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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 product
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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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