Published Works
Trademarks during covid: Exclusive insights from law firm experts in Japan World Trademark Review
24 December 2020
PartnerTokyo
Email tomoe.takahashi@hoganlovells.com
Phone +81 3 5157 8259
Fax +81 3 5157 8210
LanguagesJapanese, English
Practice groupIntellectual Property, Media, and Technology
Tomoe Takahashi focuses on multi-jurisdictional trademark enforcement and portfolio management.
Tomoe's day-to-day work includes enforcing clients' trademark rights and advising clients on anticounterfeiting measures around the world, filing and prosecuting trademark applications, conducting trademark clearance searches, and advising on trademark availability and eligibility for registration.
Tomoe also advises clients on drafting and negotiating various intellectual property contracts as well as trademark due diligence in M&A transactions. In order to protect a company's brand and reputation, she also covers various product safety and compliance issues (such as compliance with product safety regulations, labelling, and product recalls) that may arise in the product life cycle, including those relating to manufacturing, the supply chain, distribution, marketing, and the end-user.
Leading individual in Japan for Prosecution and Strategy
World Trademark Review 1000
Rising Star in Intellectual Property
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
Top 250 Women in IP
Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
Trade mark star
Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
Next Generation Foreign Lawyer in Japan for IP (International)
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
Rising Star in Trademark
Euromoney's Expert Guides
Education
LL.B, with honors, Victoria University of Wellington
Bar admissions and qualifications
Japan - Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
Solicitor, England and Wales
Republic of Ireland
New Zealand
Tomoe regularly visits her clients' premises to conduct an audit of their brand portfolio and advises on how to structure a stronger brand.
Tomoe worked on various joint-venture deals around the world, and advised on the creation of new brands as well as on the transfer of intellectual property to the new companies.
Published Works
24 December 2020
Awards and Rankings
October 2020
News
08 January 2020
Press Releases
06 January 2020
Events
October 11 (Osaka); October 16, 17 & 24 (Tokyo)
Hogan Lovells Publications
01 March 2019