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| Lexwell
provides legal services in all areas and aspects of intellectual
property law including patents, designs, trademarks, unfair
competition, copyrights, software protection, trade secrets,
prosecution of industrial property, enforcement of intellectual
property rights, licensing of intellectual property rights,
technology transfer, distribution agreements, letters of intent,
antitrust law matters and so forth. |
PATENTS
- Preparation and prosecution of patent applications and
utility model applications before the Japanese Patent Office
- Preparation and filing of foreign patent applications
and international applications under the PCT
- Opposition and invalidation proceedings before the Japanese
Patent Office and the Tokyo High Court
- Prior art and patentability searches and pre-registration
advice
- Legal opinions on validity and infringement issues
- Enforcement of patent rights including litigation
- Infringement avoidance and defense
- Areas of technology focus include:
- electrical engineering and electronics
- mechanical engineering
- computer hardware and software
- biotechnology
- chemical engineering
- civil engineering and architecture
- consumer products
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DESIGNS
- Preparation and prosecution of design applications before
the Japanese Patent Office
- Preparation and filing of foreign design applications
- Preparation of design drawings
- Invalidation proceedings before the Japanese Patent Office
and the Tokyo High Court
- Pre-registration advice
- Legal opinions on validity and infringement issues
- Enforcement of design rights including litigation
- Infringement avoidance and defense
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TRADEMARKS
- Preparation and prosecution of trademark applications
before the Japanese Patent Office
- Preparation and filing of foreign trademark applications
- Opposition and invalidation proceedings before the Japanese
Patent Office and the Tokyo High Court
- Pre-registration advice and searches
- Renewals
- Legal opinions on validity and infringement issues
- Enforcement of trademarks including litigation
- Infringement avoidance and defense
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Drafting and/or reviewing information technology related
agreement
- Legal advice on information technology matters
- Legal advice on enterprise knowledge management
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LICENSING AND INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS
- Drafting and/or reviewing license agreements on patents,
trade marks, registered designs, copyrights including multimedia,
software and entertainment, know-how, trade secrets, either
alone or in combination
- Drafting and/or reviewing joint venture agreements
- Drafting and/or reviewing international agreements including
software development and distribution agreements
- Drafting and/or reviewing Japanese domestic agreements
for foreign corporations
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM UNIVERSITIES OR NATIONAL INSTITUTES
(Office of Technology Transfer, OTT)
- Legal advice on technology transfer from universities
and/or institutes
- Drafting and/or reviewing legal agreement on technology
transfer matters
- Advice and assistance on liaison activities in Japan
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LITIGATION
- Litigation involving:
- patents
- registered designs
- trademarks and unfair competition
- copyrights including software and multi-media
- antitrust
- breach of contract
- any Japanese domestic issues including enterprise
management
- Resolving intellectual property disputes through arbitration,
mediation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms
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GENERAL IPR COUNSELING AND RELATED SERVICES
- Advising on development of intellectual property protection
strategy
- Conducting intellectual property audits
- Searches and watching services
- Translation and summarization of patent documents and
technical documents
- IPR management including payments after issuance of patents
and design
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