2021.12.27 Firm News

To mark the very joyful beginning of 2022, our new website has just launched!

2021.12.15 Patent

Japanese Practice on Amendment – Patent – – JPO accepts broader scope of amendment than other countries!? –

2021.11.30 Patent

Information on Legal Revision – Relaxation of requirements for restoration of rights – (follow-up report)

2021.11.15 Patent

Obstructive Factor in Determination on Inventive Step in Patent Prosecution

2021.10.29 Patent

Does conducting clinical trials of new drugs constitute patent infringement?

2021.10.15 Patent

Is numeral range limitation specifying either upper limit or lower limit always unclear?

2021.09.30 Design

Do you know that there is a way to obtain both patent and design rights from one patent application in Japan?

2021.09.15 Patent

Introduction of Judicial Precedent – Method of Judgment on Partial Priority under the Paris Convention –

2021.08.31 Patent

Antibody defined by its function is patentable?

2021.08.13 Patent

Japan Patent Office (JPO) Accelerates Digitalization of Communication

2021.07.30 Patent

Is it possible for a foreign applicant and its local representative to participate in an examiner interview held at the JPO?

2021.07.16 Design

Revisions of Law to Improve Rules Specific to Japan Currently Causing Lapse of Deadlines (design/trademark)