Specializations include domestic and overseas corporate alliances (mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, etc.), general corporate legal affairs, management of general shareholders meetings, intellectual property legal affairs, startup support, litigation and dispute resolution, health care law and fashion law.
is involved in the education field as well as in a wide range of activities in the fashion industry, from brand launchings to protection of intellectual property rights.
Profession
Attorney at Law
Admissions
Japan (2019)
Membership
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Study Group on Copyright Law, The University of Tokyo
Fashion-Law Research Group, Fashion Business Association
Entertainment Lawyers Network
Advisior of Femtech Community Japan
Intellectual Property Rights Section, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Intellectual Property Law Section, Tokyo Bar Association
Lawyers Intellectual Property Net
Professional Experience
2021 – present – Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office
2019 – 2021 – Nishimura & Asahi Law Office
Education
2021-Present – ESMOD International Fashion University Group Tokyo
2018 – The University of Tokyo school of Law (J.D.)
2016 – Waseda University (LL.B.)
Publications
“Intellectual Property Strategies to Attract ESG Investments from the Perspective of the Global Situation on SDGs, and ESG” (Business Law Review, May, 2022), March, 2022
“Introduction to Fashion Law: Countermeasures Against Imitations of Fashion Designs,”(S&E Column), February 2022
“Publication of Draft Guidelines on Disclosure and Governance of Strategies for Investment and Use of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets” (S&E Newsletter), January 2022
“The Position of Intellectual Property in the Corporate Governance Code and the Revised Guidelines for Investor-Company Dialogue and its Response” (S&E Newsletter), July 16, 2021
Lectures
Fashion Design Protection and Brand Protection in the Metaverse and NFT Business: (2) “Virtual Fashion and Intellectual Property Law”, October 2022
Fashion Design Protection and Brand Protection in the Metaverse NFT Business – (1) “Virtual Fashion and Brand Business”, October 2022
“Fashion Design and Brand Protection – Making Your Brand a Success”(ESMOD JAPON), 6 October, 2022
“Fashion Design and Brand Protection – Real Fashion and Metaverse/NFT Fashion” (“Rakuten fashion Week TOKYO 2023 S/S” organized by Japan Fashion Week Organization), September 1, 2022
“Latest News! Important Points of Legal and Compliance Practices in Healthcare Data Utilization” (Seminar Info, Inc.), December 15, 2021
Languages
Japanese, English
Yu Maruyama