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San Diego, CA, US

San Francisco, California, United States

Redwood City, California

*Intellectual Property Matters – Handle license and distribution agreements with over 50 licensors annually, such as Sony and U.S armed forces; Manage infringement disputes and litigation with domestic and international IP holders; Coordinate ongoing review of site content; Takedown websites that infringe the Zazzle websites; Help to register and maintain.

Redwood City, California

San Francisco

• Drafted, reviewed, assisted with negotiations and conducted risk assessment of agreements for the Western Hemisphere, including: o Licensing – created merchandise licensing agreements and clearance letters.o.
• Managed a team of up to four attorneys and a contracts administrator, and worked with global legal teams in Tokyo and London to ensure worldwide consistency in legal responses.
• Coordinated North American litigation responses, including consumer class action fraud, contractual disputes and defense against patent trolls/NPE lawsuits.
• Worked internally and with U.S. producers to structure an animated TV series deal and aided in negotiations with an entertainment conglomerate for series production, distribution, merchandising and broadcasting.
• Served as corporate Secretary for Sega's North American entities.
• Managed legal matters for GameWorks, a Sega-owned chain of restaurant/entertainment locations: o Managed Sega’s response to personal injury and workers compensation claims. o Coordinated assignment for benefit of.

Tokyo, Japan

• Drafted, reviewed and conducted risk assessment of English-language agreements for worldwide group companies, spanning from initial product development (e.g., service agreements for development) to exploitation (e.g..
• Negotiated, drafted and reviewed motion picture option and co-development agreements.
• Participated in negotiations with third parties in both English and Japanese.
• Continually engaged in risk assessment and reviewed and revised all existing contract templates used by Capcom group companies, and updated accordingly for current business models and procedures.
• Supervised worldwide English-language litigation and dispute resolution, including supervising litigation of copyright/trademark infringement case brought against Capcom, and winning motion to dismiss with prejudice.
• Managed globalization of legal department with a focus on improving consistency and relationships between Japanese HQ, worldwide subsidiaries and third parties with respect to IP rights and contract procedures.

San Diego, CA

Litigator of large-scale federal securities class actions and state derivative actions.

Jd, Law

Ba, Japanese Studies