Michael Best Adds Intellectual Property Partner Arimi Yamada
Arimi Yamada has joined Michael Best’s Intellectual Property Practice Group as a partner in Washington, D.C. She was previously a founding partner at IP boutique law firm, Typha IP LLP, and will be joined by four intellectual property professionals from her former firm, the firm said in a release.
Yamada will focus her practice on intellectual property and patent matters for Japanese businesses with operations in the U.S. With more than 20 years of experience, she manages patent prosecution, advises on actions coming out of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office, and counselson patent litigation and inter partes review. Her industry experience spans a number of advanced technologies, including computer software, telecommunications, display, semiconductor, and organic chemistry, the firm said.
In addition to her work in intellectual property matters, Yamada works with U.S.-Japanese related legal needs, including corporate, transactional, regulatory, trade, and cross-border investment matters.
Yamada is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office. She earned an LL.M. from the George Washington University Law School, an LL.M. from Temple University Beasley School of Law, and a master’s degree and B.A. from Meiji University. After earning her law degree, Arimi also taught law courses as an adjunct professor at two Japanese universities.
