Masao Fujino
Biography
Overview
Masao Fujino is a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution group of the Firm's Tokyo office.
He supports clients on Japanese and international intellectual property, data privacy and antitrust matters arising from commercial transactions. In particular, he has a niche specialty in advising clients on terms of service and data privacy policies for SaaS and mobile apps, and on regulations governing e-commerce, online consumer transactions and advertising.
Complementing his legal skills, Masao brings technical experience and insight gained as an engineer while at a Japanese software company. This background has proven invaluable to clients involved in highly technical technology disputes and transactions.
Prior to joining White & Case, Masao was a lawyer at an international law firm in Tokyo. Earlier in his career, while a legal trainee (after passing the Japanese bar examination), Masao studied at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the intellectual property division of the Tokyo District Court. He was a Fulbright Scholar while in graduate study at Stanford Law School.
Masao is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association as well as the Japan Association of Arbitrators. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Outer Space Law Committee of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.
Experience
Masao's experience includes:
Representation of a Japanese machinery manufacturer in ICC arbitration.*
Representation of a European pharmaceutical company in Japanese patent litigation.*
Representation of a European IT company in Japanese patent litigation.*
Representation of a Japanese chemical company in Japanese trade secret litigation.*
Representation of a Japanese apparel company in a dispute with a US apparel company regarding copyright and trademark disputes before courts of Japan.*
Representation of a European software company in a dispute with Japanese employees regarding trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement.*
Advising European and US technology companies in relation to their data privacy policies.*
Advising various European and US technology companies on software license agreements and SaaS agreements.*
Advising Japanese, European and US companies on Japanese and international antitrust and unfair competition matters.*
*Matter prior to joining White & Case.
Speaker, "US State Laws Accelerating Outer Space Business", Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Space Law Webinar (November 2023)
Guest Speaker, "Outer Space Commerce and the Legal System", The International Outer Space Private Law course at Keio University (June 2017)
Enactment of U.S. Federal Regulation Banning Former Employees' Non-compete Obligations (NBL, No. 1267, June 2024)
Overview of Recent United States Case Laws regarding Reasonable Measures for Trade Secrets (JCA Journal, Vol. 71, No. 2, February 2024)
Resolution of Commercial Disputes in Pakistan – Focusing on Resent Case Laws regarding Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - (JCA Journal, Vol. 70, No. 11, November 2023)
Proposed U.S. Federal Regulation Banning Former Employees' Non-compete Obligations - with Overview of the U.S. Legal System Regarding Protection of Trade Secrets (NBL, No. 1251, October 2023)
California Law relating to Management of Trade Secrets - Centering around Employees' Covenants not to Compete - (Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 50, No. 8, August 2022)
Co-author, "Outer Space Business Law of the World" (Shoji Homu, October 2021)
Territorial Jurisdiction of United States Courts in Internet-related Copyright Infringement Lawsuits - Overview of Case Laws as a Reference for Practitioners - (2) (Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 49, No. 9, September 2021)
Territorial Jurisdiction of United States Courts in Internet-related Copyright Infringement Lawsuits - Overview of Case Laws as a Reference for Practitioners - (1) (Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 49, No. 8, August 2021)
Co-author, "US State Laws Accelerating Outer Space Activities" (Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 47, No.11, November 2019)
Co-author, "Guides to Outer Space Commerce by Lawyers: New Space Tides and Changing Laws" (Dobunkan, November 2018)
Co-author, "Antitrust Analysis of Joint Ventures and Strategic Approach" (JCA Journal,N.736, October 2018)
Co-author, "Liabilities arising from Errors in Information Provided by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)" (Journal of Law and Information Systems, November 2017)
Co-author, "Cross-border Dispute Resolution Strategies", Lexis Nexis (June 2016)
Interview, "Becoming a Lawyer after Learning Barriers of Physics: Searching for Methods to Resolve - Problems of the Outer Space and the Society," The Lawyers (February 2013)
Co-author, "Micro-scale plasma simulation using numerical calculation accelerator GRAPE-6", JAXA/JEDI Workshop on Numerical Plasma Simulation for Spacecraft Environment (February 2007)
Rising Star - Dispute Resolution: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan, Asia-Pacific Legal 500 2024
Ones to Watch in Japan, Best Lawyers 2024
