ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
- Title
- Associate
- Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- E-mail address
- hiroaki.ishikawa@iwatagodo.com
Engaged Cases
・Intellectual property litigation (litigation, trials and infringement warning responses concerning design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, with a focus on patent infringement litigation, patent invalidation trials, and litigation rescinding the trial decision)
・Patent infringement investigation, appraisal of patent invalidation
・Providing advice on intellectual property rights, review and preparation of contracts regarding intellectual property (joint research agreements, joint application agreements, patent license agreements, trademark license agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.)
・Legal advice on the Civil Code, the Companies Act, Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and other business laws
・M&A
・Review and preparation of various agreements (including basic transaction agreements, services agreements, civil trust agreements, lease agreements, terms and conditions of use, various agreements in English)・Daily legal consultation for companies
Career Summary
- June 1987
- Born in Mie Prefecture, Japan
- March 2006
- Graduated from Takada High School
- March 2010
- Received his B.S. from Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
- March 2014
- Received his J.D. from Osaka University Law School
- 2014-2015
- Served at Kai-U Patent Law Firm
- December 2016
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (69th)、Registered as a Japanese attorney
- January 2017
- Joined Kusui Law Offices
- 2017
- Served as Project Researcher at Intellectual Property Center, Osaka University
- May 2017
- Joined SOEI Patent and Law Firm
- May 2020
- Joined Iwata Godo
- 2021-2023
- Served on the Trial and Appeal Department of Japan Patent Office
Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024
List of Main Publications
・“The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
Publications
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202212
Iwata Godo lawyers co-author The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories(Shoji Homu)
- Author：
- TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi ITO Hiroki EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Nanako AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira ISHIKAWA Teppei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa SASAKI Tomoo ISHIKAWA Hiroaki FUKATSU Haruno FUKUCHI Takumi TOYOOKA Hiroto MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka NOGUCHI Daisuke ITO Natsuho ANZAI Kazuto MATSUDA Taiki
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202012
Ishikawa Hiroaki's commentary titled "The Intellectual Property Trading Review Meeting Publicizes a Guideline for Intellectual Property Exchange Aiming to Protect Intellectual Property and Know-how in Small and Medium Enterprises (Draft), etc." is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.
- Author：
- ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
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202007
Ishikawa Hiroaki's commentary titled "The Civil Law (related to IT Implementation) Committee of the Legislative Advisory Council Conducted the Study and Deliberation on the Review of the Provisions concerning the Filing and Service of Lawsuits at its Second Meeting” is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.
- Author：
- ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
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News
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202504
22 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026.
Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
IZUMI Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
MATSUDA Takao
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
MOTOMURA Takeshi
■ Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Tax Law
MUTOU Yuuki
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
OKAMURA Yu
MATSUHASHI Sho
■ Arbitration and Mediation
NAKAMURA Saeko
MIURA Takashi
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
OKAMURA Yu
SASAKI Tomoo
FUKATSU Haruno
FUKUCHI Takumi
KITAGAWA Hiroki
TOYOOKA Hiroto
MATSUHASHI Sho
■ Information Technology Law
ADACHI Makoto
■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
■ Labor and Employment Law
NAKAMURA Saeko
KITAGAWA Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
202404
20 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025.
Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
■ Arbitration and Mediation
UEDA Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
MATSUDA Takao
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
MOTOMURA Takeshi
■ Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
ISHIKAWA Teppei
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
NAKAMURA Saeko
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
KARASAWA Akira
IKEDA Minako
YAMADA Kohei
SUZUKI Tomohiro
FUKUCHI Takumi
■ Information Technology Law
SAITO Hiroki
■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
■ Labor and Employment Law
KITAGAWA Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
202305
19 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024.
Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
■ Arbitration and Mediation
UEDA Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
MATSUDA Takao
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
MOTOMURA Takeshi
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Product Liability Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
ISHIKAWA Teppei
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
KARASAWA Akira
IKEDA Minako
YAMADA Kohei
SUZUKI Tomohiro
FUKUCHI Takumi
■ Information Technology Law
SAITO Hiroki
■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
■ Labor and Employment Law
KITAGAWA Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
202005
We welcomed a new attorney, Ishikawa Hiroaki.
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