Atsushi Okada

Practice Areas

Atsushi Okada is co-head of the firm’s IP, Data Security, Fintech, Healthcare and AI/IoT practice groups and regularly advises on cutting edge technology issues across industries. In addition to IP infringement litigation, licensing and product liability disputes, he has great expertise in privacy and global compliance with data protection laws in Japan, Europe, the U.S. and Asian countries.

Career

Background

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2001); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2007); Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Silicon Valley (2007-2008); Harvard University (Certificate in Applied Sciences 2008)

Major Activities

Lecturer at Rikkyo University, College of Law and Politics (Patent and Trademark Laws) (2010-2011); Visiting Professor of the Graduate School of Business, Aoyama Gakuin University (Copyright Law) (2011-); Lecturer for the Infringement Litigation Training Program for Patent Attorneys at the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2015-); Member of Study Group on AI and Data Contract Guidelines, METI (concurrently serving as the chair of a working group for the study group) （2017-）; Member of Board of Examiners, Industrial Property Council of Japan Patent Office (2021-); Member of the AI Strategy Council, Cabinet Office (2023-); Advisor to AI Governance Association (2023-); Director of Association for Countermeasures against Dark Patterns (2024-); Member of AI Strategy Council, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (2024-); Member of the Study Group on Data Utilization System of the Meeting on Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform, Cabinet Secretariat (2024-)

Professional Memberships

admitted in Japan, 2002; New York, 2008