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Intellectual Property - Asia-Pacific Region

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What the Team is Known For

Jones Day has top-performing practitioners across China and Japan, alongside a notable presence in Australia. The firm maintains a strong track record on IP litigation, particularly involving patents and trade secrets, and also handles portfolio management including trade mark prosecutions and transactional IP matters. It has strength related to life sciences sector expertise, and is also active in the TMT space. Clients benefit from the firm's ability to leverage the support of colleagues from its extensive network of offices across the USA.

Notable practitioners

The co-heads for the China practice are Tony Chen and Haifeng Huang. Michiru Takahashi is a key contact for the Tokyo office. The key contacts for the firm's Taipei office are co-heads Jason Chen, Chen Po-Chien and Simon Yu.

Work Highlights

  • Jones Day defended Nikon against patent infringement allegations brought by Optimum Imaging Technologies before the Eastern District of Texas in relation to Nikon’s digital cameras.

Strengths

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