TMI Associates

Japan

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Overview

The firm provides a full range of intellectual property services, such as filing registrations of patents, designs and trade marks. It also handles enforcement cases through litigation and negotiations.  

There are approximately 86patent and trade mark attorneys and 450 attorneys-at-lawwith the firm. Senior partner Yoshiyuki Inaba specialises in patents, trade marks, design and IP transactions. Mitsuko Miyagawa is active in trade marks and copyright. Toyotaka Abe focuses on patents, design and IP transactions. Atsushi Sato helps clients in patents and IP transactions. Shunji Sato provides trade mark and design services. And Takeshi Hironaka provides patent and trade mark services. 

Testimonial

2024/2025

"They are professional and provide excellent advice and service."

"Chang Tsi & Partners has very high standards when choosing associates in other jurisdictions and, more than cost considerations, we value quality of service, responsiveness and added value. TMI Associates is very professional in all aspects of intellectual property. During our cooperation, TMI left a deep impression on us. The TMI team communicated with us in a timely and cost-efficient way; for the questions we asked, they usually responded very quickly, and we and our clients are very satisfied."

Yoshi Yuki Inaba

"Provides good communication and legal advice."

"Yoshiyuki Inaba is good in English and Japanese, and we have been keeping great communication with him. He is an excellent lawyer, very professional and familiar with local intellectual property laws and regulations. We are willing to cooperate more with Yoshiyuki Inaba and TMI Associates in the future."

Koji Akanegakubo

"We like their communication and responsiveness."

2023

"We appreciate their sense of responsibility, their teamwork and their ability to make swift and flexible adjustment as the situation changes."

"We are satisfied with TMI Associates' IP service and team. Mr. Toyotaka Abe and their team have good analysis experience and provide good negotiation strategy."

"They are swift and accurate."

"TMI Associates is very professional in all aspects of intellectual property. During our cooperation, TMI left a deep impression on us. The TMI team communicated with us in a timely and cost-efficient way, and for the questions we asked, they usually responded very quickly. We and our clients are very satisfied."

"We appreciate the high level of skills, innovative thinking and attention to detail."

"We appreciate the quality of the analysis, the concise advice on how to move forward, and the extremely timely delivery of work products."

"They provide a prompt and reliable service as well as creative thinking about disputes (which are very few)."

2022 client testimonials

"TMI provided a practical and feasible strategy for us in SEP-related cases which finally turned out to win. We can conduct smooth discussions with them, even sometimes when consensus is hard to reach - they always made use of precedent cases and convention to persuade us, which was proven right in the end."

"They work as a team and all members have complementary roles in their individual work. After our requirements are discussed, they will leave no stone unturned to consider how to meet the demands."

"They provided sufficient resources to win our case both in technical argument and in court proceedings."

"They showed eagerness to learn both the technology and business interest in our case. They also had a very pragmatic approach to constructing the court strategy. The team is always pleasant to work with."

Patent

The team handlespatent applications and prosecutionsfor domestic and foreignclients across a range of technical fields, includingmedical devices and biotechnology.