Aoyama & Partners

Aoyama & Partners is active in patent and trade markfilings and enforcement. Theintellectual propertyteam consists of approximately 300 professionals including over 110 patent attorneys. They are experienced in technical fields such as mechanics, electricals, chemicals and life sciences.  

Hiroshi Tamura and NorihitoYamao lead the firm’s IP team. Both focus on chemistry and materials science. Michiko Matsutani heads the life science division and Ken-IchiMorizumi leads the chemistry and material science division. Yoshiyuki Maehori is the head of theelectronics IT mechanical engineering division. Mayumi Kawamoto is the head of trade mark division.  

The team handles both prosecution and litigation matter for clients fromtechnical fields such as LEDs, medical devices and materials science. 

A new partner, Hidetaka Okabe, joined the patent team to support the electronics and IT practices.