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We are pleased to announce that Mr. Hirohisa Suzuki, Mr. Ryuichiro Mashima, and Mr. Tomohiro Gyoda have been selected as one of the leading Japanese trademark professionals by WTR 1000 for 2024.  This proves their dedication to work as experienced attorneys.  They will keep making every effort to pr

We would like to inform you of the Japanese holidays in 2024.  We hope that this information will be of assistance to you when you work with Japanese companies or attorneys, or when you plan business trips to Japan.We have also collected information of international congresses which relate to IP.  S

Our patent attorney, Fumio Takahashi joined IAM Masterclass webinar on October 25.  He discussed with US-based Dority & Manning, P.A. regarding legal consideration on generative AIs in the U.S. and Japan. Discussion topics include a general overview of Generative AI, as well as a comparison of t

Our patent attorney, Mr. Satoru Mori has joined Export to Japan podcast series.  He has chatted to Steve Crane OBE on Export to Japan podcast series regarding nuts and bolts of IP rihgts in Japan.  For those who are interested in venturing into the Japanese market, or learning more about general IP

Our colleagues, Dr. Masato Iida and Mr. Kentaro Horie jointly contributed an article to a technical book entitled “Latest Technologies in Genome Editing and their use in Pharmaceuticals, Gene therapy, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Production, and Production of Useful Substances” published by

Our legal counsel, Mr. Teruo Morimoto, posted an essay, “Enlightenment by Recent Lower Court Precedents concerning Article 102 of the Patent Act”, in the August 2023 issue of “Patent”, the monthly journal of The Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). There had been several issues regarding the 2

Our legal counsel, Mr. Teruo Morimoto, posted an essay, “Distribution of Patented Products and ‘Safe Transactions’: Ricoh Case” in the March 2023 issue of “Patent”, the monthly journal of The Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). This essay reviews the differed judgements on the Ricoh case invo

Our design attorney, Tomohiro Gyoda has contributed his article to “Comparative Global Design Law” 2nd edition, published by Bloomberg Law. The authors including Mr. Gyoda will hold a webinar about important updates in design law in US, Japan China and South Korea. Practitioners who frequently file

We are pleased to announce that Kazuhiro Shiojiri, our senior manager, will deliver his lecture on measures for challenging third party's applications/patents at a webinar organized by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation on June 22, 2023. Please join us from the following link:Technology

Our design attorney, Mr. Tomohiro Gyoda has contributed his article to “Comparative Global Design Law” 2nd edition, published by Bloomberg Law. “Comparative Global Design Law” 2nd edition covers the latest revisions to the design law in respective jurisdictions and newly adds statistical data for li

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Masato Iida, our vice president, participated in a virtual symposium organized by the California Lawyers Association as one of the panelists on August 30, 2022. The panelists, including officials of the USPTO, PTAB, EPO, and JPO, members of leading technology comp

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Satoshi Hattori, a former Executive Chief Administrative Judge of Japan Patent Office joined Shiga International Patent Office on April 1, 2022. Please click on the following link for the biography of Mr. Hattori.Satoshi Hattori | Professionals | Shiga Internation

The holiday season is coming, and as always, particular attention should be paid to all matters having deadlines falling at the end of December and the beginning of January.Please note the holidays below.* The JPO will be closed from Wednesday, December 29, 2021 to Monday, January 3, 2022.* Our offi

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hiroyuki Hashimoto has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) in recognition of his decade-long contributions to training courses as an instructor.The JIPA training course is offered to Japanese patent prac

“SHIGA Annual Report 2020” includes our activities in 2020, for example, our webinars, newsletters, release of our new book, and introduction of current situation in the Japanese business world.