PRACTICE AREAS


Applications to Japanese Patent Office for Patent/ Utility Model/Design/Trademark
Also, we are pleased to take care of a Japanese application currently handled by other Japanese firm.
Other Matters concerning actions to Japanese
Patent Office, such as Appeals, Requests for interpretation of a patent or Access to and Acquisition of documents recorded in the Japanese Patent Office (e.g.Original Register)
Applications to Copyright Registration for Computer Program
Preparing, filing and prosecuting copyright registration applications.
Searches for Patent / Design / Trademark / non-patent publications
Promptlyproviding search results which are essentialwhen starting new businesses, entering into new businessfields, developing new products and forming research & development plans. Assisting to find out prior art publications to be used as materials in infringement cases.
Expert Opinion/Analysis
Providing expert opinions for various purposes for explaining to clients, considering in a company, evaluating the advisability of litigations and so on.
Licensing
Assisting with Patent / Design / Trademark / Copyright negotiations and contracts.
Measures against Infringement and Counterfeit Goods
Supporting for preparing and sending a warning letter, license negotiation and agreement.
We deal with litigation with the attorneys who are well-acquainted with intellectual property.
Dealing with warning letter by others
We take appropriate actions against such warnings regarding infringement with prompt analysis and searches.
Other Services
We undertake every administrative tasks of in-house intellectual property.
We also undertake some individual tasks such as staff training and creation of in-house invention policy.


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