Kanako Inokuchi’s practice focuses on intellectual property matters, litigation, dispute resolution and general corporate transactions, particularly involving information technology. Kanako advises clients on patent rights, trademark rights, design rights and copyrights. She also advises clients on corporate strategies related to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act as well as handling matters including license negotiations, contract compilation and an infringement lawsuit. Kanako has worked with US-based lawyers in handling patent infringement lawsuits simultaneously entered in the United States and Japan.

She has also been involved in projects under Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and is a member of the working group of Software Information Center’s Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Trading Committee, the Current Status of OSS Committee and the Exploratory Committee on Promotion of Utilization of Software Alternative Dispute Resolution Center.

Kanako is the author of several articles on intellectual property topics including copyrights issues related to peer-to-peer file exchange software. She was one of the first lawyers in Japan to publish a dissertation on the trade dress legal protection issues regarding shop’s appearance.

She is a frequent lecturer at seminars and has provided corporate training on the subject of intellectual property.

Kanako is a member of the Copyright Law Association of Japan and the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.