Makoto OKADA
Makoto OKADA
Practice Area:
Intellectual Property
Information Technology, Internet
Media & Entertainment
Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
Corporate
Education:
The University of Tokyo (LL. B., 1996)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2000-2001)
Stanford Law School (LL. M. in Law, Science and Technology, 2006)
Admission:
Japan (2001)
Experience:
Asahi Law Offices (Associate, 2001-2007)
New York Office of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (Foreign Trainee, 2006-2007)
TMI Associates (Associate, 2007-2009; Partner, 2010-Present)
Languages:
Japanese and English
Memberships:
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Copyright Law Committee
Entertainment Lawyers Network
Publications:
(written in Japanese)
- “A New Annotated Guide to the Patent Act (Volumes One and Two),” (Co-Author), Seirin Shoin, 2011
- “A Professional Dictionary of Intellectual Property Terms
(Chiteki-zaisan Purofesshionaru Yogo Jiten),”
(Co-Author/Editor), Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., 2010
- “Discussion on the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine in the United States: What the Decision for Quanta Demonstrates,” (Co-author), Chizaiken Forum, 2009 Winter Edition
- “Reasonable Compensation for Employee Inventions under the Patent Law of Japan,” Legal Troubles under Intellectual Property Law, 2004
- “Legal Structures and Issues of Open Source Software,” Legal Troubles under Intellectual Property Law, Chuo Keizai, 2004
- “Legal Protection of Non-Copyrightable Database,” Legal Troubles under Intellectual Property Law, Chuo Keizai, 2004
- “Infringements of Copyrights and Trade Secrets on the Internet,” Business Law, 2004
- “Preservation of Evidence for Illegal Copying of Software,” Business Law, 2004
- “The Issue of the Vesting of Copyrights for Employee Works,” Keiri Joho No. 1034, 2003
- “Outline of the 2002 Amendments to the Commercial Code,” NIKKEI.NET-BizPlus, 2002
- “The Effectiveness of Shrink Wrap and Click Wrap Agreements for Licensing of Software under Japanese Law,” NIKKEI.NET- BizPlus, 2002
- “Patent and Know-how License Agreement Guidelines under Antitrust Law,” Shukan Keiri Joho No. 991, 2002
(written in English)
- “Amendments to the Civil Code and the Civil Execution Law of Japan,” Asian Legal Business Issue No. 11, 2003
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