Overview of Work

We make the most of our accumulated experience to provide you with comprehensive services.

 

1. Prosecution of Rights

 (Patents, Utility Models, Designs, Trademarks)

Applications,

Response to office actions,

Appeal and trials,

Filing objections,

Appeal to the IP High Court against JPO’s Decision of Appeal or Trial, etc.

 

2. Search/Expert Opinions

Prior art search,

Expert opinions on invalidation,

Expert opinions on infringement, etc.

 

3. Handling Rights Infringements

Rights infringement litigation,

Invalidation trials,

Trials for cancellation,

Cease and desist letters (handling receipt of letters and sending of letters), Clearance search (FTO: freedom to operate),

Domestic and international countermeasures against counterfeit products, etc.

 

4. IP Consulting

Finding inventions,

Creating patent maps for your company or another company,

Patent strategy consulting,

Proposing brand strategies,

Transliteration checks of brand candidates,

Advice on copyrights,

Advice on licensing,

Advice on employee inventions, etc.

 

5. Other Services

IP due diligence in corporate acquisitions (M&A),

Offering of seminars (search strategy, foreign IP systems, Revisions to Japanese and foreign law and practice, etc.)