trade Secret of AIPPI. In addition to being admitted to the bar in Japan (2008) and the state of New York (2014), he passed the Japanese Patent Attorney Examination in 2003.

Yuta Oishi has engaged in a wide range of IP related matters, including patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits, licensing negotiations, as well as technology related projects. Moreover, He specializes in data related business and has provided an extensive variety of advice regarding data protection, cyber security, and trade secrets. In addition, he possesses a vast array of experience in assisting with transactional, regulatory, and other legal matters in fields that pertain to and expand across the pharmaceutical, healthcare (including digital healthcare), IT, and entertainment industries.

Satoko Yokogawa is an experienced trademark attorney, regularly represents both local and international clients for a wide range of trademark proceedings. Her practice covers trademark prosecution; clearance searches; opposition, cancellation and invalidation proceedings; enforcement; design prosecution; and IP licensing and assignment.

Mr. Aoki is a registered and qualified patent attorney (benrishi) at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He has been involved with various intellectual property matters centering around patent issues and he is well versed in intellectual property strategies, patent filing, providing support for start-ups and intellectual property due diligence.