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Atsumi & Sakai
Harukuni Ito
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Harukuni Ito

Partner

Main Practices
Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Medical Devices / Biotechnology / Medical IP and Licensing / General Civil Litigation / Intellectual Property Protection and Disputes / IT System Development Disputes / Arbitration, Conciliation, and Other ADR (Domestic) / Overseas Disputes and Litigation / Arbitration, Conciliation, and Other ADR (International) / Intellectual Property Transactions / Brand Protection and Counterfeiting / Unfair Competition and Protection of Business Data / Privacy and Big Data
Languages
Japanese / English
Office
Tokyo
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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2001) and New York (2007)

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1994)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Northwestern School of Law (LL.M., 2007)

Background

Nagashima & Hashimoto (October 2001-August 2005)
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (September 2006-July 2007)
Jones Day (November 2007-April 2022)

Publications

  • Getting the Deal Through - Pharma & Medical Device Regulation 2024, Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2023) [Co-author]

  • Getting the Deal Through - Pharma & Medical Device Regulation 2023, Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2022) [Co-author]

  • “Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements - Industrial Technology (Patents and Know-how),” Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.（2019）
  • "International copyright law: a practical global guide," Globe Law and Business (2013)[Co-author]

Seminers

  • "PartⅠThe Key to Licensing Agreements for Drug Development Ventures," at the seminar for health-care startups, hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, April 25, 2023

  • “Key Points and Provisions of English-Language Pharmaceutical License Agreements,” hosted by Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association, November 16, 2022

  • "Key Points for Drafting Governing Law Clauses and Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Transaction Agreement, Part 1-2," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai and FRONTEO, October 13, 2022

  • "Key Points of Pharmaceuticals License Agreement Drafting and Dispute Avoidance and Resolution,” hosted by Technical Information Institute Co., Ltd., February, 2022

  • “Boilerplate Provisions in English Agreements,” hosted by Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association, November, 2021

  • “Dispute Resolution for Cross-border Agreements,” hosted by Licensing Executives Society Japan, May, 2021
  • “English Supply Agreements/Force Majeure Clauses from a Common Law Perspective,” hosted by Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association, October, 2020
  • “Practical English License Agreements,” hosted by Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association, August, 2019