Our firm mainly provides the following services, details of which are listed below in detail.
- Acquiring and Maintaining Intellectual Property Rights
- Taking of Opposition, Invalidation and Cancellation Procedures
- Counseling and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
- Assigning, Licensing and other Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights, Others
- Counseling, search and assistance in acquisition of rights for an invention, utility model, design, trademark and new plant varieties
- Filing applications for patent, utility model, design and trademark registrations with the Japan Patent Office; Intermediate prosecution for these applications and appeals against examiner’s decisions for refusal/rejection of applications
- Prosecution for international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty; Prosecution for international trademark registrations under the Madrid Protocol
- Filing applications for a variety of registrations with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and intermediate prosecution for the applications
- Filing Court appeals for revocation against appeal/trial decisions made by the Japan Patent Office or rejection decisions issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Filing applications for renewal of trademark registrations with the Japan Patent Office
- Counseling and providing expert opinion concerning the validity of patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights and breeder's rights
- Filing oppositions against trademark registrations, trials for cancellation of trademark registrations based on non-use, etc. with the Japan Patent Office
- Filing trials for invalidation of patents, utility models, designs and trademark registrations with the Japan Patent Office
- Filing oppositions against registrations of new plant varieties, and filing requests for cancellation of registrations of new plant varieties with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Filing court appeals for revocation against decisions in oppositions and trial decisions issued by the Japan Patent Office, and the cancellation of registrations of new plant varieties issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Counseling and providing expert opinion concerning infringement of rights such as patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, breeders' rights, copyrights and neighboring rights, remuneration for employees' inventions and the like, violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, and Disclosure of Identification Information of the Sender and assistance in international dispute settlement
- Litigation in court concerning infringement of rights such as patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, breeders' right, copyrights and neighboring rights, remuneration for employees' inventions and the like, violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, and Disclosure of Identification Information of the Sender
- Requesting advisory opinions on an interpretation/determination made by the Japan Patent Office concerning infringement of patent rights, utility model rights, design rights and trademark rights
- Taking a procedure for injunction against export and import of articles infringing intellectual property rights in the customs office
- Domain arbitration, intellectual property-related arbitration and mediation, and commercial arbitration and mediation in arbitration and mediation centers
- Counseling, negotiating and drafting of agreements for intellectual property-related contracts including transfer agreements, licensing agreements, and security interest agreements for rights such as patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, breeders' rights, copyrights and neighboring rights, agreements for a joint research and development and entertainment-related agreements; Evaluation of intellectual property rights
- Filing applications for recordal of transfer with respect to patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights and the like, and recordal of licenses, pledges or the like for these rights with the Japan Patent Office
- Filing applications for recordal of transfer with respect to breeders' rights and the like, and for recordal of licenses (exploitation right), pledges and the like for these rights with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Counseling, negotiation and document preparation concerning general corporate legal affairs which includes legal matters related to international transactions
- Litigation in court concerning general corporate legal affairs, which includes intellectual property-related agreements and legal matters related to international transactions
