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Godai Oguchi

Of Counsel

Main Practices
Corporate Disputes / Music / Film / E-sports / Brand/Rights Protection / Medical IP and Licensing / General Civil Litigation / Intellectual Property and IT Disputes / Arbitration, Conciliation, and Other ADR (Domestic) / Intellectual Property Protection and Disputes / Intellectual Property Transactions / Intellectual Property Registration / Brand Protection and Counterfeiting / Unfair Competition and Protection of Business Data
Languages
Japanese / English
Office
Tokyo
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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2024)

Bar Association

Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Education

Hitotsubashi University (LL.B., 2005)
Chiba University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M., 2007)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

Background

Assistant Judge (2009-2019）
Assistant Judge, Civil Division (Grand Bench), Tokyo District Court (2009-2011)
Assistant Judge, Medical Division, Tokyo District Court (2011-2012)
Assistant Judge, Administrative Division, Tokyo District Court (2012)
Temporary practice as an attorney at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (2014-2016)
Judge（2019-2024）

Judge, Intellectual Property Division, Tokyo District Court (Business Court) (2021-2024)

Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) registered arbitrator (2026-)

Public Office

Lecturer, Basic Intellectual Property Rights Workshop, The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2022)
Study Member, Trial and Appeal Practitioner Study Group, Japan Patent Office (2023)

Publications

  • “Recent Copyright Court Decisions,” (Transcript of the presentation), COPYRIGHT March 2026 issue, Copyright Research & Information Center (March, 2026）
  • “Recent Copyright Court Decisions,” COPYRIGHT No.755 Vol.63, Copyright Research & Information Center (March, 2024）
  • Medical Litigation Practice (2nd Edition), Shojihomu (2019) [Co-author]
  • Handbook of Juvenile Cases, Seirin-Shoin (2016) [Co-author]
  • The Latest Trial Practice Compendium 2: Medical Litigation, Seirin-Shoin (2014) [Co-author]

Web Articles

Seminers

  • “Recent Copyright Court Decisions” at the Monthly Copyright Study Group, hosted by the Copyright Research & Information Center, December 12, 2025
  • “Recent Copyright Court Decisions” at the Monthly Copyright Study Group, hosted by the Copyright Research & Information Center, December, 2023