Professional Summary
Ayako Nakano is a member of the IP/ITC group in the Firm’s Tokyo office. Ms. Nakano is bilingual (English and Japanese) and has five years of experience working in IP and trademark portfolio management. She currently focuses on the trademark portfolio management of Japanese companies and IP contract work. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, she was working in-house at a Japanese company on a trademark clearance project for one of their major brands.
Practice Focus
Ms. Nakano’s practice focuses on the trademark portfolio management of Japanese companies. She also focuses on trademark prosecution work and drafting of trademark co-existence, licensing, and assignment agreements.
Representative Clients, Cases or Matters
Assisted in the provision of the following legal services:
- Managing the Asia trademark portfolio of a major Japanese company in the luxury fashion industry.
- Drafting trademark co-existence agreements for companies in Japan, US, and UK, in industries such as food retail, fitness, pharmaceutical, and tobacco industries in various jurisdictions.
- Drafting of licensing agreements for Japanese companies in the consulting and chemical industries.
- Drafting of a trademark assignment agreement for the assignment of various marks to a Japanese company in over ten jurisdictions.
Admissions
Solicitor in England and Wales (2016) (not admitted in Japan)
Education
BPP Law School (LL.M.) (2011)
BPP Law School (Legal Practice Course) (2010)
Brunel University (GDL) (2009)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.) (2007)
Languages
English
Japanese