Mr. Makoto Okada is known for handling both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, especially patent disputes such as patent infringement litigation, court appeals against Japan Patent Office decisions, patent invalidation actions before the Japan Patent Office, and import suspensions via Customs.
Mr. Okada has been selected as one of the “ALB North Asia’s Top 15 Litigators 2023” in Asian Legal Business. Mr. Okada has also been identified as one of the “IAM Global Leaders” in IAM (2025, 2026), “IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners” in IAM (2020 - 2024), “Patent star” in Managing IP (2021 - 2026), “Leading Individual” in Dispute Resolution (2021 - 2026) and Intellectual Property (2023 - 2026) in the Legal 500, and an expert in the field of Intellectual Property in Best Lawyers (2020 - 2026).
Mr. Okada was selected by Customs as an IPR Expert Advisor “with sufficient knowledge and experience in the area of IPR” under the Customs Law and the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law (2016 - 2021). Graduated from The University of Tokyo (LLB) and Stanford University (LLM).
Year joined the firm: 2007
- LL.B., The University of Tokyo,1996
- LL.M. in Law, Science and Technology, Stanford Law School, 2006
- Association/network memberships 2001
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
- Copyright Law Committee
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
