Understanding US-Japan Cross-border Patent Opportunities and Risks, Ryoichi Mimura, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

September 21  12:00 to 1:30 | Dentons, One Market Plaza Spear Tower, 24th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Lunch (bento) will be served  

It may surprise some to hear that, on the basis of patent filings based on US-Japan collaboration, Japan is the Bay Area’s most significant innovation partner.  With that high level of collaboration comes a great deal of cross-border IP litigation between the US and Japan. To address this timely topic, Ryoichi Mimura of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, a Japanese attorney with extensive patent trial experience as a lawyer currently and formerly as a judge, will speak at Dentons about current issues in cross-border patent litigation.  

Please come hear Mr. Mimura’s presentation which will address recent Japanese Supreme court decisions on equivalents law in Japan, patent nullity defense, patent exhaustion in cases where products are distributed internationally, the jurisdiction of Japanese courts in foreign patent disputes and the possibility of enforcement by Japanese courts of American judgments that order compensation of vindictive damages.  

Ryoichi Mimura

Ryoichi Mimura is a partner at the Japanese law firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He principally advises clients regarding a wide variety of intellectual property matters (patent, utility model, design right, copyright, unfair competition prevention and trade secret protection) including IP infringement litigation, invalidation procedures, IP dispute counseling and license negotiations.

Mr. Mimura has a strong expertise, particularly in handling patent, copyright and trademark infringement litigation and employee-invention compensation cases, based upon the extensive knowledge and experience he acquired during his 30-year judgeship prior to joining the firm. Mr. Mimura has published numerous articles and frequently lectures nationally and internationally on IP issues. Also, Mr. Mimura is fluent in German and is knowledgeable about German law related matters, as he was a visiting scholar for two years in Germany, during his judgeship.

He graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1977. In 1979, he was appointed Assistant Judge of the Tokyo District Court. In 1981, he was sent by the Supreme Court of Japan to the University of Cologne, Germany for two years to conduct judicial research as a visiting scholar. He was promoted to Judge of the Tokyo District Court in 1989. Mr. Mimura started his career as an IP expert in 1989 as Judge of the IP division of the Tokyo District Court. In 1993, he was appointed as a Judicial Research Official of the Supreme Court to handle IP related cases. From 1998 to 2005 he served as Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Division of the Tokyo District Court. He worked as a Judge of the Intellectual Property High Court (IP High Court) in Tokyo from 2005 to 2008, and as a Judge of the Tokyo High Court from 2008 to 2009. Mr. Mimura joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in August 2009.

Mr. Mimura is a board member of the Copyright Law Association of Japan, and also a member of Japan Association of Industrial Property Law and German-Japanese Association of Jurists.

The presentation will take place September 21 from 12:00 to 1:30 at Dentons, 1, 24 Spear Tower, Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105.  Lunch (bento) will be served and is included in the price.

$30 for non-members | $20 for members and students