Yoshifumi Onodera

Practice Areas

Highly experienced in all kinds of IP and TMT matters, he is particularly articulate in the delivery of advice to both foreign and domestic clients on complex business structures in vast industries, including internet-related services, social networking services, games, music, movies and telecommunications. The majority of his matters are subject to communication, media, competition, consumer and information laws. His expertise also extends to IP-related transactions, concerning licensing and dispute resolution aspects of a case in the subsidiary fields of infringement litigations, invalidity trials, appellate litigation and arbitration, and licensing in relation to intellectual property including patents, trademarks, and copyright.

Career

Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto in 2000 (as Partner, 2008-Present; and as Chief Representative of the Beijing Office, 2014-2020).

Executive Director and General Manager, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Intellectual Property Co., Ltd. (2020-)

Professional Memberships

Daini-Tokyo Bar Association (2000); Officer of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee of IBA.

Publications

"The Patent Litigation Law Review 6th Edition ()";

"Chambers Global Practice Guides Cyber Security 2024 - Japan Chapter (Chambers & Partner 2024)"

Personal

Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University, Japan 1992-1998.