SAITO Hiroki
- Title
- Associate
- Languages
- English
- Telephone Number
- +81-3-3214-6232
- E-mail address
- hiroki.saito@iwatagodo.com
Career Summary
- August 1987
- Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- March 2006
- Graduated from Eiko Gakuen Senior High School
- March 2010
- Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- March 2012
- Received his J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law
- December 2013
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (66th)
- December 2013
- Registered as a Japanese attorney
- January 2014
- Joined STW & Partners
- September 2017
- Joined Iwata Godo
Engaged Cases
Mr. Saito has been engaged in IT-related cases as well as general corporate legal services, litigation/dispute resolution and crisis management.
The main legal services he provides for IT-related cases are as follows.
1. Cases related to systems and software
・ Providing advice, drafting contracts and handling dispute resolution regarding system development, system operation and system maintenance
・ Providing legal advice and drafting contracts regarding software license (including OSS license)
・ Providing advice and drafting contracts regarding cloud services
・ Providing advice and drafting contracts regarding development of systems using AI technology
2. Cases related to digital forensic
・ Providing advice on digital forensics analysis performed for various investigations (i.e. accounting malpractice and information leakage), collaborating with digital forensics companies
・ Providing advice on using the results of digital forensics analysis in trial
3. Cases related to information leakage (taking-out or divulging)
・ Providing advice on customer relations
・ Handling criminal cases (filing criminal complaints, cooperating in investigations, comprehending the extent of damage based on investigations, etc.)
・ Providing advice and dispute resolution regarding the pursuit of liabilities to the executives and employees and the IT vendors that caused the leakage
4． Cases related to electronic signature, digitization of contracts, etc.
・Providing advice on the system and use of electronic signature
・Providing advice on digitization services for contracts, etc.
Message
I will faithfully tackle with each issue and always seek further efforts and ideas, aiming to be helpful for clients and responsive to their requirements.
List of Main Publications
"Lexology GTDT – Cloud Computing 2021”（co-author, Law Business Research）
“Q&A: Interaction of the Antimonopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Practices – Guide to Understand from Basic to Application and Achieve Compliance” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020)
“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period ［Intellectual Property Law］ ” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing, 2018)
“Roles of Auditors, etc. for Corporate Scandals: Detective Controls and Response to Investigation, etc. - the 6th article of the series “Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct” (co-author, December 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku)
“Laws and Regulations that Auditors, etc. must be familiar with” - the 1st article of the series “[New Series] Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct” (co-author, July 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku)
Publications
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2021.02Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Prepared the 'Telework Security Guideline (5th edition)' and has Started Requesting for Public Comments on the Said Guideline." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SAITO Hiroki
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2020.12Publications
With Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei as the editors & authors, Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, Fujita Hiroki, Ebihara Shunsuke, and Adachi Makoto co-authord "Q&A on Intersection and Practice of the Antimonopoly Act and the Intellectual Property Rights - Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Fundamentals to Applications – " which is introduced in “The Latest Books to be Kept on Hand in the practice of the Antimonopoly Act” of February 2021 issue of Business Law Journal.
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2020.09Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Revises the 'Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2020.08Publications
Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, Fujita Hiroki, Ebihara Shunsuke and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled “Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
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2020.04Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity Releases 'Points to Note About Security in Conducting Telework'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2019.12Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Agency for Cultural Affairs Holds the 2nd Working Team on the State of System on License Agreements for Copyrighted Works" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2019.07Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Publishes a Message from Chairman and President titled 'Introduction of Key Audit Matters'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2019.03Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "Cabinet Decision on the 'Bill for the Act of Partial Revision of the Patent Act'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SAITO Hiroki
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2018.11Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Closes the Investigation on the Suspected Violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Airbnb Ireland UC and Airbnb Japan K.K." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2018.07Publications
A book authored by our lawyers entitled "Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period" is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Author：
- KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki ITO Nanako FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira TOKUMARU Daisuke MATSUBARA Takahiro MARUYAMA Shinji KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei BEPPU Fumiya MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira SAITO Hiroki YAMADA Kohei HORITA Koji SUZUKI Tomohiro NAKAMURA Saeko SASAKI Tomoo YU Zhiming Landry GUESDON
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2018.06Publications
Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Saito Hiroki authored the 1st article of the series "[New Series] Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Laws and Regulations that Auditors, etc. must be familiar with” which appears in the July 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.
- Author：
- ITO Hiroki SAITO Hiroki
- Supervising editor：
- MOTOMURA Takeshi
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2018.01Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Personal Information Protection Commission Releases the Hiyari Hat (Near-miss) Instance Regarding Personal Information on its Website" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SAITO Hiroki
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2017.12Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "Case Where the Intellectual Property High Court Ruled that the Registered Trademark 'MEN'S CLUB' is Likely to Cause Confusion in Connection with the Goods Pertaining to the Plaintiff's Business" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SAITO Hiroki
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2017.09Shoji Homu Portal
Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "Softbank Receives Administrative Order from the Consumer Affairs Agency in Violation of the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SAITO Hiroki
News
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2017.09
We welcomed a new attorney, Saito Hiroki.