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大向 尚子 Naoko OMUKAI

大向 尚子
大向 尚子

Naoko OMUKAI

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

  • Strategically minded Naoko Omukai is equally excellent on the contentious front. “She can be trusted to deliver an extremely high level of quality of work, and come up with practical solutions even to very challenging cases.”

    World Trademark Review 1000 (2023 Edition)

Naoko Omukai has strong expertise in Brand and Design practice, and she is in charge of general corporate legal matters primarily in the field of intellectual property (IP) rights (general proceedings and contracts), IT, and media-related broadcasting/communications.

She has a strong track record of representing domestic and overseas clients before the Courts and Patent Offices in Patent, Trademark and other IP disputes and proceedings, including a case that resulted in the first Grand Panel Decision of the IP High Court in Japan. In addition, she has been involved in IP transactions for business development, including license franchising, and corporate projects with Brand & IP strategies. She has been a committee member of the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, a member of the special consulting committee for the Minister of METI, and a director of the Japan Trademark Association. In addition, she oversees many lecturers at IP seminars sponsored by bar associations, patent attorney associations, the Japan Intellectual Property Association, etc.

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Education

2007
New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
2000
Osaka University (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Expert Committee Member, IPR Border Enforcement of Japan Customs 
Director of Japan Trademark Association 
A member of the "Committee on Issues of Trade Dress" for a research project of the Japan Patent Office 
A member of the "Committee on Issues of Bad-Faith Trademark Filings" for a research project of the Japan Patent Office  
Committee member, Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (Trademark System Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Committee) 
Outside Director, Prestige International Inc. 
Lecturer, The Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) 
Lecturer, The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) 
Adviser, Tokyo Metropolitan Intellectual Property Center 
Member, Practitioner Committee for trials at the Japan Patent Office  
Chair of Court Decision Study Group of Japan Trademark Association 
Member, the Private International Law Association of Japan 
Member, the International Committee of the Tokyo Bar Association  
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco 
Member, the International Committee of the Tokyo Bar Association