Our Legal Headquarters handles most dispute-related matters.

■ Litigation

• □ Suit against a trial decision
• □ Infringement suit
• ◇ Suit for damages
• ◇ Suit for injunction
• ◇ Suit for return of unjust enrichment
• ■ Arbitration
• ■ License Negotiations
• ■ Contract
• ■ Copyrights
• ■ Prevention of Unfair Competition
• ■ Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout
• ■ Motion for Import Suspension
• ■ Registration of Plant Variety

■ Patent 1st division
■ Patent 2nd division
■ Patent 3rd division
■ Patent 4th division
■ Patent 5th division
■ Patent 6th division
■ Patent 7th division
■ Patent 8th division
■ Patent 9th division
■ Patent 10th division
■ Patent 11th division
■ Patent 12th division
■ Patent 13th division
■ Patent 14th division
■ Patent 15th division

◇ Filing of Patent Application

Interviewing clients, Analyzing patentability, Drafting claims and specifications.

◇ Responding to Office Action

Suggesting an Accelerated Examination, Drafting a Response to grounds for rejections, Interviewing the Examiner, Drafting a written opinion/an amendment, Filing an Appeal against Decision of Rejection, Filing a Suit to Cancel a Trial Decision.

◇ Right-Related Affairs

Prior Art Searching (Domestic/International), Analyses (Patentability, Possible involvement in an infringement), Submission of relevant publications (Information Disclosure), Requesting an Invalidation Trial, Requesting for an interpretation.

◇ Foreign Affairs

Prior Art Searching, Drafting Specifications (Mainly for Applications through Paris Route and PCT Route), Suggesting a response to grounds for rejections, Communicating with foreign attorneys, Holding personal interviews, Requesting a re-examination (U.S.), Filing Reissued Patent Applications (U.S.).

■ Trademark Division

◇ Search (Domestic/International)

Conference with clients, Searching based on data base etc., Analyzing registrability, Drafting a report

◇ Filing of Trademark Application (Domestic/International)

Conference with clients, Analyzing/Specifying trademarks and designated goods (services), Scheming a strategy for application (Effective use of convention and treaty)

◇ Responding to Office Action (Domestic/International)

Suggesting a response to grounds for rejections, Drafting a written opinion/an amendment, Filing an Appeal against Decision of Rejection, Filing a Suit to Cancel a Trial Decision

◇ Right-Related Affairs (Domestic/International)

Analyses, Renewal Application (Application for Reclassification), Filing an Opposition, Requesting an Invalidation/Cancellation Trial, Recordal of transfer of trademark rights

■ Design Division

◇ Search (Domestic/International)

Conference with clients, Searching based on data base etc., Analyzing similarity, Drafting a report

◇ Filing of Design Application (Domestic/International)

Conference with clients, Specifying designs (Articles and Forms), Drawing forms (cooperate with Graphic Design Section), Scheming a strategy for application (Analyzing related design/part design)

◇ Responding to Office Action (Domestic/International)

Suggesting a response to grounds for rejections, Drafting a written opinion/an amendment, Filing an Appeal against Decision of Rejection, Filing a Suit to Cancel a Trial Decision

◇ Right-Related Affairs (Domestic/International)

Analyses, Requesting an Invalidation Trial, Recordal of transfer of design rights

■ Legal Division

◇ Technology Transfer Support

◇ Plant Registration Support

◇ Import-Export Suspension Support

◇ Semiconductor Circuit Layout Support

◇ Computer Program Registration Support

◇ Domain Name Registration Support

◇ Copyright Advisory

◇ Unfair Competition Advisory

◇ SME Support

◇ Intellectual Property Management Consulting

■ 1st Administrative division
     (in charge of Domestic clients and Domestic cases)

◇ Drafting various kinds of documents to be filed with JPO

◇ Managing due dates of applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action, Inputting data for applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action

◇ Managing Annual Fee and others

◇ Communication with clients about procedures

■ 2nd Administrative division
     (in charge of Foreign clients and Domestic cases)

◇ Drafting various kinds of documents to be filed with JPO

◇ Managing due dates of applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action, Inputting data for applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action

◇ Managing Annual Fee and others

◇ Communication with clients and foreign attorneys about procedures

■ 3rd Administrative division
     (in charge of Domestic clients and Foreign cases)

◇ Drafting various kinds of documents to be filed with a foreign patent office

◇ Managing due dates of applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action, Inputting data for applications to be filed/Responding to Office Action

◇ Managing Annual Fee and others

◇ Communication with clients and foreign attorneys about procedures

■ General Affairs Division

◇ General support practices for administering the office

■ Accounting Division

◇ General accounting procedures

■ System Engineering Division

◇ Developing internal information systems

◇ Establishing, operating, and maintaining internal networks (LAN)

◇ Establishing, operating, and maintaining databases

◇ Maintaining computers

■ Translating specifications for foreign applications (All technical fields).

■ Translating instruction letters to foreign attorneys about responses to office (official) actions.

■ Translating various contracts (license contract, confidentiality contract, cooperative research contract, etc.).

■ Translating litigation-related documents.

■ Correspondence with foreign attorneys or foreign clients.

■ Translating legal/technical documents.

■ Drafting drawings for patent application, application for utility model registration, application for design registration, and application for trademark registration in Japan.

■ Drafting drawings for PCT application.

■ Drafting drawings for International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol).

■ Drafting drawings for international patent application, application for utility model registration, application for design registration, and application for trademark registration abroad.

■ Drafting almost all drawings with computers. Capable of dealing with various file formats.