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Apr. 18, 2024 Awards

The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 edition)

Apr. 20, 2023 Awards

The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)

Apr. 14, 2022 Awards

Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™

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Feb. 11, 2023 Public Service

Hiroki Saito becomes a director of the International Literary and Artistic Association of Japan

Aug. 7, 2020 Public Service

Hiroki Saito became the member of the Committee on “Research on Licensing Concerning Patent Rights, etc. in Commissioned Research and Development” for the FY 2020 Industrial Science and Technology Research Project, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Feb. 19, 2020 Public Service

Hiroki Saito became the President of Licensing Executives Society Japan

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2015/09
Vol. 4

The Supreme Court ruled that the technical scope and subject matter of a product-by-process claim invention will cover the same products, even if the products are made by a different process from the claimed process DownloadPDF

2014/06
Vol. 3

The IP High Court Denies Samsung’s Motion for Injunctive Relief but Allows Samsung’s Claim for Damages against Apple for Its UMTS Standards-Essential Patent Infringement for an Amount Equivalent to the Royalty DownloadPDF

2014/02
Vol. 2

IP High Court Calls for Amicus Curiae Brief for the First Time Ever, for the Issue of Injunctions and Damages in the Case of Infringement of Standard Essential Patent with FRAND Declaration DownloadPDF

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May 27, 2021 - May 28, 2021External Seminars

"LESI Virtual Annual Conference 2021 - MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF INNOVATION IN AN ERA OF CONVERGENCE -"

Apr. 29, 2018 - May 1, 2018External Seminars

"LESI 2018 Annual Conference -The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and beyond in Asia-"

Apr. 16, 2018External Seminars

"AIPLA-LES Japan Joint Meeting - Data Protection in the IoT Age-Proposed Amendment of Unfair Competition Law for Data Protection"

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Magazine Transcript

"Use of Generative AI in the Entertainment Field and Copyright"

Magazine Article

"Laws Affecting IP Licensing - Japan"

Magazine Article

"Network-related Patent and Cross-border Infringement - Considering the Case of Patent on Niconico Comments"

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• The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1988)
• New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1994)
• with Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA (1994 - 1995)
• with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA (1995)