Jan 29, 2015 Announcement of Change in Issuance of Questionings of the Appeal Board of the JPO The Japan Patent Office announced on their homepage on January 28, 2015 that Appeal Board’s Questionings will be issued only as needed in all the fields starting February of this year.Asamura Patent Office has adopted the above…
Dec 15, 2014 Year End and New Year Holidays We would like to inform you that our office will be closed due to the upcoming Year End & New Year holidays as following dates:December 27 (Saturday) through January 4, 2015 (Sunday).We will start working again on Monday January 5, 2015.For further information, other national…
Nov 11, 2014 Mr. Kiyoshi Asamura elected as the Honorary President of APAA Mr. Kiyoshi Asamura, Senior Advisor, was elected as an Honorary President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association at the 63rd Council Meeting held in Penang, Malaysia in November 2014, unanimously.The election of the Honorary President will be very honorable position as…
Sep 4, 2014 Mr. Takuhiro Shinoda, Patent Attorney of the Trademark & Design Department gave lectures Mr. Takuhiro Shinoda, Patent Attorney of the Trademark & Design Department, gave lectures entitled “Most Basic of Business Manner”, “IP Matters to be considered in the Process of Product Development”, “Response to Notification of Reasons for Refusal” etc.…
May 19, 2014 Patent Term Txtension in Japan (Asamura NEWS (Volume 10)) IPHC Grand Panel decision 2013 (gyoke) 10195The Intellectual Property High Court has denied the 2011 revised guideline for patent term extension.
May 21, 2014 Mr. Masahiro Asamura, Managing Partner/Patent Attorney/Attorney at law, gave a lecutre Mr. Masahiro Asamura, Patent Attorney, gave a lecture in the training session held by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) as one of the lecturers about “Compensation for Damages ? Reviewing IP Judgments-” on May 21, 2014 at the Benrishi-Kaikan,…
May 20, 2014 Dr. Ohira, R&D Dept, gave a lecture Dr. Hideo Ohira, Assistant Manager of the R&D Department,gave the students studying the IT matters a lecture entitled“Information and IP rights” on May 20, 2014 at the College ofEngineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Fukushima.
May 19, 2014 Japan is honing in on regenerative therapy ( Asamura NEWS (Volume 09)) 1. Revised Pharmaceutical Affairs Law 2. New PTE System on the GO 3. Is the 2011 revised guideline for patent term extension appropriate? 4. Enforcement of a patent right directed to a combination of existing medicines 5. Evading a…
May 15, 2014 Dr. S.Inoue, Patent Attorney, gave a lecture Dr. Shinichi Inoue, Patent Attorney of the Chemical Department, gave a lecture held by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) as a member of a panel discussion about “Intellectual Property and Protection of Agricultural and Marine Products” on May 9, 2014 at the Benrishi-Kaikan,…
Apr 18, 2014 Mr. Kiyoshi Asamura won a prize for 2014 Intellectual Property Achievement Awards Praising their efforts and dedications, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Patent Office officially commend individuals and companies having contributed the developments of the Japanese intellectual property system each year.Asamura Patent Office, p.c. is very…
