Location

OSAKA HEAD OFFICE ZIP code : 530-0041 Address : DAIWA MINAMIMORIMACHI BLDG.,2-6,                      2-CHOME-KITA, TENJINBASHI, KITA-KU,                      OSAKA 530-0041, JAPAN TEL : +81-6-6351-4384（Main Number） FAX : +81-6-6351-5664（Main Number） Email :

OSAKA 2nd OFFICE ZIP code : 530-0054 Address : MITSUI SUMITOMO BANK MINAMIMORIMACHI                      BUILDING, 1-29, 2-CHOME,                      MINAMIMORIMACHI, KITA-KU, OSAKA JAPAN TEL : +81-6-6351-4384（Main Number） FAX : +81-6-6351-5664（Main Number） Email :

TOKYO HEAD OFFICE ZIP code : 105-6121 Address : WORLD TRADE CENTER BLDG. 21F, 2-4-1,                      HAMAMATSU- CHO, MINATO-KU, TOKYO                      105-6121, JAPAN TEL : +81-3-3433-5810（Main Number） FAX : +81-3-3433-5281（Main Number） Email :

WEB

http://www.harakenzo.com

Established

April 1, 1976

Director General

Kenzo HARA
Patent&Trademark Attorney
Specially Qualified Attorney For Infringement Litigation  

Total of 230 excellent staff members including:

■Japanese patent&trademark attorneys :  41   ◇Specially Qualified Attorney            For Infringement Litigation :  14 ■The following staffs have passed the Patent Attorney    Examination in 2011 :  2 ■Successful applicants who have passed the national    qualifying examination of specially qualified attorney    for infringement litigation 2011 :  3 ■Chinese Attorney-at-law :  1 ■Thai Attorney-at-law :  1 ■staffs having phD :  13 ■Non-Japanese staffs :  11   ◇Chinese :  3   ◇Taiwanese :  1   ◇Korean :  2   ◇American :  1   ◇Malaysian :  1   ◇British :  1   ◇Thai :  1   ◇Dutche :  1 ■Foreign university graduates :  19   ◇China :  3   ◇England :  2   ◇America :  4   ◇Taiwan :  2   ◇Korea :  2   ◇Germany :  1   ◇Australia :  1   ◇France :  1   ◇Malaysia :  1   ◇Thailand :  1   ◇Netherlands :  1 ■staffs with technical background :  93 ■translators :  33

Languages we speak／Languages we translate

■Japanese／English／German／French／Chinese／Korean／Taiwanese

Major Practices

■Domestic application and Post-application procedures for obtaining right

　

(Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks, Design Patents)

■International application and Post-application procedures for obtaining right

　

(International patent application via Paris route and PCT route, and International trade-mark application (Madrid Protocol))

■Appeal

　

(Appeal against decision of rejection, Invalidation trial, Appeal for cancellation, and Request for decision)

■Analysis

　

(Validity analysis, Infringement analysis)

■Translation

　

(Japanese-English translation, English-Japanese translation, Japanese-German translation, German-Japanese translation, Japanese-French translation, French-Japanese translation, Japanese-Chinese translation, Chinese-Japanese translation, Japanese-Korean translation, Korean-Japanese translation, Japanese-Taiwanese translation, Taiwanese-Japanese translation)

■Search

　

(Prior art search, Trade mark search, Patent map making)

■Litigation

　

(Suit against appeal trial decision, Warning for infringement, Conciliation negotiation, Preparation of reconciliation contract, Arbitration, and Action for infringement)

■Licensing

　

(License exploitation, License negotiation, Assignation negotiation)

■Preparation of contracts and consulting services regarding the contracts

  ◇Joint application contract

  ◇Joint research contract

  ◇Commercialization right contract

  ◇Material transfer contract

  ◇Confidentiality contract

  ◇Commissioned research contract

  ◇Assigned research contract

  ◇Patent licensing contract

■Semiconductor integrated circuit layout (Mask work)

■Motion for import suspension

■Registration of plant varieties

■Consultation and litigation/negotiation concerning copyright and neighboring right

■Consultation and litigation/negotiation concerning act of unfair competition

EXPERTISE [Technical field]

The industrial and economic fields are roughly categorized as follows. Every staff is familiar with any of the following technical fields, and we cover all the technical fields. ■Biology; Medical Science; and Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries ■Information Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Electronics; and Control Engineering; Financial Engineering ■Physics; Mechanical Engineering; Metal Engineering; Architectural Engineering; Environmental Engineering; and Civil Engineering ■Chemistry (organic, inorganic, macromolecule) ■Nanotechnology (Ultrafine Technology)