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NOTICES

October 8,2019

Holiday Notice for October 22, 2019

NOTICES

October 1,2019

Holiday Notice for October 14, 2019

AWARDS

September 25,2019

Ranked Tier 1 in Asia IP Patent Survey 2019

AWARDS

September 25,2019

Ranked “Outstanding” in Asialaw Profiles 2020

PUBLICATIONS

September 17,2019

Shinichiro TANAKA (Mr.) and Masakazu KOBAYASHI (Mr.) et al. co-authored the book entitled Japanese Patent Law Cases and Comments (Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law) which was published by Wolters Kluwer.

Big Data Protection under Unfair Competition Prevention Act has just …

The Unfair Competition Prevention Act (“Act”) was revised in 20

The Copyright Act revised in 2018 will further improve the machine le…

The amendment of the Copyright Act, which was enacted in the ordinary

Patent

Recent Trends in Japan relating to SEPs

Since last year the commissioner Ms. Naoko Munakata of the Japan Paten

Trademark

Fast-track examination

Japan Patent Office (JPO) announced that they will introduce a “

Trademark

Amendment of practice about a preliminary notice of rejection based o…

Amendment of practice about a preliminary notice of rejection based on

Patent

“Steel Pole” Case (Patent)

“Steel Pole” Case Case No. Heisei 29 (gyo-ke) 10001 Decis

Patent

Recent Developments on Software-related Patents in Japan

1. Outline The Ministry of International and Economics and the JPO (Ja

Design

Case of “Frozen Dessert with Container” (Design Right)

Case of “Frozen Dessert with Container” Case No. Heisei 28

Patent

The Supreme Court decision on interpretation of Product-by-process cl…

1. In Japan, a product invention can be identified in a claim by its p

Design

Case of “Packaging Box” (Design right)

Case of “Packaging Box” (Design right) Case No. Heisei 27

September 17,2019

Shinichiro TANAKA (Mr.) and Masakazu KOBAYASHI (Mr.) et al. co-authored the book entitled Japanese Patent Law Cases and Comments (Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law) which was published by Wolters Kluwer.

September 6,2019

Reiko TONOMURA (Ms.) co-authored the book series entitled Legal Counseling on Agribusiness Law I・II which was published by Seirin Shoin.

August 27,2019

Utilization of Open Data and Intellectual Property Strategy

August 6,2019

“Rice Milk Case-Challenges in Support Requirements”

June 7,2019

Attorneys in our firm contributed to Legal Counseling on Patent and Utility Models I・II which were published by Seirin Shoin.

February 18,2019

Q&A Trademark Legal Consultation Basics—From Trademark Examination to Promotion, written by Nakamura & Partners and published by DAI-ICHI HOKI CO., LTD. (in cooperation with Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative), was released.

January 22,2019

Kunimitsu KOMATSU (Mr.) co-authored an article regarding the protection of brand name drugs which was published in Asia IP.

January 8,2019

Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, authored the article “Encyclopedia of Respective Patent Court Cases at Issue—Second Edition” which was published by the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry.

November 12,2018

Kunimitsu KOMATSU (Mr.) authored an article regarding patent examination pendency which was published in Asia IP.

September 28,2018

Masashi SHIMURA (Mr.) coauthored the article “Patent Linkage Practice in Japan” which was published in Patent by the JPAA .

July 31,2019

Yasumasa SASAKI (Mr.), patent attorney, is giving the lecture “Comparison of Examination Practices for Medical-use Inventions Whose Intended Use Is Expressed by a Mechanism in Japan, the U.S., and Europe” on June 10, at a seminar organized by the JPAA.

July 24,2019

Naoki OKUMURA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving the lecture “Latest Trends of Japanese IP Law on Advanced Technology and Patent Strategy” on July 16, at the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

June 13,2019

Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving the lecture “Patent Law Issues—A Comprehensive Analysis” on July 4 at the JAFBIC Second Lecture Series of 2019.

June 4,2019

Reiko TONOMURA (Ms.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is providing a lecture at the MAFF’s Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Training Center on the protection of trade secrets and know-how in the agricultural business sector on June 6.

June 3,2019

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a presentation at a workshop at the LESI 2019 Annual Conference in Yokohama, Japan on May 28.

April 23,2019

Nobuyuki TANIGUCHI (Mr.), patent attorney, is taking the platform as a speaker for “Patent Eligibility and Patentability of Artificial Intelligence Related Inventions” at the 2019 AIPPI Trilateral Meeting in China on June 1 (held by AIPPI China, AIPPI Japan, AIPPI Korea).

April 23,2019

Akira WATANABE (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is taking a role in Three in One: Global Patent Trials on April 18 hosted by Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court and co-sponsored by AIPPI Japan, Fordham IP Institute, JPO, NJIPLA, and NYIPLA.

April 15,2019

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a series of lectures on IP Laws at the University of Tsukuba Law School from April 11 through June 20.

April 11,2019

Naoki OKUMURA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving the lecture “Use of Social Media among IP Practitioners in Japan” on April 9 at the American Intellectual Property Law Association and Japan Patent Attorneys Association Joint Seminar.

March 29,2019

Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a lecture entitled “Patent Law Issues—A Comprehensive Analysis Focusing on the Problems of Support Requirement and Inventive Step” at the Japan Patent Attorneys Association Workshop on February 20.

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