Tetsuro TORIUM
Tetsuro TORIUMI (Born: 1950)
Practice Area:
Corporate
International Corporate Transactions
Intellectual Property
Anti Trust
Compliance
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Education:
Waseda University (LL. B., 1974)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1977-1979)
Admission:
Japan (1979)
Experience:
Masuda & Ejiri (Associate, 1979-1984; Partner, 1985-1993)
Asahi Law Offices (Partner, 1993-2007)
TMI Associates (Partner, 2007-Present)
Visiting Professor, Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
(Antitrust Law) (2008-)
Languages:
Japanese and English
Memberships:
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Recent Representative Litigation Matters:
-Progress vs. Daiichi Kangyo Bank: Request for Guaranteed Debt, Tokyo District Court, August 31, 2000. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Times Edition 1096, p. 26: “Report and Commentary on Important Civil Law Judgments in 2001”.
-Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. et al. vs. East West Enterprise, GQ Trademark Infringement, Tokyo High Court, April 24, 2002. (Favorable Decision).
Hanrei Jiho Edition 1138, p. 253.
-Frederick Warne and Company Ltd. vs. Familiar: Peter Rabbit Unfair Competition and Trademark Infringement, Tokyo District Court, December 27, 2002. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Times Edition 1136, p. 237.
-O N Kogyo vs. Riken: Patent Infringement (Doctrine of Equivalent), Osaka District Court, July 17, 2003. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Times Edition 1134, p. 282.
-Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. et al. vs. Properst: La Vogue Condominium Building Unfair Competition, Tokyo District Court, July 2, 2004. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Jiho Edition 1890, p. 127.
-Sumitomo Trust vs. UFJ Holdings et al.: Injunction against M&A Negotiations, Supreme Court, August 30, 2004. (Favorable Decision).
Hanrei Jiho Edition 1872, p. 28.
-Sumitomo Trust vs. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group et al.: Request for Compensation for damages, Tokyo District Court, February 13, 2006. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Jiho Edition 1928, p. 3.
-Copyright Japan v. Familiar: responsibility of false copyright indication, Osaka District Court, January 30, 2007. (Favorable Judgment).
Hanrei Jiho Edition 1984, p. 86.
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