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Seiji OHNO Managing Partner,
Attorney-at-Law (Admitted in Japan and New York)

 
Seiji OHNO Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law Admitted in Japan and New York, Patent Attorney

PRACTICE AREA

Intellectual Property Litigation; Licensing and Opinion Works

ADMISSION/MEMBERSHIP

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
 

EDUCATION /WORK EXPERIENCE

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-present

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Keio Law School, Tokyo

2005-2008

Adjunct Staff of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo

2004-2007

Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutical and Medical Business of Tokyo Graduate School, Tokyo

2003

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Tsukuba Graduate School, Ibaraki

2001-2002

Adjunct Professor in Intellectual Property Law of Chiba University , Chiba

2000-present

Managing Partner of Ohno & Partners, Tokyo

1991-1994, 1996-2000

Yuasa and Hara, Tokyo

1995-1996

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett and Dunner, L.L.P., Washington D.C. (Associate Attorney of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Group)

1994-1995

Fenwick & West, L.L.P., Washington D.C. (Visiting Attorney)

EDUCATION

Aug. 1994-May. 1995

The George Washington University Law School,
Washington D.C., LL.M. in Patent and Intellectual Property

Apr. 1989-Mar. 1991

Legal Research & Training Institute attached to the Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo

Apr. 1981-Mar. 1985

University of Tokyo, Tokyo, LL.B.

Apr. 1979-Mar. 1981

University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo (Major: Biology)

 

RECOGNITION

◆Listed in A-List: Japan's top 100 lawyers,by ASIA BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL.(2020-2021)

◆Listed in IP Stars, a guide by Managing IP listing leading IP practitioners in each jurisdiction (2014-2015,2017-2019)

◆Listed in IAM Patent 1000 (2022)

◆Recommended by IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Practitioners - in litigation and transactions categories (2014-2017)

◆Listed in Chambers Global as one of the Band 1 lawyers in Intellectual Property (2013-2014, 2018)

◆Listed in Chambers Asia-Pacific as one of the Band 1 lawyers in Intellectual Property (2013-2019)

◆Listed as one of the leading practitioners in Patents by Who's Who Legal, a guide by Law Business Research Ltd. selecting the foremost lawyers in each jurisdiction (1998, 2001, 2003, 2005-2023)

◆Listed as one of the leading practitioners in Life Sciences by Who's Who Legal (2009-2023)

◆Listed as one of the leading practitioners in Intellectual Property by Who's Who Legal: Japan (2016-2023)

 

PUBLICATIONS

Publications (Books):
◆Future in IP Cases
(Co-author, Daini Tokyo Bar Association 2003)
◆Basic Theories on International IP Infringement Litigation
(Co-author, Keizai Sangyo Chosakai 2003)
◆Discussions on Claim Interpretation by Patent Practice Experts
(Co-author, Hatsumei Kyokai 2003)
◆Practitioner’s Guide Vol. 5
(Co-author, Tokyo Horei Shuppan 2002)
◆Validity of Patents in Patent Infringement Litigation
(Co-author, Professor Naoki Koizumi of Sophia University
and Institute of Intellectual Property ed., Yushodo Press 2001)
◆Studies on Business Method Patents in the United States
(Co-author, Institute of Intellectual Property ed., Keizai Sangyo Chosakai 2001)

Publications (Law Review Articles):
◆Theoretical and Practical Analyses on the Supreme Court Decision in Card Reader Case (48 AIPPI 164) (2003)
◆Review on the Supreme Court Decision in Card Reader Case
(4 Chizai Prism 5) (2003)
◆Court Review on the Tokimeki Memorial Copyright Supreme Court Decision
(HANREI TIMES ) (2002)
◆Patent Strategies for Post Genome Era
(51 Chizai Kanri 1389) (2001)
◆Invalidation Defense in Patent Infringement Litigation
(42 Chizaiken Forum 40) (2000)
◆Outbreak of Business Model Patent Battles
(6 CIAJ Journal 43) (2000)
◆Enforcement of U.S. Patents before Japanese Courts
(42 Chizaiken Forum 34) (1999)
◆Patent Dispute in the Cyber Space Era
(1010 Keiri Joho 4) (1998)
◆Practical View Points on the Supreme Court Decision in the Aluminum Wheel case
(71 CIPIC Journal 43) (1997)
◆The Licensing Elixir: Pumping Life into Exhausted Patent Rights?
(2 IP Asia 33) (1998)
◆International Exhaustion Principles
(Co-author, 32 les Nouvelles 97) (1997)
◆Practical Researches on the Control Method of Attorneys’Fees in U.S. Intellectual Litigation
(46 Chizai Kanri 1895)(1996)
◆Doctrine of Equivalents and Two Estoppel Theories
(49 Patent 2) (1996)
◆Copyright Issues on Cartoon Characters
(22 Intellectual Property 15)(1994)
◆Practical View Points on the Amendment on the Unfair Competition Prevention Law
(19 Intellectual Property 3) (1993)

 

LANGUAGES

Japanese, English
 

PAGETOP

 
  • TRADEMARK&DESIGN
  • CHINESE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
  • BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • IP STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS
  • CAREERS
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