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CONFERENCE

August 14,2019

Hironobu HATTORI (Mr.) and Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.) attended the 2019 BIO International Convention.

PUBLICATIONS

August 6,2019

The article entitled “Rice Milk Case-Challenges in Support Requirements” by Hideki, TAKAISHI(Mr.), an attorney at law and patent attorney, was published in the Intellectual Property Management Magazine.

LECTURES

July 31,2019

Yasumasa SASAKI (Mr.), patent attorney, gave 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” at a seminar organized by the JPAA.

NOTICES

July 29,2019

Holiday Notice for August 12, 2019

LECTURES

July 24,2019

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

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

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., (Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative) has been released.

January 22,2019

Kunimitsu Komatsu authored the article regarding protection of brand-name drugs, which was published in the Asia IP.

January 8,2019

Hideki TAKAISHI, attorney at law & 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 authored the article regarding patent examination pendency, which was published in the Asia IP.

September 28,2018

Masashi SHIMURA coauthored the article “Patent Linkage Practice in Japan” which was published in Patent, the Journal of the JPAA.

September 19,2018

The article “Standardization and IP strategy” written by Kei IIDA, attorney at law and patent attorney, has been published in the “Patent” by JPAA.

September 19,2018

The book “Points of Intellectual Property Management” written by Kei IIDA, attorney at law and patent attorney, has been published.

April 6,2018

Outline of the Laws and Procedures in Japan to Protect Intellectual Property Rights

July 31,2019

July 24,2019

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

June 13,2019

Hideki TAKAISHI, attorney at law and patent attorney, will lecture on Patent Law Issues—A Comprehensive Analysis at the JABIC Second Lecture Series of 2019

June 4,2019

Reiko TONOMURA, attorney at law & patent attorney, will lecture at the MAFF’s Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Training Center on the protection of trade secrets and know-how in the agricultural business.

June 3,2019

Kei IIDA, attorney at law & patent attorney, made a presentation at a workshop of LESI 2019 Annual Conference in Yokohama, Japan in May, 2019.

April 23,2019

Nobuyuki Taniguchi, patent attorney, will take the platform as a speaker for ” Patent eligibility and patentability of Artificial Intelligence related invention ” at the 2019 AIPPI Trilateral Meeting in China (held by AIPPI China, AIPPI Japan, AIPPI Korea).

April 23,2019

Akira Watanabe (Mr.), attorney at law & patent attorney, took a role in Three in One: Global Patent Trials 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, attorney at law & patent attorney, will give a series of lectures on IP Laws at the University of Tsukuba Law School from April 11 through June 20, 2019.

April 11,2019

Naoki OKUMURA (Mr.), attorney at law & patent attorney, gave a lecture on Use of Social Media among IP Practitioners in Japan at the American Intellectual Property Law Association and Japan Patent Attorneys Association Joint Seminar.

March 29,2019

On February 20, 2019, Hideki TAKAISHI, attorney at law & patent attorney, gave 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.

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