Dr. Daniel Kenji Kaneko
Senior Associate Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology
Languages
German, English, Japanese
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Daniel Kaneko advises you on all aspects of patent law. He advises and represents national and international clients in patent infringement and nullity proceedings both in disputes against competitors and against non-practicing entities.
Daniel has extensive experience in representing clients in the telecommunications technology sector and the automotive sector, including on all aspects of FRAND litigation. In 2022/2023, Daniel was seconded to our Tokyo office.
Daniel graduated amongst the top 1% of his class (Dusseldorf Law School Award 2012/13). He was research assistant at a chair for civil law and intellectual property law at Dusseldorf University as well as at a chair for civil law and media law at Munich University. Prior to joining our firm, Daniel gained extensive experience in Tokyo, inter alia in the IP practice group of a major Japanese law firm and at the Japanese IP High Court.
Daniel was a scholarship holder of both the German-Academic-Exchange-Service and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. He is dedicated to the firm's pro bono legal advice and citizenship work.
Representative experience
Advising a leading high-tech company in patent infringement proceedings against a non-practicing entity in the field of music-streaming.
Advising a leading German company from the aluminum industry against a French competitor in inspection proceedings.
Advising a North American high-tech company on German FRAND-case law.
Advising a world-leading provider of solar-cell technology in patent infringement proceedings against a Chinese competitor.
Representing one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers in patent infringement proceedings concerning connected vehicles.
Advising a Japanese automotive supplier on German FRAND-case law.
Credentials
- Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Munich, 2018
- Dr. iur., Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2017
- First State Exam in Law, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2012
- German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV)