FIRM PROFILE

Since its establishment in 1976, HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK, has been serving clients globally in association with patent law firms all over the world. Becoming a legal entity in its own right on January 1, 2005, HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK has committed to bring forth further prosperity of the clients and the firm itself by serving the clients not as an individual but as a legal entity in its own right.
HARAKENZO is proud of its steady growth as the proof of having won trust from its clients worldwide. HARAKENZO provides a complete range of services and advice relating to all intellectual property matters involving patents, trademarks and industrial designs, and is at all times ready to handle any aspect of legal proceedings.

HARAKENZO has a total of 220 excellent staff members, who enable the firm to provide prompt and high-quality intellectual property services to meet the needs of clients. Including patent & trademark attorneys, the staff members are: specialized staff members covering patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks; specialized staff members covering copyrights, unfair competition, semiconductor integrated circuit layout, motion for import suspension, and registration of plant varieties; and specialized staff members for supporting clients in enforcement of intellectual property rights through analysis, appeal, litigation, licensing and license negotiations, and the like. The staff also comprise draftspersons, translators and secretaries, who are highly experienced in intellectual property practices and other matters involving science and technology.

Along with the rapid advancement of technical innovation in diversified fields, intellectual property rights are increasingly being enforced in a broader range. This trend will become more apparent in the 2000's, which are expected to usher in a pro-patent era. To stay abreast of rapid advancements, HARAKENZO has been making every effort to achieve a more profound understanding of laws and to absorb new technologies, by searching, analyzing and taking any possible action to protect its clients' intellectual property rights intact. By flexibly accommodating itself to drastic changes, including a series of law amendments and international harmonization projects, HARAKENZO promptly provides its clients at home and abroad with advice right to the point in each individual case.

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Our firm has long-established contacts with fellow intellectual property professionals (lawyers, fellow counsel, laboratories, and universities) throughout the world. As a result of our many years of experience and contacts with them, our firm is able to serve our clients effectively with both technical and legal capabilities. More specifically, our firm is associated with many distinguished law firms throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and through their agency we are able to provide a fully international service to our clients, and to advise clients on a worldwide basis.

In the year 2001, the first year of the 21st century, we had the 25th anniversary. It meant a lot for us to have passed through the 20th century of excitement, and had the 25th anniversary, which is the beginning of new history of the firm, in this opening age of global-scale Pro-patent. And here we promise the continuous efforts with the aim for the further development of our clients and us.