Attorney at Law, Patent Attorney Partner

服部誠 Makoto Hattori

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Career

1994
LLB, Keio University, Faculty of Law 1996　Entered the Legal Training and Research Institute

1998
Admitted to the bar (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

2001
Secondment as Deputy Director to Intellectual Property Policy Office in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under the Law Concerning the Recruitment of Local Public Entities’ Employees with a Fixed Term in Regular Service

2002-2004
Overseas Training LLM, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Researcher at Max-Planck Institute (Munich) for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Germany

2003
Passed the New York Bar 2004 Resumed practice at Abe, Ikubo & Katayama (August)

2007-2018
Adjunct instructor at Keio Univ. Master’s Course, Faculty of Science and Technology

2009-
Member of Japan Federation of Bar Associations Intellectual Property Law Center

2014-
Candidate for an expert adviser for examination process for the application for import suspension at the Customs Office

2015-
Identified as one of the most highly acclaimed legal experts in Japan for Intellectual Property in the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 edition of Asialaw Leading Lawyers

2018-
Identified as one of Recognised Practitioners in Japan for Intellectual Property in the 2019 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific

2019-
Included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan for Intellectual Property Law

2021-2022
Chairperson of Intellectual Property Center of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations

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Memberships

・AIPPI
・Licensing Executives Society Japan
・Japan Academy of Industrial Property Law
・Japan Academy of Copyright Law

Practice Areas

Makoto Hattori is specialized in litigation related to domestic and international intellectual property disputes, especially patent infringement litigation. Mr. Hattori has represented various clients in many types of disputes. He has served a main role in court in numerous cases, many of which have achieved successful outcomes.

During the time when he was seconded to METI, he had the experience of being involved in the planning and formulation of Japan’s intellectual property strategy and worked on the amendment of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law.

Awards

・Asialaw Leading Lawyers/ 2015- selected as Asialaw Distinguished Practitioner 2021 in Intellectual Property, et al.

・Chambers and Partners/ 2018- ranked in: Intellectual Property: Domestic in Asia-Pacific Guide 2021/ Global, et al.

・The Best Lawyers/ 2019- ranked in 2020 Edition of the Best Lawyers in Japan (Intellectual Property), et al.

・IAM/ 2020- ranked in Patent 1000, Japan: Domestic, et al.

・Benchmark Litigation / 2020- selected as Litigation Star in Asia Pacific 2021 (Intellectual Property), et al.

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