Our patent office provides a variety of intellectual property services in the following fields with highly specialized staff.
Foreign countries IT Bio Academia Startup Agribusiness Counterfeit goods
Foreign countries
Global Support Stations
Through collaboration between foreign staff and Japanese staff belonging to our patent office, we help clients in Japan acquire and utilize intellectual property rights in 11 countries/regions, and clients from 11 countries/regions acquire intellectual property rights in Japan. We have built a team system to support the acquisition and utilization of property rights.
Latest foreign information
We publish the latest information available at patent offices, mainly in the United States, India, Europe, China, and ASEAN. Please use it when considering filing an overseas application.
Information on emerging countries, etc.
We provide information on each country, including Brazil, Russia, India, and China (commonly known as BRICs), which have vast land areas, abundant natural resources, and huge populations, as well as emerging countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, and Argentina (commonly known as VISTA), which are said to be a group with the potential to follow the BRICs.
PCT Support Office
We provide an explanation of the international application system based on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), a framework for improving the complexity and inefficiency of direct applications to each country, and introduce the services available.
IT
IoT x AI Support Station
The IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence), which are at the core of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Digital Transformation (DX), are now indispensable for every business, and the importance of intellectual property is increasing. is increasing. Our support office supports customers' intellectual property strategies related to IoT and AI.
SEP/Standardization Operations Support Office
Regarding patents that are essential for standardized technologies and products (standard essential patents: SEPs), it is essential to understand the legal requirements and FRAND conditions in addition to market trends. Our support office provides various intellectual property services related to SEP licenses, such as license negotiations and dispute resolution support.
DX, IT intellectual property information
We post intellectual property information related to DX, IT, and software. Please refer to the materials that are of interest to you.
Virtual Space Intellectual Property Strategy Support Office
While virtual space has the potential to become a new market that provides unprecedented value, the legal framework surrounding intellectual property rights in virtual space is still in the process of development. Our support office works with customers who conduct business in virtual space to understand problems and propose solutions.
e-IP analysis desk
We analyze patent applications in the intellectual property field and provide intellectual property trend analysis reports that provide clues to your company's weaknesses and strengths relative to competitors, companies that are ahead of your company, and companies that can complement your technology. Masu.
Bio
Bio IP Information
We post bio-related intellectual property information and related court decisions. Please refer to the materials that are of interest to you.
Food and Medical Support Station
In the medical, nursing care, food, and pharmaceutical fields, strategies are required because intellectual property is handled in a complex manner, including patents in a wide range of fields, patents with extremely high value, brands, and designs. Our support office brings together staff with extensive experience in various fields to meet your needs.
SDGs x Intellectual Property Support Station
In order to contribute to our clients' efforts toward the SDGs, our patent office provides various SDG-related services, including the creation of patent specifications that clearly state our contribution to the achievement of the SDGs, and the utilization of WIPO GREEN, an online platform for environment-related technologies. We provide intellectual property services to our customers.
Academia
Academia Intellectual Property Strategy Office
Joint research agreements are established by practitioners with doctoral degrees in each field and patent attorneys who are familiar with the actual situation of intellectual property in academia, in order to balance the discovery of research results at academic and research institutions with research activities such as presentations at academic conferences. We provide support including legal matters such as legal matters and license agreements.
Quantum Technology Support Office
In our support office, in the field of quantum technology, which has made remarkable progress in recent years and has reached the stage of looking ahead to practical application, our staff who are well-versed in the field of quantum technology provide invention consultation, so that we can acquire strong intellectual property in the future market. We support various operations such as acquiring and utilizing rights.
Intellectual Property Contract Strategy Office
With regard to our clients' intellectual property contracts, we do not simply provide legal support; we act as business strategy advisers, building a service system in which we support our clients from the perspective of "intellectual property strategy" based on their business plans to ensure the success of their businesses.
Technology transfer consultation room
We strive to promote the distribution of intellectual property and assist our clients in their intellectual property and business strategies by providing a series of services related to technology transfer, including contract negotiations and conclusion when licensing or buying and selling intellectual property to other companies or universities.
Startup
Venture/cocreation Support Station
HARAKENZO IP ValueUP! In terms of services, we improve the market value of startup companies that create new business models, make intellectual property useful for raising funds, and work together as a team to support them all the way to exit.
Online IP Department
By utilizing an online reservation system and web conference system, a service that allows customers who do not have an intellectual property representative or customers who have never consulted a patent firm to consult about intellectual property rights easily and easily. is.
Learn more about Amazing DX
Through the collaboration of AI (artificial intelligence) and patent attorneys specializing in trademarks, this is a new information provision service that reduces time and costs to the utmost while handling everything from searches for similar trademarks, domestic and international applications, and post-registration management.
M&A Support Office
We support our clients' M&A transactions from the perspective of intellectual property, including business evaluation of both the company and the target company, which is essential for the success of M&A, and in particular the valuation of intellectual property held by a company.
Agribusiness
Plant Variety Registration/Agribusiness consultation
Experts in all types of intellectual property rights, including not only plant variety registration, but also trademarks, patents, utility models, designs, know-how, etc., provide advice on agriculture-related intellectual property rights, which change day by day, both technologically and institutionally. We will help you.
Local market intellectual property patrol
From the perspective of protecting the agriculture-related intellectual property that our customers own, we look at the distribution status of vegetables, fruits, and plants in local markets in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and their surrounding areas through the eyes of experts in agriculture-related intellectual property. We will patrol and collect various information on behalf of our customers.
Geographical Indication Protection Consultation Office
Geographical indications (GIs) can be protected from a different perspective than trademarks such as regional collective trademarks, and can also help consumers recognize the origin and quality of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food products. We will support you in applying for registration in the protection system.
Regional Revitalization Intellectual Property Support Office
Our support office provides one-stop information, consultation, and support opportunities related to intellectual property, so that unique technical capabilities, know-how, brand power, and other features that take advantage of regional characteristics can be linked to regional revitalization. Our aim is to help customers outside of metropolitan areas effectively utilize their intellectual property.
Counterfeit goods
Online IP Patrol
With the recent spread of the Internet, there is a risk that infringing acts may occur not only in Japan but also overseas, but it is not easy to keep track of all infringing acts. At our firm, we will investigate the status of infringement and take effective legal action against infringing companies and individuals on your behalf.
Import-Export Suspension Support
The distribution of counterfeit products not only reduces sales and damages your brand power, but also puts your company at risk of getting involved in problems related to counterfeit products. Our support office supports measures against counterfeit products to protect your company and your customers.
Unfair competition consultation room
In addition to consultations regarding big data, our firm also accepts consultations regarding unfair competition issues such as product representations and trade secrets, which have traditionally been protected by the Unfair Competition Act.