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Hidehiko Ichikawa
Hidehiko Ichikawa

Hidehiko Ichikawa

Counsel
Tokyo
+81.3.6205.3610
Email Hidehiko Ichikawa @ Hidehiko.Ichikawa@klgates.com
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Hidehiko Ichikawa is counsel and a member of the IP Procurement and Portfolio Management practice group. 

He has been involved with various patent matters, including the conducting of research and litigation. He is well versed in global and domestic patent applications and registration and prosecution procedures. He focuses on the fields of electronics technologies as well as technologies applicable to mechanical devices, telecommunications, semiconductors, and computer software.

Prior to joining the firm, Hidehiko led the IT patent prosecution team at a law firm based in Japan. Through this role, he counseled and supervised patent lawyers and aided in business development efforts in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. In addition, he led IT-related patent prosecution for both domestic and foreign patent applications and provided patent litigation advice for domestic partners.

  • Lecturer, "FY 2017 6th JPO/IPR Training (Patent Professional Practitioner Course)" (Asia Pacific Industrial Property Center, August 2017)
  • Lecturer, "Summer Intellectual Property Alliance English Seminar 2016 (Patent Practitioner Course)” (Japan Association of Intellectual Property Education, Japan Association of Universities for Intellectual Property Education and Research, August 2016)
  • Lecturer, "Summer Intellectual Property United English Seminar 2015 (Patent Practitioner Course)" (Japan Association of Intellectual Property Education, Japan Association of Universities for Intellectual Property Education and Research, September 2015)
Additional Thought Leadership Pages
  • "Metaverse and Intellectual Property Law - Overview," Business Lawyers / Lawyers.com, Inc., co-author, October 2022
  • "Metaverse and Law (No.3) - Metaverse and Intellectual Property Law," Shojihomu NBL, No. 1228, co-author, October 2022
  • "FinTech Legal Guide," Shojihomu, co-author, March 2017
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