Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo

Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

Selected Insights by Sachiko

Japanese automakers face adversarial court rulings over SEP licensing to suppliers

26 July 2022 06:17 Sachiko Sakamaki

Japanese automakers are under increasing pressure to pay for standard essential patents, or SEPs, for connected cars
Japan continues to update SEP-licensing guidance, following release of negotiation guidelines

16 May 2022 06:29 Sachiko Sakamaki

Japanese stakeholders have mostly welcomed the industry ministry’s recent guidelines on licensing negotiations for essential technologies
China's patent practices should be closely monitored amid shifts in technology and policy

11 May 2022 07:48 Sachiko Sakamaki

Chinese courts using anti-suit injunctions against lawsuits in disputes over standard essential patents, or SEPs
Hot issues shelved for future agenda in Japan's SEP negotiation guidelines

08 April 2022 05:15 Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan published negotiation guidelines between the holders and users of standard essential patents.
Japanese antitrust enforcement beset by difficult challenges, JFTC commissioner says in interview

21 January 2022 08:20 Sachiko Sakamaki

Antitrust enforcement in Japan is beset with challenges, including a cultural tendency to seek error-free enforcement
- Antitrust
- Asia