■Practice

■Patent Group

●Normal duties associated with domestic Japanese cases

• Applications to and patent actions involving the Japan Patent Office
• Demands for appeal or trial to the Japan Patent Office or third parties
• Searches
• Demands for interpretation
• Assistance in infringement lawsuits

●Domestic Japanese duties that are our special forte

• University-related inventions
• Involvement in patent searches and invention exploitation from the initial stages of product development
• Consultation and negotiation representation relating to negotiations with third parties
• Contract drafting and content deliberation

●Normal duties associated with overseas cases

• Applications to and registrations with the patent offices in countries around the world
• Demands for appeal or trial to patent offices and third parties in countries around the world
• Searches and demands for interpretation in countries around the world
• Assistance in infringement lawsuits

●Overseas duties that are our special forte

• Proposals relating to effective and efficient acquisition of intellectual-property rights
• Searches and interpretations in countries around the world