Shusaku Yamamoto

Masato Idaka

Trademarks Team Leader & Attorney-at-Law | Osaka, Japan

Mr. Masato IDAKA provides legal services on a wide range of patent, trademark & IP litigation, employment & labor, privacy and data protection, general corporate governance and compliance matters, corporate restructuring and international commercial transactions & litigation, and Labor Law. He specializes in trademark enforcement matters and applications. Further, he provides services for the whole trademark prosecution stage (i.e. from cradle to grave), pre-trademark and post-trademark registration. With years of professional experience, he is able to appropriately provide application advice towards future enforcement and branding. He is also knowledgeable and can provide appropriate advice regarding the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Copyright Act and Design Act of Japan.

He is a manager of the Japan Trademark Association’s Kansai branch and has published a Copyright Law Book last November 6, 2023.

He is proficient in the Japanese and English language and has been registered to practice before the Supreme Court of Japan since 2013.

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Practice Areas

Patent, Trademark & IP Litigation, Anti-counterfeiting, Customs & Criminal IP Enforcement, Employment & Labor, Confidentiality, Privacy and Data Protection, Redundancies & Early Retirement, Antitrust, General Corporate Governance and Compliance matters, Corporate Restructuring and International Commercial Transactions & Litigation, Trademark Act, Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Copyright Act, Design Act, Labor Law

Attorney at Law (2013)

  • Kobe Gakuin University Law school (Juris Doctor, 2009)
  • Doshisha University (Bachelor of Commerce, 2005)
  • Japanese and English