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About
Provided by Mami Hino
Practice Areas
Mami Hino has experience in representing the world’s leading technology companies for many years in disputes, litigation and transactions. Mami’s practice emphasizes invalidity trials and resultant IP High Court appeals, cross-border infringement litigation, strategic patent prosecution, client counseling, and opinions. She collaborates with a variety of clients from heavy machinery companies to consumer product companies, including chemical companies and pharmaceutical companies.
Due to her background as a registered pharmacist, Mami has extensive experience representing innovator pharmaceutical companies to protect their patents, such as filing patent term extension applications, defending their patents in invalidity trials and IP High Court appeals, filing preliminary injunction requests and/or patent infringement suits against generic drug companies.
Mami studied law at a U.S. law school (J.D.) and practiced as an attorney at a New York law firm that specializes in intellectual property. She can provide foreign clients with Japanese IP advice by utilizing her understanding of the differences between foreign IP practice and Japanese IP practice.
Career
Abe Ikubo & Katayama (2004-Present)
Baker & McKenzie, Tokyo (2002-2004)
Pennie & Edmonds (1998-2002)
Professional Memberships
President of Tokyo IP American Inn of Court
IP Experts Committee at AMED (2015-Present)
IP Utilization Support Project Review Committee at JST (2010-2014)