Arimi Yamada is a Japanese attorney (Bengoshi) and patent agent (Benrishi) in addition to her qualification in the US. Her practice focuses on patent litigation, prosecution and licensing.
Ms. Yamada started practicing in Japan litigating various cases related to infringement of intellectual property rights, breach of contracts and libel. She was also involved in large US patent litigations for Japanese leading companies.
Ms. Yamada’s technical knowledge includes telecommunications, computer science, and inorganic chemistry.
Ms. Yamada has been published in over a dozen books and law journals on topics such as industry standards in analyzing patent infringement, business method patents, and patent misuse in patent pool agreements.
Ms. Yamada is fluent in Japanese.
Publications and Speeches
“ATARASHII – CHUKANHOUJIN – SEIDO”, July 2002. Authored book related to nonprofit corporations in collaboration with 3 other lawyers.
“HOUMUYOUGO – JITEN”, Jan. 2003. Revised a legal dictionary in collaboration with other lawyers.
“Harsh Sanction Ordered for Discovery Misconduct”, Sep. 2007. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
“Using Declaratory Judgments as a Preemptive Strike against Patentees?” Jan. 2008. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
“Strategic ways to invalidate US patents” 1 & 2, Feb. 2008. Law Journal “NBA” (New Business Law).
“Choice of Law – Nano v. Canon”, Mar. 2008. Journal of the Tokyo Bar Association.
“Selling and Licensing under Quanta Decision concerning Patent Exhaustion”, Aug. 2008. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
“Are Opinions of Counsel no longer needed?” Jan. 2009. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
"Patent Holdup issues related to Standard Patent studying Qualcomm v. Broadcom", Mar. 2009. Law Journal “NBA” (New Business Law).
“Business Method Patent: Studying the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bilski v. Kappos” Sep. 2010. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
“Patent Misuse in Patent Pool Agreement: Studying the CAFC decision ins Princo v. ITC” Dec. 2010. Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law.
“Can a Court Rely on an Industry Standard for Analyzing Patent Infringement? Studying CAFC decision in Fujitsu v. Netgear” Feb. 2011. Journal of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association “Patent”.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- USPTO (under limited visa status)
- Japan Patent Office
- State of New York
- Japan
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, LLM Intellectual Property Law
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, LLM
- Graduate School of Meiji University, Master of Law
- Meiji University, Bachelor of Law
Professional Affiliations
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association
- Japan Federation of Bar Association
- Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
- Japanese