Erica Aoki

Moreira Lima Royster & Ohno Advagados

Partner

Av. Paulista, 1842, conj. 188                

São Paulo, SP 01310-923 Brasil                 

Phone: 55.11.283.2077 Fax: 55.11.283.2078 

E-mail: eaoki@steelhector.com

 

Practice Areas

• Intellectual Propert

• Entertainment Law

• International Trade

• Sports Law

• Media Law

• Privacy & Information

• Web related Law

 

Experience

• Joined Steel Hector & Davis LLP, 2000

• Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira e Silva; Partner, 1996-00

• Dorsey & Whitney; Consultant and Intern, 1994-96

• Takanashi Sangyo Co. Ltd.; Overseas Div. Planning & Development Dept.,
  Japanese ODA Project Planner, 1993-94

• Hashidate Law Office; Foreign Associate, 1991-92

• Pinheiro Neto Advogados; Summer Associate, 1991

• Assistant Lawyer in Makoto Kondo, Esq. on Criminal Case, 1991-92

• Hashidate Law Office; Intern, 1990

• O Globo; Special Correspondent in Tokyo, 1989-90

• Deloitte & Touche; International Tax Dept., Intern, 1987-89

• General Motors do Brasil S/A; Tax Dept., Intern, 1985-86

• Stroeter, Trench & Veicono Advogados (Baker & Mackenzie-SP) Banking Law Dept., Intern,
  1984-85

• São Paulo Federal Justice - Judge Lucia Vale Figueiredo Collarile; Assistant, 1983-84

 

Education

• The George Washington University, LL.M., Intellectual Property, 1995

• Seijo University, SJD Intellectual Property, 1993

• Seijo University, LL.M. Commercial Law, 1991

• Catholic University of São Paulo, Bachelor of Law Degree, 1983

 

Bar and Court Admissions

• São Paulo, 1986

• Rio de Janeiro, 1997

 

Other Academic Activities

• Seijo University-Tokyo, Japan, Auditor student of Graduate School of Economics, 4/93-3/94

• Seijo University-Tokyo, Japan, Auditor student of Graduate School Laws 4/88 - 3/89

• Tokyo Metropolitan University-Tokyo, Japan, Research Student at Faculty of Law, 4/86-3/87

• University of Brasilia - International Relations Course, 3/84 - 8/84

• University of São Paulo - Faculty of Philosophy & Language-Arabic, 3/82 - 12/82

 

Professional Involvement

• International Trademark Association (INTA); Member
  - Bulletin Committee For Americas nominated for 2000; Member

• American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA); Member

• Brazilian Telecommunications and Informatics Association (ABDI); Member
  - President of the Law Protection Committee 1997 and 1998
  - President of the Y2K Committee 1999
  - President of the User and Consumer Law Protection Committee from 2000

• Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI)

• Paulista Intellectual Property Association (ASPI)

• Japanese Chamber of Commerce

• American Chamber of Commerce – São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

• American Society in São Paulo

 

Honors

• Richard Paul Monsen Scholarship, 9/94-5/95

• International Communication Foundation Scholarship (KDD Foundation) 4/94 -1/95

• Rotary Club - Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship, 4/89-3/91

• Tokyo Metropolitan Government - Researcher Scholarship, 4/86-3/87

• Referred in International Who's Who a Professional and Who's Who in the World of 1999's Editions

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Recent Major Publications

• “Domain Name Issues in Brazil” published in IPBA Journal, December 2000

• “Website Development Agreements” published in Revista da ABPI (Brazilian Intellectual Property Association), November/December 2000

• "Patents No Longer Pending" published in Export Today, February, 1997

• The Cyberspace at the Law - "What are the legal problems under the Net?" published in Folha de São Paulo, April 13, 1996

• "Intellectual Property in Brazil" - published in Export Today, October, 1995

• "Mercosur at Work" - published in Export Today, April 1995

• "Divorce Procedures for Brazilians Living in Japan" - published in Information Latin America (Latin America Shokoku I Ioscido), September 1993

•  "Debt Equity Swap in Brazil" - published in the Deloitte & Touche monthly magazine, August, 1988

 

Languages

• Portugues

• English

• Japanese

• Spanish (basic)

• French (basic) 

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