Our Service
- （１）Leagal support in IP (rights) procurement stage
- Filing applications
- We provide legal support for a client’s IP rights to secure a proper scope in line with its business strategy.
- Response to an office by the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- We will not hesitate, if necessary, to have an interview with an Examiner of the JPO to secure the proper scope of its invention.
- （２）Leggal support in licensing and/or enforcement stage
- Leagal opinion on validity (patentability) and infringement,Contract drafting, Negotiation
- We provide legal support to bring a client’s IP rights into direct profit through licensing of its rights
- Ip rights enforcement (drafting a soft/hard warning letter, lowsuit)・Settlement
- We provide legal support for maximizing a client’s profit through the enforcement of its rights in close coordination and cooperation with another law firm
- （３）Legal support for invalidation of other's IP rights
- Prior-art search for invalidation, legal opinion on validity and infringement, trial for invalidation (opposition to the grant of a TM registration), lawsuit against trial decision, declaratory judgment action, settlement etc.
- We provide direct or indirect legal support to remove every barrier preventing a client’s business promotion through intensive prior-art search for invalidation of other’s IP rights.
※1.As to lawsuit, a patent attorney of this firm will involve in a case as an assessor
※2.As to declaratory judgment action, a patent attorney of this firm will involve in a case as an assessor.
Technical Field
- Semiconductor technology (flat panel display, solar cell, TFT etc.)
- MEMS technology
- Material technology
- Chemical technology (chemical reaction/apparatus)
- Industrial machinery
- Commodities
We have substantial experience of design and trademark prosecution as well as patent prosecution
