Areas of Legal Expertise
Saori Maekawa
Partner
Ms. Maekawa has a wealth of experience, which she has put to use over many years at law and patent firms where she has acted as a patent attorney specializing in trademarks and been involved with domestic and international trademark registration applications, support services for foreign trademark applications, consulting on trademark-related matters, opposition cases and appeals.
She has handled a wide variety of cases for clients ranging from startup ventures to large corporations, and always strives to understand her clients’ situation and needs and provide appropriate services.
Profession
Patent Attorney
Admissions
2001 (2006 Qualified IP Litigator)
Membership
Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Japan Trademark Association (JTA) Trademark Practice Study Group, Vice-chairperson (2018-present)
Trademark applications, trials and appeals, expert opinions, litigation
Professional Experience
2019 – present – Sonderhoff & Einsel, Law and Patent Office
2015 – 2018 – Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
2014 – 2015 – Yamasaki & Partners
2003 – 2014 – Asamura Patent Office, p.c.
2001 – 2003 – Miyoshi & Miyoshi
1995 – 1998 – Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Education
1995 – Graduate, Rikkyo University, Department of Law
Publications
“Section 11 IT Company Tasks and Trademarks”, (Intellectual Property and the Law: Business Models and Compliance Program Framework, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Co-author: Saori Maekawa), August, 2004
Lectures
”Trademark Inventory” (Japan Trademark Association (JTA)) July 10th, 2019
Languages
Japanese, English
