Firm Profile
Service
Legal support in IP (rights) procurement stage
- Filling application
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 action 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.
Legal support in licensing and/or enforcement stage
- Legal 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, lawsuit*1) 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
Legal support for invalidation of others' 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 *2, 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
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions on our services.