Maekawa Intellectual Property Office is a group of professionals capable of providing total support in all areas of intellectual property (Patents, Utility models, Designs, Trademarks, Copyrights, etc.). Our firm’s expertise covers a broad range of technical areas including but not limited to mechanical, electrical, entertainment industry and IT including Fintech, Healthtech, Agritech and more. We also offer our expertise to develop companies’ IP strategies.
We work with attorneys around the globe from the US, EU, China and more.
Please contact us at : officemaekawa-ip.com with any queries.
- Address
- 5F Municipal Research Building, 1-3 Hibiya Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0012
- TEL
- +81-3-6206-1253
- FAX
- +81-3-6206-1254
- officemaekawa-ip.com
Established in 2016 we are now a team of twelve and growing year on year. We use the expertise available across our whole team to offer legal services of the highest standard.
Naoki MAEKAWA
Sotaro SEKI
Yuki KOBAYASHI
Yosuke TOWATA
Yoshinori WATANABE
Yuki TABATA
Yuko TAKEMOTO
Mami YOKOYAMA
President, Patent Attorney
Naoki MAEKAWA
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (mechanical, IT, electrical)
- Patent searching and analysis
- Designs
- Trademarks
Languages
Japanese, English
Features
Over 20 years of intellectual property law experience.
Holder of Masters of Intellectual Property Management from a leading Japanese graduate school.
Engineering graduate with a major in Aeronautics and astronautic Aerospace.
Licensed glider pilot.
Patent Attorney
Sotaro SEKI
Fields of Expertise
- Trademarks
- Copyrights
Languages
Japanese, English
Features
In-house attorney to leading Japanese entertainment companies.
Holder of Masters of Intellectual Property Management from a leading Japanese graduate school.
Director of multiple Japanese theater shows.
Licensed Kobudo Shihandai (Instructor of traditional Japanese martial arts)
Patent Attorney
Yuki KOBAYASHI
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (electrical, IT, mechanical)
- Patent searching and analysis
- Translation
Languages
Japanese, English
Features
Specialist in electrical engineering. Began her career in research in the shipping industry. After returning to Japan from overseas she worked at one of Japanese leading scientific research institutes before transitioning into intellectual property law.
Lived in The USA for 5 years and has high proficiency in English.
Holds a masters degree in electrical and electronic engineering.
Patent Attorney
Yosuke TOWATA
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (electrical, IT)
- Patent searching and analysis
- Designs
- Trademarks
Languages
Japanese, English
Features
Experienced an in-house attorney as IP department member at a global Japanese electronics company, and Patent Examination at the Japan Patent Office.
Patent Attorney
Yoshinori WATANABE
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (mechanical, electrical, IT)
- Designs
- Trademarks
Languages
Japanese
Features
Worked as an engineer at a global Japanese electronics company before transitioning into intellectual property law.
Patent Attorney
Yuki TABATA
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (mechanical, electrical, IT)
Languages
Japanese
Features
Background in studying science and engineering before transitioning into law.
An experienced attorney joining our firm in 2023.
Patent Attorney
Yuko TAKEMOTO
Fields of Expertise
- Patents and Utility models (mechanical, electrical, IT)
Languages
Japanese
Features
Background in studying science and engineering before transitioning into intellectual property law.
An attorney joining our firm in 2023.
Foreign Paralegal
Mami YOKOYAMA
