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Shoko Naruo

Shoko Naruo

Partner

New York
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  • Education

    • Washington University School of Law,

      J.D., 2009

    • Keio University,

      B.A, Law, 2006

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

    • New York

  • Affiliations

    • International Trademark Association

      Brands and Sustainability Subcommittee Chair, 2024-Present

      Brands for a Better Society Committee, 2022-2023

    • Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago

    • Japanese External Trade Organization

    • New York Bar Association

  • Recognitions

    • International Trademark Association Rising Stars, 2023

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      2010-Present

    • Shearman & Sterling LLP

      Summer Associate, 2008

  • Languages

    • Japanese (Native Speaker)

Shoko helps companies protect their valuable brands in markets around the world through strategic trademark counseling and enforcement.

On behalf of major global brands, Shoko has registered and enforced trademarks in nearly 200 countries. She helps clients build and manage large trademark portfolios, carefully examining a client's goals for a product launch or established brand and then advising them on the most effective strategies to enforce their IP rights. She regularly negotiates and drafts license agreements and other agreements related to intellectual property, and advises clients regarding domain name disputes, copyright ownership, registration, fair use and infringement issues.

Shoko advises companies in the manufacturing, food and agriculture and hospitality industries, and has extensive experience advising cannabis companies on trademark and other IP matters.

A native Japanese speaker who is also fluent in English, Shoko assists Japanese clients with other business and legal matters.

Shoko is the co-chair for the Firm's Asian American Affinity Group.

News

Emily Murphy, Shoko Naruo to Join NAPABA Partners Summit

Shoko Naruo Recognized as a Rising Star by INTA

Shoko Naruo Discusses the Impactful Trademark Decisions of 2023 With Law360

Thompson Coburn’s Shoko Naruo Shares Insight into Taco Bell Trademark Battle with Law360

Thompson Coburn team discusses Trademark Modernization Act's new procedures aimed at rooting out unused marks in Law360 article

Congratulations to the new Thompson Coburn partners for 2020

Thompson Coburn supports ANGP’s innovative hybrid natural gas vehicle system

Thompson Coburn again named best copyright firm in the nation

Shoko Naruo named to Lawyers of Color’s 2014 ‘Hot List’

More than 50 attorneys named to 2012 Missouri Bar Pro Bono Hall of Fame