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 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.