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Japan
Abe Ikubo & Katayama
Abe Ikubo & Katayama is a market-leading IP practice with a proven track record across the full range of IP, especially in IP infringement litigation. The firm offers strong technical knowledge in the fields of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biotechnology, electronics and telecommunications. Besides, it is also active in dispute resolution and restructuring and insolvency. Eiji Katayama and Makoto Hattori are key contacts.
Intellectual property
Work highlights
Represented Eli Lilly against generic company Nipro in challenging the client’s patents directed to concomitant use of vitamins with pemetrexed.
Acted for Apple in a patent infringement suit filed by Juice Design seeking damages based on patents related to an information processing device.
Key clients
Fujifilm, Radiometer, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma
Japan
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
| Outstanding |
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| Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
| Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| Highly recommended |
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| Nishimura & Asahi |
| TMI Associates |
| Recommended |
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| Abe Ikubo & Katayama |
| Other notable |
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| Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners |
Dispute resolution
| Outstanding |
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| Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
| Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
| Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| Nishimura & Asahi |
| Highly recommended |
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| Abe Ikubo & Katayama |
| Atsumi & Sakai |
| TMI Associates |
| Recommended |
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| City-Yuwa Partners |
| Masuda & Partners Law Office |
| Matsuo & Kosugi |
| Momo-o Matsuo & Namba |
| Other notable |
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| Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo |
Intellectual property
| Outstanding |
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| Abe Ikubo & Katayama |
| Nakamura & Partners |
| TMI Associates |
| Highly recommended |
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| Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
| Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
| Ohno & Partners |
| Yuasa and Hara |
| Recommended |
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| Kubota |
| Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| Nishimura & Asahi |
| STW & Partners |
| Other notable |
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| Atsumi & Sakai |
| Sonoda and Kobayashi |
Restructuring and insolvency
| Outstanding |
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| Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
| Nishimura & Asahi |
| Highly recommended |
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| Abe Ikubo & Katayama |
| Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
| Recommended |
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| Atsumi & Sakai |
| LM Law Offices |
| Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners |
| TMI Associates |
| Other notable |
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| Momo-o Matsuo & Namba |
| Shiomizaka |
| Lawyer | Ranking | Practice Area |
|---|---|---|
| Hattori, Makoto | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property |
| Hino, Mami | Notable practitioner | Intellectual property |
| Katayama, Eiji | Elite practitioner | Intellectual property |
| Kitahara, Junichi | Notable practitioner | Intellectual property |
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