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AWARDS

October 8,2020

Nakamura & Partners Highly Ranked in Asialaw and MIP

LECTURES

October 7,2020

Hironobu HATTORI (Mr.), patent attorney, and Akira Watanabe (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, made a presentation at 5th International Online Conference “Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” held in Moscow, Russia from October 1 to 2, 2020, through the internet.

PUBLICATIONS

September 29,2020

Mr. Hideki TAKAISHI and Mr. Tsubasa YAMAMOTO, attorneys-at-law, published an article in Patent on copyright law interpretation .

NOTICES

September 7,2020

Holiday Notice for September 21 & 22

PUBLICATIONS

August 28,2020

Reiko TONOMURA (Ms.), attorney at law and patent attorney, authored the article regarding a legislative bill of the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act.

LECTURES

August 26,2020

Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.), attorney at law & patent attorney, will give a lecture titled as “Points of Intellectual Property Management” at Monthly Seminars Osaka of LES Japan.　

PUBLICATIONS

August 11,2020

Yasumasa SASAKI (Mr.) authored the article “Recent Trends in the Examination of Antibody Drug and Food Use Inventions and Their International Comparison” which was published in Patent by the JPAA .

AWARDS

August 3,2020

Nakamura & Partners Highly Ranked in IAM Patent 1000 and ASIA IP

NOTICES

July 27,2020

Holiday Notice for August 10, 2020

NOTICES

July 2,2020

Holiday Notice for July 23 & July 24

PUBLICATIONS

June 25,2020

Kei IIDA, attorney at law and patent attorney, wrote the article “Unification of Judicial Precedents under Article 102, Paragraph 1 by IP High Court Grand Panel Decision” published in Jurist by Yuhikaku.

NOTICES

May 28,2020

The JPO announced a “Knowledge Collection of IP Strategy Designers Dispatching Project 2019”, which is a collection of know-how (knowledge) acquired from the project in which Yoshimitsu KUDO (Mr.), a patent attorney, acted as a member of IP strategy designers.

NOTICES

May 19,2020

Attn: Clients Affected by the Covid-19 Situation

NOTICES

April 17,2020

Holiday Notice for April 29 & May 2 ~ May 6

NOTICES

March 23,2020

Tsubasa YAMAMOTO (Mr.), attorney at law, was awarded the “Encouragement Prize” as an IP specialist of startups, an IP BASE AWARD of the Japan Patent Office.

PUBLICATIONS

March 10,2020

The article “For Effective Damages — Amendment of Patent Act in 2019” written by Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, was published in Jurist No. 1541 by YUHIKAKU.

NOTICES

March 6,2020

PUBLICATIONS

March 6,2020

Tsubasa YAMAMOTO (Mr.), attorney at law, authored a book regarding IP strategy for startups which was published by Keiso Shobo K.K.

LECTURES

March 6,2020

Tsubasa YAMAMOTO (Mr.), attorney at law, is giving a lecture titled “IP Strategy for Startups” at the Accelerator program held by Tokyo Metropolis.

NOTICES

March 6,2020

Holiday Notice for March 20, 2020

NOTICES

February 17,2020

Holiday Notice for February 24, 2020

NOTICES

January 28,2020

Holiday Notice for February 11, 2020

AWARDS

January 17,2020

Ranked Band 1 in “Intellectual Property:Domestic-Japan” of Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020

NOTICES

December 27,2019

Obituary Notice

PUBLICATIONS

December 5,2019

The article “IP Judgement Flash Report” written by Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, regarding the IP High Court Grand Panel Judgement on the VISCOUS COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CARBON DIOXIDE Case was published in Jurist by YUHIKAKU.

PUBLICATIONS

December 4,2019

The article “Tokyo District Court Judgement on the SPREADER FOR OSTEOTOMY Case” written by Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, was published in Patent Study by INPIT.

NOTICES

December 1,2019

Holiday Notice for Dec. 28, 2019 ~ Jan. 5, 2020 & Jan. 13, 2020

AWARDS

November 13,2019

Awarded “Japan Trademark IP Firm of 2019” at Asia IP Awards

PUBLICATIONS

October 29,2019

The article entitled “Patent Law Issues—A Comprehensive Analysis” by Hideki, TAKAISHI(Mr.), an attorney at law and patent attorney, was published in the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

NOTICES

October 28,2019

Holiday Notice for November 4, 2019

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.

PUBLICATIONS

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.

NOTICES

September 2,2019

Holiday Notice for September 16 & 23, 2019

AWARDS

August 28,2019

Nakamura & Partners Highly Ranked in IAM Patent 1000

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, 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.

NOTICES

July 29,2019

Holiday Notice for August 12, 2019

LECTURES

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.

NOTICES

July 1,2019

Holiday Notice for July 15, 2019

AWARDS

June 14,2019

Ranked Tier 1 in Asia IP Trademark Survey 2019

LECTURES

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.

PUBLICATIONS

June 7,2019

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

LECTURES

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.

LECTURES

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.

CONFERENCE

May 8,2019

Participation in the symposium IP: THE ENGINE OF INNOVATION in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

LECTURES

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).

LECTURES

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.

LECTURES

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.

LECTURES

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.

LECTURES

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.

NOTICES

March 26,2019

Holiday Notice for April 27~May 6

LECTURES

March 12,2019

Tsubasa YAMAMOTO (Mr.) is giving a lecture at the IP Knowledge Base Community Event in Tokyo 2 on “Why Startups Need to Make Use of IP and the Practice of Law” on February 20.

AWARDS

March 4,2019

Ranked Band 1 in Japan Intellectual Property of Chambers Global 2019

PUBLICATIONS

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.

LECTURES

February 6,2019

Naoki OKUMURA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving the lecture entitled “Blockchain Technologies: Issues in Patent Law” on January 29 at The Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan 34th IP Seminar.

NOTICES

February 1,2019

Holiday Notice for February 11, 2019

AWARDS

January 22,2019

Ranked Tier 1 in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019

PUBLICATIONS

January 22,2019

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

LECTURES

January 15,2019

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is providing a lecture entitled “Points of Intellectual Property Management” at the LES Japan Monthly Seminars in Osaka on January 17.

PUBLICATIONS

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.

LECTURES

January 7,2019

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a lecture on trade secret strategy for business on January 28 at the Global IP Strategy Forum 2019.

LECTURES

December 18,2018

Reiko TONOMURA (Ms.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is providing a lecture on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Intellectual Property on December 18.

NOTICES

December 5,2018

Holiday Notice for Dec. 24, Dec. 29, 2018 ~ Jan. 3, 2019 & Jan. 14, 2019

NOTICES

November 14,2018

Holiday Notice for November 23, 2018

PUBLICATIONS

November 12,2018

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

NOTICES

October 3,2018

Holiday Notice for October 8, 2018

PUBLICATIONS

September 28,2018

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

AWARDS

September 28,2018

Ranked “Outstanding” in Asialaw Profiles 2019

NOTICES

September 20,2018

Holiday Notice for September 24, 2018

PUBLICATIONS

September 19,2018

The article “Standardization and IP strategy” written by Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, was published in Patent by the JPAA.

PUBLICATIONS

September 19,2018

The book Points of Intellectual Property Management written by Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, was published by Seibunsha.

LECTURES

September 5,2018

Hideki TAKAISHI (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is taking the platform as a panelist for A Means to an End—the Doctrine of Equivalents on September 24 at the AIPPI 2018 held in Cancun by the AIPPI.

AWARDS

September 5,2018

Ranked Tier 1 in Patent Contentious and Patent Prosecution of Asia IP Patent Survey 2018

NOTICES

September 5,2018

Holiday Notice for September 17, 2018

NOTICES

July 4,2018

Holiday Notice for July 16, 2018

CONFERENCE

July 2,2018

Our firm’s participation in C5’s 17th Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extensions Forum in Munich, Germany

LECTURES

June 1,2018

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a lecture on damages for patent infringement at the Hokkaido University School of Law on August 17.

LECTURES

June 1,2018

Kei IIDA (Mr.), attorney at law and patent attorney, is giving a lecture on the doctrine of equivalents at the Hokkaido University School of Law on August 16.

NOTICES

April 20,2018

Holiday Notice for April 30 & May 3 ~ May 6, 2018

AWARDS

March 23,2018

Awarded “Firm of the Year 2018” of MIP Asia Awards 2018

NOTICES

March 13,2018

Holiday Notice for March 21, 2018

PUBLICATIONS

February 27,2018

Kunimitsu KOMATSU (Mr.) authored notes for scope of granted patents for use invention of foods which was published in Asia IP.

CONFERENCE

February 21,2018

Our firm’s participation in 10th GIPC (Global Intellectual Property Convention) in India

LEGAL UPDATES

February 6,2018

“Steel Pole” Case (Patent)

AWARDS

December 18,2017

Rankings in Legal 500 and Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018

NOTICES

December 8,2017

Holiday Notice for Year-end and New Year Holidays

AWARDS

November 17,2017

Awarded Two “2017 Asia IP Awards”

NOTICES

November 1,2017

Holiday Notice for November 3, 2017

LEGAL UPDATES

October 18,2017

Recent Developments on Software-related Patents in Japan

LEGAL UPDATES

October 4,2017

TWO ARTICLES or ONE ARTICLE?

AWARDS

October 4,2017

Awarded “MIP Global Awards 2017-Japan Prosecution”

AWARDS

October 4,2017

Ranked Band 1 in “Intellectual Property:Domestic-Japan” of Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017

LEGAL UPDATES

October 4,2017

Supreme Court Decision on Interpretation of Product-by-process Claims

LEGAL UPDATES

October 4,2017

Case of “Packaging Box” (Design right)

LEGAL UPDATES

August 18,2017

Recent Developments on Software-related Patents in Japan

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