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Hitomi Iwase Selected for Top 250 Women in IP 2024 for the Second Consecutive Year

Nishimura & Asahi is delighted to announce that Tokyo partner Hitomi Iwase has been selected for Managing Intellectual Property's list of Top 250 Women in IP 2024. This is the second consecutive year in which she has been selected for this honor.

This special annual publication, launched in 2013, recognizes senior female IP practitioners in private practice who have made exceptional contributions to their clients and firms in the past year.

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岩瀬 ひとみ

Hitomi handles patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other IP-related matters in multiple business sectors, including IT, life sciences and healthcare, machinery, food, fashion, environment and energy, entertainment, financial services, and e-commerce. Ms. Iwase’s expertise encompasses all forms of IP transactional work, both cross-border and domestic, including licensing, strategic alliances, joint development, and asset transfers, as well as various types of IP disputes, including patent/trademark infringement litigation. Hitomi also assists clients in anti-counterfeiting and in the development of IP portfolios and prosecution strategies. Hitomi regularly advises clients on emerging legal issues relating to the latest technology, such as IoT and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as on complex system-related transactions and disputes over such transactions. In the area of data privacy, Hitomi provides extensive advice on data protection and privacy compliance, including on establishing global compliance systems and incidents such as data breaches. Hitomi also advises on related areas such as e-commerce, advertising, and consumer protection.