Japan’s industries remain among the most advanced and highly innovative in the world. With a global team of over 300 practitioners, and in-depth expertise in a wide range of sectors, sciences and technologies, we’ve been a trusted and reliable choice for Japanese companies for over 60 years. Our Japan-based client liaison provides a Japanese-speaking point of contact for clients, and coordinates the frequent visits of Marks & Clerk attorneys.
Kiko is a Client Support Executive for Marks & Clerk in Japan. She truly enjoys conducting research, planning events, seminars and webinars to promote foreign law firms in the Japanese market.
Our extensive experience ranges from the strategic and technical excellence needed for complex patent litigation to the tactical insight and commercial acumen involved in branding, designs and copyright disputes.
Securing patent rights and making them work commercially is complicated. We help innovators protect, defend, and maximise the value of their inventions.
We’re experts in securing trade mark rights, protecting and enforcing brands and solving legal branding challenges.
We have patent attorneys worldwide who cover the full spectrum of technology and are able to handle drafting, prosecution and advice concerning patent matters in all technological fields. Our trade mark attorneys handle all aspects of trade mark portfolio management, including trade mark filing and prosecution, oppositions, revocations and invalidation actions. In addition, we have a team of commercial lawyers and IP litigators enabling us to provide every type of intellectual property service you need.
Whatever science or technology you use, whatever the sector, we’ll find people who precisely meet your needs. People who understand your business culture, and for whom promptness, quality and fast response times are important.
Our systems are ISO 9001 quality-assured so you can be confident about leaving it to us to track deadlines and ensure that formal requirements are met.
We’ll work with you to protect, enforce and maximise the value of your intellectual property to support you in achieving your business ambitions.
With one of the largest client training academies of any IP firm, we offer bespoke IP training packages, from a single presentation covering the basics of IP to in-depth courses in specific technologies or areas of IP law.
We’re truly global, with 18 offices across Asia, Europe and the Americas and long-established partnerships with IP experts in other countries.
We offer a price-competitive European patent validation and translation service. We handle the procedures for patents obtained not just through us, but also through other patent attorney firms.
Marks & Clerk works with some of Japan’s biggest and most innovative companies in fields ranging from electronics and software to life sciences and medical technology.
We often receive top rankings in the major legal directories including:
