HARAKENZO World Patent & Trademark

Departments

"HARAKENZO ^more " is comprised of eight sections: Legal Headquarters, Patent Strategy Department (Patent 1st Division – Patent 16th Division), Legal Strategy Department (Trademark Division, Design Division, Legal Division), Administrative Department, Translation Department, Graphic Design Department, General Affairs and Accounting Division, and Information System Department.

Legal Headquarter	Patent Strategy & Utility Models Department	Legal Strategy Department	Administrative Department
Translation Department	Graphic Design Department	General Affairs and Accounting Division	Information System Department

1. Legal Headquarter

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

Expert Opinion

Arbitration

License Negotiations

Contract

Copyrights

Prevention of Unfair Competition

Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout

Motion for Import Suspension

Registration of Plant Variety

2. Patent Strategy Department & Utility Models Department

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
Patent 16th 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), Expert Opinion (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.).

3. Legal Strategy Department
(Trademark Division, Design Division, Legal Division)

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 variety registration/agribusiness consultation
◇ 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

4. Secretary and Administrative Department

Administration Department 1st Domestic Secretary Group
≪in charge of Domestic cases for Domestic clients≫

Administration Department 2nd Domestic Secretary Group
≪in charge of Domestic cases for Domestic clients≫

Administration Department 3nd Domestic Secretary Group
≪in charge of Domestic cases for Domestic clients≫

◇ 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

Administration Department in-coming Applications Group
≪in charge of Domestic cases for Foreign clients≫

◇ 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

Administration Department PCT Applications Group
≪in charge of PCT cases for Domestic clients≫

◇ Drafting various kinds of documents to be filed with the Receiving Office/WIPO

◇ Managing due dates of applications to be filed/Responding to search results, Inputting data for applications to be filed/Responding to search results

◇ Communication with clients about procedures

Administration Department 1st Foreign Secretary Group
≪in charge of Foreign cases for Domestic clients≫

Administration Department 2nd Foreign Secretary Group
≪in charge of Foreign cases for Domestic clients≫

Administration Department 3rd Foreign Secretary Group
≪in charge of Foreign cases for Domestic clients≫

◇ 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

Patent Affairs Coordinating Group

5. Translation Department

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.

　Languages :
Japanese / English / German / French / Chinese / Korean / Taiwanese

6. Graphic Design Department

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.