| Practice Areas |
| Intellectual Property, Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration, and Chinese laws & regulations. |
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| Practice |
| Naoki Iguchi practices in the areas of Intellectual Property (Patent,Trademark, Trade Secret, Unfair Competition, Copyright; Focusing on litigation practice) Litigation, Other Dispute Resolutions, and Chinese Laws. Mr. Iguchi has represented many multi-national clients (i.e.,
American, British, European, Taiwanese, South Korean, and Chinese) and domestic clients in a wide range of civil litigations before Japanese courts and other dispute resolution practice, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property cases, multi-jurisdictional litigation and international commercial arbitration. He also has sufficient experience
in counseling and dispute avoiding advice for multi-national and domestic clients. Mr. Iguchi has lectured in various countries on Japanese law and has also published in the areas of intellectual property, litigation, dispute resolution, corporate and anti-trust matters.
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Intellectual Property Law |
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Litigation Practice |
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China Practice |
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| Publications/Lectures |
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"For the Further Promotion of Arbitration in Asia Business", participated as a panelist in a seminar organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (Tokyo, October 2008) (English)
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"Pharmaceutical Litigation Around the World", participated in fall conference & committee meeting held by BIO's Intellectual Property Counsels' Committee as a panelist (Orlando, Florida, October 2008) (English)
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"Commercial Dispute Resolution in India (4)," JCA Journal, No. 55-10 (October 2008) (co-author)
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"Choice of Arbitration Organization - For Better Dispute Resolution in International Transaction and Investment," The Lawyers (September 2008)
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"Commercial Dispute Resolution in India (3)," JCA Journal, No. 55-9 (September 2008) (co-author)
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"The International Comparative Legal Guide to : International Arbitration 2008" (Japan Chapter), Global Legal Group (2008) (co-author)
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"Commercial Dispute Resolution in India (2)," JCA Journal, No. 55-8 (August 2008) (co-author) |
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"Commercial Dispute Resolution in India (1)," JCA Journal, No. 55-7 (July 2008) (co-author) |
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"Practice of ICC International Court of Arbitration," lectured at Keio Law School (Tokyo, July 2008) |
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"Commentary on Foreign Cases and Publications -"Open Source Licensing Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law" by Lawrence Rosen etc," Law & Technology, No. 40 (July 2008)
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"Japan-Taiwan Commercial Dispute Resolution - Litigation and Commercial Arbitration," JCA Journal (May 2008) (co-author)
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"ANNUAL WILLEM C. VIS (EAST) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION MOOT, " served as an arbitrator
(Hong Kong, P.R. China, March 2008) (English)
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"KSR and post-KSR: what Japanese companies should learn?" ("The Lawyers," December 2007) |
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"Trade Secret Litigation", IP Litigator May/June 2007 (co-author) |
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"Post-Kilby Developments in Japanese Patent Litigation - Claim of Invalidity -," lectured at Spring Meeting held by American Intellectual Property Law Association (Boston, May 2007) (English) |
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"Publicity Right of Athletes in Japan", presentation in panel of ‘Stars and Sports: Commercializing and celebrities and brands, and the business of sport: The law and business of convergence in Asia’ in the conference held by the International Bar Association (Shanghai, PRC, March 2007) (English and Chinese) |
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"Employee’s Invention: Does it apply to the Japanese Universities?", participated in 2007 LES Winter Meeting held by License Executive Society (U.S.A. and Canada) as a speaker (February 2007) (English) |
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"U.S. Distributor Protection Laws," JCA Journal (October 2006 - March 2007) |
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"Copyright 2007," Law Business Research (2007) (co-author) |
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"Art & Law," lectured at the Intensive Course "Public Policy for Culture and City" of Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics (Kyoto, August 2006) (Japanese) |
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Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author) |
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"Revitalization Prompts Simplification of M&As," Asian Legal Business (June 2003) (co-author) |
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"Speedy Dispute Resolution in China Through Cooperation of Judges and Parties," AIPPI, Vol. 48, No. 6 (May 2003) (translation) |
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"Dispute Resolution 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008" Law Business Research (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008) (co-author) |
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| Education & Professional Experience |
| The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1992; LL.M., 1999); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1999-2000; language training, Beijing Language University (2002); graduate study, Stanford University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Associated with Saint Island International Law Offices, Taipei, June 2005-July 2005; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Washington, D.C.; Reston (Virginia), September 2006 - March 2007 and Palo Alto (California), April 2007 - June 2007. Trained at ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, July 2007 - August 2007. |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (2000) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
| Business Associations |
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Associate Member, Computer Law Research Society, the University of Tokyo |
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Deputy Secretary General of Japan Arbitrators Association: responsible for international and public affairs (2002-2005) |
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International Bar Association |
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License Executive Society (U.S.-Canada) |
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American Intellectual Property Law Association |
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Adjunct Lecturer, Rikkyo University Law School
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| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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Chinese (Mandarin) |
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Spanish (conversational) |
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