Yoshifumi Onodera

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution (International Disputes / International Arbitration, Arbitration / ADR, Intellectual Property Disputes, IT System Disputes, Competition Disputes); Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks and Designs, Copyright and Entertainment, Unfair Competition Prevention Law, Intellectual Property Transactions, Intellectual Property Disputes); TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) (Web Services, Data Privacy, Fintech, AI, Web3 / Metaverse); Life Sciences / Healthcare International Trade

Career

Background

The University of Tokyo (B.S., 1998); Joined Mori Sogo Law Offices (currently: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) (2000); became partner of the firm (2008); Chief Representative of Beijing Office, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2014-2020); Executive Director and General Manager, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Intellectual Property Co., Ltd. (2020-)

Major Activities

Member of Intellectual Property Center Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (International PT); Member of International Bar Association (IBA), Officer of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee; Member of Japan Association of Industrial Property Law; Member of AIPPI; Member of INTA; Member of the Licensing Executives Society Japan; Member of the Intellectual Property Laws Advisory Group for "Legal and Judicial Development Assistance Project" in Myanmar, Japan International Cooperation Agency; Advisor for Damage from Counterfeit Products, Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation; Member of Working Group on "Research and Study of Intellectual Property Value Evaluation in Foreign Countries" in the Project for International Comparative Research on Industrial Property Systems for FY 2017, Japan Patent Office (2017-)

Professional Memberships

admitted in Japan, 2000