Our attorneys have decades of experience representing many of the most prominent Japanese companies with all aspects their U.S., international and other cross-border operations, often acting as trusted outside general counsel, and as chief intellectual property counsel.  Our group consists of lawyers who have lived in Japan and who have represented Japanese businesses for many years.

We are conversant with Japanese culture, business practices, and language. We collaborate with Japanese companies and local law firms, and are familiar with the needs of Japanese companies entering international markets. Our attorneys are seasoned practitioners who leverage their deep U.S. and Japan experience to help our clients navigate dynamic cross-border complexities and accomplish their business objectives.

Transactional Experience

Our attorneys have extensive experience advising major Japanese companies and investors with a wide range of transactions in the United States, Europe and Latin America. We advise our clients in connection with investments, financings, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, U.S. and EU subsidiary formations and corporate reorganizations, U.S. and EU regulatory and compliance issues, government investigations, and other matters. Our experience representing Japanese companies enables us to communicate clearly and effectively to avoid misunderstandings related to differences in the legal systems and practices between Japan and the United States and other nations.

Intellectual Property

Rimon’s intellectual property team includes IAM top 300 IP strategists, seasoned prosecution patent attorneys and highly skilled patent litigators. Our intellectual property team has years of experience prosecuting patent applications, resolving patent infringement prosecuting patent applications, resolving patent infringement disputes, drafting patent licenses, and trying complex patent cases in U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. They regularly counsel Japanese companies on IP protection and infringement issues related to their entry into the U.S. market, and work with Japanese companies in their acquisition or licensing of patents, trade secrets, trademarks or copyrights from U.S. companies.

Our intellectual property attorneys also advise Japanese companies in connection with technology transactions with international companies across a wide variety of industries, including semiconductor, internet, consumer electronics, energy, fintech, and life sciences, working on many different types of agreements. Rimon’s IP attorneys also help U.S. companies to protect and leverage their IP assets in Japan through patents, trademarks, trademark prosecution and trademark dispute, licensing agreements, portfolio management, and business contracts by working through our relationships with Japanese law firms and patent agents.

Many of our Intellectual Property Litigators have tried dozens of cases in the District of Delaware, the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Northern and Central Districts of California. Most of our patent litigators have technical degrees so they can quickly understand your company’s products and work with your company to develop a winning strategy.