MIOKO C. TAJIKA

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Commercial Litigation Intellectual Property

Mioko C. Tajika is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, and Asia Practice groups. Mioko practices in both state and federal courts representing clients throughout New York and elsewhere in trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals. Mioko’s practice focuses on intellectual property cases involving disputes over copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and right of publicity, but she has also handled a variety of other matters, including cases involving contract law, antitrust law, class actions, defamation, employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, and securities fraud.

Mioko also provides client counseling on the proper use and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and renders advice to companies on their day-to-day employment issues. Mioko is a bilingual Japanese attorney and one of the founding members of the Japanese American Lawyers Network, a Japanese bar association in New York, and she has found a particular niche helping Japanese clients with matters in the United States.

Prior to joining Ingram, Mioko worked as a translator and at an art gallery in the Chelsea area of New York. During law school, she was a member of the Moot Court Board and served as the Note and Comment Editor for the Wisconsin International Law Journal. She has been named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers legal directory.

Admissions

United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits
United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts
New York State Courts
Wisconsin State Courts (inactive)

Education:

J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
B.A., New York University

Languages:

English
Japanese

Represents Japanese individuals in a tort action filed in the U.S. by their former Japanese employer.
Represents the U.S. subsidiary of a large Japanese corporation in various employment matters.
Represents the owner of buildings in an action brought by artists claiming that the works on the buildings were protected from demolition under the Visual Artists Rights Act.
Represents a bank on an appeal arising from an action brought by developers claiming breach of a loan commitment after a three-week trial decision in favor of the bank.
Represents an architectural firm in a copyright infringement lawsuit against the owner and developer of a property that used the client’s plans without permission.
Represents an advertising agency in a variety of trademark and copyright issues including enforcement of rights and permissible use.
Represents an LLC in a legal malpractice action against its former law firm.
Represented a confectionery and trading card company in various litigation matters, including breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, class action, antitrust, defamation, copyright, trademark, trade dress infringement, and violation of right of publicity.
Represented a foreign bank in a complex mortgage foreclosure action.
Represented a bank in connection with a lawsuit arising from the foreclosure of a cooperative unit.
Represented an investment advisor in a securities fraud action.