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 We have represented our clients in large scale of intellectual property litigation in the fields of patent, trademark and unfair competition and copyright. In the field of patent litigation, we find ourselves dealing more and more with cases that involve advanced technology. We have actually handled cases that request knowledge of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, semiconductors, electronics including computer programs and all types of machinery. One of the unique features of the Firm is that we have represented our clients in international parallel patent disputes on the Japanese front. We also have given advice and represented in employee invention cases. We further have represented in the cases in which law enforcement at the border by the Customs is the issue.
To win in intellectual property disputes, we believe that it is important to understand certain trends in decision-making by judges and thinking-patterns of examiners. In the Firm, there are as well as attorneys and patent attorneys who have been dealing with intellectual property litigations over years or who used to work as examiners or appeal examiners for the Patent Office, and personnel who used to be a judicial research official in the field of intellectual property at the Tokyo District Court. With their knowledge and experiences, we are able to foresee possible outcomes of examinations, appeals against examinations and appeals to the court, and take timely and appropriate actions to deal with them. Also, attorneys at law and patent attorneys in the Firm make a best suitable team for each case having considered the subject matter and the size of the dispute.
Besides dispute resolution, we draft licensing and technological development agreement with regard to intellectual property rights including know-how. We also represent our clients in negotiation over contract disputes.
The Patent Prosecution Division represents clients in examination, appeal against examination and appeal to the court as well as makes patent applications in various fields. |
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