Atsushi Okada
About
Provided by Atsushi Okada
Practice Areas
Atsushi Okada is co-head of the firm's IP, Data Security, Fintech, Healthcare and AI/IoT practice groups.
He focuses on international and domestic infringement litigation, licensing, TMT, data protection, product liability disputes, cyber security, and other IP/IT related transactions in a broad range of technical fields. He is also an expert in privacy and global compliance with data protection laws in Japan, Europe, the U.S. and other Asian countries.
Career
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2001); joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2002); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2007); with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Silicon Valley (2007-2008);
Lecturer at Rikkyo University (Patent and Trademark) (2010-2011); Visiting Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University (Copyright) (2011-); Lecturer for the Infringement Litigation Training Program at the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Unfair Competition) (2015-2017);
Member of Committee on AI and Data Contract Guidelines, METI (2017-2019); Member of Committee on Smart City Architecture, Cabinet Office (2019); Member of Board of Examiners, Japan Patent Office (2021)
Professional Memberships
Daini Tokyo Bar Association; New York State Bar Association
Publications
"Patent Litigation" 2022
"The Financial Technology Law Review [5th ed.]" 2022
"Overview of Amended APPI" 2022
"Q&A: Digital Health and Law [2nd ed.]" 2022
"The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review [2nd ed.]" 2021
Chambers Review
Global
Atsushi Okada is a rising star in the market who offers strength in the areas of IP prosecution, enforcement and licensing work for clients from a range of sectors. As one impressed source explains, "He is very experienced especially in the life sciences space."