We specialise in all aspects of Intellectual Property, including patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights, such as:
- patents and trademarks searching and watching services;
- filing and prosecution of patents, designs or trademarks applications;
- handling oppositions, revocations and appeals;
- advice on infringement and enforcement matters;
- IP portfolio management, strategy and policy advice;
- renewals.
A prior-art patentability search can avoid losing your investment. In Japanese practice, it is essential to disclose information on at least one prior-art document in a patent application so that we conduct patent prior-art search at your request.
We also search prior-art documents for invalidation. When you are thinking about invalidation of someone's patent in Japan or somewhere else, we may be able to help you by finding related documents in Japan.
A patent clearance search can minimise the risk of the patent infringement. We recommend the clearance search before beginning the production phase with new investment.
After completing the search, some applications may be needed monitor the status. We monitor the status of pending applications, and the granted applications to check for the payment of renewal at your request.
In preparation for patent applications, we carefully identify an invention, and draft specifications. We are happy to have meetings with engineers, in-house patent attorneys, and individual inventors when drafting specifications.
Our Firm has substantial experiences in patent prosecuting including interviews with the Examiner in Japan Patent Office. We analyse the objection raised by the Examiner in JPO, and forms Comments, Arguments and Amendments. In prosecutions, we focus on overcoming the objection as well as supporting/protecting all strategic claims which our client can exploit after grant. We value good communication with our clients in strategic prosecutions.
The firm prosecutes all domestic and foreign applications for both Japanese and international clients. Translated documents into Japanese are carefully checked by attorneys before filing. We also handle PCT and Paris-route applications designate outside Japan.
The trademark search helps you decide your mark and avoid infringement of existing registered trademark rights. We also provide a trademark selection consulting service.
We provide advice on trademark registrability, and selection of goods and services. We also help to determine a trademark (naming) along with the business plan.
We also provide services regarding filing design applications to Japan Patent Office and prosecution.
We deal with revocation proceedings before Japanese Patent Office. Prior to revocation proceedings, it would be effective if the prior-art search for revocation by us is conducted.
In Japanese practice, opposition is only existed in trademark. Opposition can be filed within 2 months from publication date. Non-use opposition can file when the registered trademark hasn't been used at least for 3 years (from registered date).
To interpret claims or analyse infringement, knowledge of Japanese Practice and cases will be required. We conduct claim interpretations and infringement analysis carefully based on the latest practice and cases.
We can provide professional advice on the licensing agreements and the technology transfer for exploitations of your intellectual properties. Exploitations are one of the important factors for start-up companies or research institutes to grow up their businesses, so that we will support from arranging to signing agreements.
We also provide supports to “brushing-up” inventions for protecting widely. Applicants tend to focus on the best structures. We organises inventions, suggesting alternative or variant examples to protect their ideas effectively.
We provide advice and contents of IP effective training for employees.
Subject to those clients who wish, we visit them monthly for advising on various intellectual property problems or consulting. We can do above consultation menus in the monthly consultation. By the monthly consultation, we can be used effectively as your in-house IP department.
We provide a comprehensive patent portfolio review and conduct a management program. We advice IP strategies and monitor the progress of inventions on an ongoing basis. This will bring saving client's budgets by not filing continuously patent applications with no commercial values.
We advise and determine policy to assist patent portfolio management, make agreements with low-risk, and calculate compensation of employee's invention.
