Top-tier intellectual property specialist firm Abe Ikubo & Katayama is particularly known for its life sciences and pharmaceutical expertise. The firm also has considerable experience in the electronic and telecommunications fields. Its litigation team is active in representing both local and foreign companies in all kinds of IP infringement disputes.
Managing partner Eiji Katayama is one of the most respected patent litigators in Japan. Hiroshi Kobayashi, Mami Hino and Junichi Kitahara are other key practitioners to note at the firm with outstanding capability in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, technology and telecommunications and machinery.
One IP case sample sees the firm representing Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai in a declaratory judgment against medical equipment manufacturing company Nipro for patent non-infringement and invalidity in connection with Halaven, a prescription medicine used to treat adults with breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, and who have already received other types of anti-cancer medicines after the cancer spreading.
The rest of the clients the firm has advised on remain confidential.
Client feedback
"The litigation team in the law firm understood the client's needs well and provided prompt and flexible service." – Intellectual property
Mami Hino
“She is a great litigation lawyer with strong IP and industry knowledge and experience. She is a flexible thinker and is happy to challenge the status quo to meet client's needs.”
