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Rieko Michishita

Partner · Bird & Bird

ChinaIntellectual Property, PatentsJapanese, English, Chinese

About

Partner in Bird & Bird's Intellectual Property group based in Beijing, providing trilingual (Japanese, English, Chinese) advice on contentious and non-contentious IP matters, with a focus on Japanese clients. Over 28 years in China, manages global IP portfolios across multiple industries and coordinates IP disputes including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and unfair competition. Leads the firm's anti-counterfeiting practice in China and works on cross-border matters in Asia Pacific. Holds regular training seminars in Japan for clients and organizations such as JIPA and JETRO.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatentsCopyrightsTrademarksTrade SecretsUnfair CompetitionAnti-CounterfeitingLicensingLitigationNon-Contentious IP

Office

Expertise

Intellectual PropertyPatentsCopyrightsTrademarksTrade SecretsUnfair CompetitionAnti-CounterfeitingLicensingDispute ResolutionMultilingual Advice

Education

  • Northwestern University, LLM, Law
  • People's University, Bachelor's Degree, PRC Law

Admissions

  • State Bar of New York, USA (2012)

Languages

JapaneseEnglishChinese