Information Technology
Strong, flexible support to help growing information technology businesses
In information technology, the speed at which an idea evolves from proposal to realization is crucial to its success. Drawing up schemes, negotiating with business partners, securing funding where necessary, and investigating the legal aspects—all of these must take place within a limited timeframe. The realities of venturing into new businesses include encountering unexpected legal issues with lack of precedents and well-defined regulations, inconsistent practice, and unforeseen consequences of regulations.
Our decades of experience in the information technology sector place us in an exceptional position to provide timely, appropriate, and practical assistance to help clients address these legal issues. The combined experience of our lawyers in the information technology practice since the dawn of the internet and the technology bubble of the early 2000s enable our lawyers to offer much needed solutions, insight, and advice to our information technology clients, which range from major players to start-ups, across every field and at different stages of progress. We guide our clients as they set up and grow their information technology businesses. We work with them as they introduce and improve cutting-edge technologies. We support and advise them as they navigate untested commercial and legal territories. We put our knowledge and capabilities to work making our clients’ ideas a reality.
Information Technology：People
Information Technology：Newsletters
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES Vol.6, November 2023
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES Vol.5 September 2023
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES Vol.4 July 2023
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES Vol.3 May 2023
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES
- TECH, IP AND TELECOMS LAW UPDATES Vol.2 March 2023
Information Technology：News
- Public Service
- Masafumi Masuda becomes a member of the Study Group on the Realisation of a Safe and Secure Metaverse, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Awards
- MHM lawyers selected in "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2023"
- Public Service
- Atsushi Okada states his opinions regarding policy on copyright and AI as an expert at the Commission on Legal Affairs of the Subdivision on Copyright, the Council for Cultural Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs
- Media
- Comments by Norihito Sato are published on a local economy page of the Nikkei in an article titled "Kubota to Launch Unmanned Combines - Successful Alliance with NVIDIA to Ensure Safety Using AI Cameras"
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)
Information Technology：Seminars
- Nov. 3, 2023External Seminars
- "AI Policy Summit 2023"
- Sep. 12, 2023External Seminars
- "Japan: AI governance, IP protections, Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)"
- Sep. 7, 2023External Seminars
- "IBA Conference 'Metaverse; Artificial Intelligence; and Web3.0 Technology' "
- May 25, 2023External Seminars
- "Issues Concerning AI, Personal Information, and Privacy"
- Nov. 3, 2022External Seminars
- "Policy Trend and Current Discussion on Metaverse in Japan"
Information Technology：Publications
- Magazine Article
- "The Potential of Generative AI and Related Legal Issues (Part 3) Generative AI Use and Personal Information and Privacy"
- Book
- "Legal Issues in AI Profiling - Personal Information and Privacy in the AI Era -"
- Magazine Article
- "Legal Issues Concerning NFT"
- Book
- "Cryptoassets Law (2nd ed.)"
- Magazine Article
- "Robotics Legal Consultation (99): Status of AI Regulations in the U.S."