Takamitsu Shigetomi

Practice Areas

Takamitsu Shigetomi is a partner who is in charge of Intellectual Property Practice Department in the Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners.

He specializes in intellectual property licensing and litigation of all types and has prepared, tried and argued intellectual property cases in various technical fields including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemistry, mechanical engineering, electric engineering and computer software. He has been lead counsel in major patent infringement litigation in Tokyo and Osaka district courts and IP high court.

He is a frequent author and lecturer on intellectual property practice topics, and teaches courses as an adjunct professor of (i) Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation at Kobe University and (ii) Graduate School of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology.

He has received many professional accolades such as Chambers Asia-Pacific, Who’s Who Legal Patents, Who’s Who Legal Japan - IP Litigation and Best Lawyers.

Career

Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Adjunct professor of Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation at Kobe University

Professional Memberships

Osaka Bar Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (1999)

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

New York (2005)

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Publications

The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review 7th edition Japan Part （Law Business Research Ltd. 2022）

The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review 6th edition Japan Part （Law Business Research Ltd. 2021）

International Advertising Law：Second Edition［JAPAN］（Globe Law and Business 2021)

The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review 5th edition Japan Part （Law Business Research Ltd. 2020）