Patent and Utility Model
<Preparation of application>
・We give consideration based on the background and the business for the technology as well as the accurate understanding of the technology.
・We place importance on communication with clients for accurate understanding of a protection is sought. and promptly visit you to have a meeting.
・If you seek protection of your invention/utility outside Japan, we have close connections with foreign patent/law firms.
<Support for examination>
・Generally, it takes years before the examination starts. We make sure to keep the application in order during the long period.
・When we receive rejections from the patent office, we explain the contents simple and plain to our client to determine a response plan.
・We proactively conduct an interview with the Examiner for a faster acquisition of patent.
<Case transfer from other patent firm>
・We are willing to represent you for applications already filed by other firm and pending at JPO in order to certainly acquire patent rights for the cases.
・In order to streamline application filings and management of rights, we make sure the cases to be smoothly transferred from the previous patent firms.
・Even in a situation that applications have been rejected, we are willing to represent you at trials and litigations.
<Maintenance and management of right>
・We undertake complicated procedures of maintenance of a right for a maximum of about 20 years.
・If an invention is patented in many countries, we manage the right together in cooperation with foreign patent firms.
・We provide an answer on whether or not a right should be abandoned in consideration given to the technical details and business strategy.
<Preventive measures against infringement (warning, negotiation, litigation)>
・Even if warning of "patent right infringement" is received from another company, it is just an opinion of the company at this stage.
・Therefore, we consider the details of both of the inventions and the presence or absence or infringement in detail.
・Moreover, we flexibly negotiate a settlement based on your request and business strategy.
<License contract, Value assessment>
・We provide you with advice on and negotiate relations of right and sharing of reasonable consideration in joint research and business outsourcing.
・We evaluate and legally check (due diligence) the property value of a patent right in business succession.
Trademark and Design
<Prior search>
・We conduct a search based on our accurate understanding of your product,service, and business strategy, and identify risks of obtaining no right (rejection).
・We thoroughly search similar trademarks or designs in order to remove potential infringement of other’s intellectual property.
・We report the search results plain and simple with practical advice.
<Application Filing>
・We select an optimal scope of right for your business (the scope of designated goods/services, the scope of design protection).
・For protection of your design, we have various proposals for right acquisition types such as related design, partial design, secret design, etc. according to your design plan.
・If you seek protection of your trademark/design outside Japan, we have close connections with foreign patent/law firms.
<Support for examination>
・We aim at obtaining right through arguments based on our know-how even when rejections are made at patent office.
・When we receive rejections from the patent office, we explain the contents simple and plain to our client to determine a response plan.
・We give consideration for business development about trademarks and service marks in order to avoid unnecessary acquisition of right.
<Maintenance and management>
・We undertake complicated procedures of maintenance of a right.
・We provide an answer on whether or not a right should be abandoned in consideration given to the business strategy.
・If warning of infringement is received from another company, we take measures immediately.
<Preventive measures against infringement (warning, negotiation, litigation)>
・Even if warning of "right infringement" is received from another company, it is just an opinion of the company at this stage.
・Therefore, we consider the details of both of the inventions and the presence or absence or infringement in detail.
・Moreover, we flexibly negotiate a settlement based on your request and business strategy.
<License contract, Value evaluation>
・We provide you with advice on and negotiate relations of right and sharing of reasonable consideration in joint development.
・We negotiate to solve troubles over the licensing contract.
・We evaluate and legally check (due diligence) the property value of a patent right in business succession.
Unfair Competition Prevention Law
・Preventive measures against violation (warning, negotiation)
Copyright
・Preventive measures against infringement (warning, negotiation, litigation)
・License contract