Ms. Takagi is a partner at Sughrue Mion, PLLC focusing on various intellectual property matters, including rendering opinions and conseling on procurement, defense and enforcement of patents. Her practice includes prosecuting patent matters in the chemical and pharmaceutical arts and in the mechanical arts, including reexamination and reissue applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Ms. Takagi also assists in all aspects of intellectual property litigation in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Bars
Illinois, District of Columbia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D. 1999)
Vanderbilt University (B.S. Mathematics and Chemistry, 1996)
Expertise
Ms. Takagi's technical expertise is in the areas of chemistry, chemical engineering and material sciences, including polymer chemistry, adhesives, metallurgy, photographic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, catalysts, semiconductors, agricultural chemicals and engineering processes.
Representative Cases
Balther v. Toyota (E.D. Texas 2010)
NISTAC v. Toyota et. al. (D. Kansas 2010)
Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd. v. Acushnet - U.S. District Court proceeding involving materials and physical characteristics of golf balls.
Caliper v. Shimadzu (E.D. Texas 2009)
Contois Music Tech., LLC v. Apple Computer Inc. (D. Vt 2005)
Dow Chem. Co. v. Sumitomo Chem. Co. - Civ. A. 96-10330 (E.D. Mich. 2000)
In the Matter of Certain Buffer Systems and Components Thereof Used in Container Processing Lines, 337-TA-609 (ITC)
In the Matter of Certain Low Antimony Phosphoric Acid (USITC 2007)
Magna Donnelly Corp. v. Pilkington NA, Inc. et. al. (W.D. Mich. 2006)
Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Daiichi Phamaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. and Bedford Laboratories, et al., Civil Action No. 03-1269 (GEB) (D. NJ)
Ortho-McNeil Pharm., Inc. and Daiichi Pharm. Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., et al. (D. N.J.), represented Daiichi
Ortho-McNeil Pharm., Inc., et. al. v. Mylan Labs., Inc. et al., 348 F. Supp. 2d 713 (N.D.W.V. 2004), aff'd 161 Fed. Appx. 944 (Fed. Cir. 2005) - -- counsel for Plaintiff-patentee Daiichi in Hatch-Waxman based challenge to Daiichi's levofloxacin patent. Judgment for Daiichi after 8-week bench trial (348 F.Supp.2d 713, N.D. W.VA 2004). Affirmed by Federal Circuit (December 2005).
Service Reminder LLC v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (S.D. NY 2008)
Associations
American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA)
Intellectual Property Owner's Association (IPO)