About Seiro Hatano

Seiro Hatano is a partner whose practice covers contentious and non-contentious IP-related work, with particular focus on trade marks and unfair competition, including trade secrets. He has considerable experience with contentious work, including litigation representing foreign-based clients. In addition, he has expertise in IP transactions for brand management through licensing and M&A. Mr Hatano has experience in trade secrets and copyright disputes, and his work also covers a wide range of sectors, including the TMT sector and protection of industrial data. He has worked at the Intellectual Property Policy Office in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Japanese government.