YASUYO KIMURA

Counsel

Yasuyo Kimura’s practice ranges from general corporate matters and commercial transactions, intellectual property-related matters such as licensing under Patent Law, Trademark Law, etc., labour and human affairs, intellectual property disputes, labour disputes and dispute on commercial transactions, regulatory matters such as Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefits and Misleading Representations, Subcontracting Law, etc., insolvency law-related matters, and family and inheritance-related matters.

Profession
Attorney at Law
Admissions
Japan (2003)
Membership

Tokyo Bar Association

Tokyo Bar Association IP Division

IP Law Network for Lawyers

Professional Experience

2015 – 2016 – Lecturer on Anti-Competition Law for Training for Qualified IP Litigation Work at Japan Patent Attorneys Association

2026 – Present – Sonderhoff & Einsel Law Office

2003 – 2025 – Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office

Education

1996 – Keio University

Publications

“Legal Consulting for Trademarks I” (Seirin-shoin, co-author) September 2017

Lectures

“2020 Trademark, Design, Unfair Competition Case Law Community” (Tokyo Bar Association IP Division) 2021

“Introduction to Trademark License Agreements” (Workshop of Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Kanto Branch) 2016

“Overview of Recent IP-related Court Precedents (Trademark Law)” (IP-related Workshop of Japan Bar Association) 2016

Languages
Japanese, English