We are an international patent law firm capable of assisting clients in all aspects of filing for patents, trademarks, and designs domestically and overseas.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
PATENTS
DOMESTIC PATENT APPLICATIONS
We prepare patent specifications for inventions by Japanese businesses and individuals based on interviews, and file applications with the Patent Office, to obtain Japanese patents.
FOREIGN PATENT APPLICATIONS
We commission local counsel in foreign countries to file patent applications based on the Japanese patent applications of Japanese businesses and individuals, and cooperate with the local counsel to obtain foreign patents.
PATENT APPLICATIONS BY FOREIGN CLIENTS
We file patent applications with the Japanese Patent Office based on patent applications in foreign countries by foreign businesses and individuals, to obtain Japanese patents.
OPINIONS
We provide opnions regarding the validity of third parties' patents, whether our clients' technology will infringe others' patents, and whether others' technology infringe our clients' patents.
LITIGATION
We file suits to revoke final decisions for rejections (Decisions in Appeals) rendered by the Patent Office with the Intellectual Property High Court (Appeal Revocation Suits)
We also file suits with local courts for injunctions and compensation against those infringing our clients' patent rights (Patent Infringement Suits)
DESIGNS
Similarly to patents, we undertake three types of proceedings: domestic applications, foreign applications, and Japanese applications by foreign clients.
We prepare drawings necessary for design registrations and file applicatinos with the Patent Office, to obtain design registrations.
We also conduct searches to ascertain whether our clients' designs will infringe others' design rights, and also to ascertain the registrability of our clients' designs.
We prepare drawings necessary for design registrations and file applicatinos with the Patent Office, to obtain design registrations.
We also conduct searches to ascertain whether our clients' designs will infringe others' design rights, and also to ascertain the registrability of our clients' designs.
TRADEMARKS
Similarly to patents, we undertake three types of proceedings: domestic applications, foreign applications, and Japanese applications by foreign clients.
We search through existing registrations and file applications for trademarks that have possibilities of registration, to obtain tradmark registrations.
As trademarks require repeated renewals, we manage and perform renewal proceedings.
We also conduct searches to ascertain whether our clients' tradmarks will infringe others' tradmark rights, and also to ascertain the registrability of our clients' trademarks.
We search through existing registrations and file applications for trademarks that have possibilities of registration, to obtain tradmark registrations.
As trademarks require repeated renewals, we manage and perform renewal proceedings.
We also conduct searches to ascertain whether our clients' tradmarks will infringe others' tradmark rights, and also to ascertain the registrability of our clients' trademarks.
