Makoto Okada

Patents / IP Litigation / TMT / IT / Entertainment and Sports / Medicine / Medical / Healthcare / Trademarks / Designs / Copyright / Unfair Competition / IP Transactions / IP Strategy Support

TMI Associates (Partner, 2010-Present; Associate, 2007 - 2010)

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York (Foreign Trainee, 2006 - 2007)

Asahi Law Offices (Associate, 2001-2007)

IPR Expert Advisor under the Customs Law regarding Intellectual Property Right Border Enforcement by Japan Customs (2016 - 2021)

Member of “Working group for appropriate evaluation of the amount of damages of patent infringement” at the Japan Patent Office (2017 - 2018)

Member of the Training Committee (Kanto) of the Licensing Executives Society Japan (2021-Present)

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Copyright Law Committee

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

"Law & Practice JAPAN," Chambers Global Practice Guides-Patent Litigation (2017 - 2024)

"Exercise of Patent Rights and Defense of Abuse of Rights on the grounds of Violation of the Antimonopoly Act, etc. (based on the Intellectual Property High Court Judgment on March 29, 2022, etc.),” Collection of Articles in Celebration of Mr. Misao Shimizu’s 70th Birthday, Toward the Future of Diversifying Intellectual Property Litigation, Nihon Kajo Shuppan (2023)

“New Commentary on Patent Law [2nd Edition] [Volume 1] [Volume 2]” Seirin Shoin (2017)

“Patent Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Fields (Intellectual Property High Court's Grand Panel Decision on March 25, 2016 for Case No. 2015 (ne) 10014, regarding the manufacturing process of maxacalcitol preparations, etc.),” AIPPI No. 61 Vol.9 (2016)

Makoto Okada is known for handling both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, but especially, patent disputes including patent infringement litigation and litigation rescinding trial decisions at the court, patent invalidation trials at the Japan Patent Office and import suspensions at Customs. Mr. Okada has been selected as one of the “ALB North Asia's Top 15 Litigators 2023” in Asian Legal Business. Mr. Okada has also been identified as one of the “IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Practitioners” in IAM (2020 - 2025), “IAM Global Leaders” in IAM (2025, 2026), “Patent star” in Managing IP (2021 - 2025), “Leading Individual” in Dispute Resolution (2021 - 2025) and Intellectual Property (2023, 2025) in the Legal 500, and an expert in the field of Intellectual Property in Best Lawyers (2020 - 2025).

Mr. Okada was selected by Customs as a member of IPR Expert Advisors “with sufficient knowledge and experience in the area of IPR” under the Customs Law and the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law (2016 – 2021). Graduated from The University of Tokyo (LLB), and Stanford Law School (LLM).

Stanford Law School

LL.M. in Law, Science and Technology

2006

Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

2001

The University of Tokyo

Bachelor, Faculty of Law

1996

ALB Top 15 North Asia Litigators

Asian Legal Business

2023

IAM Global Leaders (2024, 2025)

IAM

IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Practitioners (2020-2025)

IAM

MIP IP Stars – Patent star (2021 - 2025)

Managing IP

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Leading Individual (Intellectual Property) (2023 - 2025)

The Legal 500

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Leading Individual (Dispute Resolution) (2021 - 2025)

The Legal 500

Expert in the field of Intellectual Property (2020 - 2025)

Best Lawyers