Service Outline
Obtaining Rights
- Filing of applications for trademark and design registration
- Interim processing of applications for trademark and design registration (submission of written opinions and amendments)
- Appeals against examiner's decision of refusal and appeals against dismissal of amendments in relation to trademarks and designs
- Judgments on trademarks and designs
- Litigation for revocation of trial decisions in connection with trademarks and designs
- Applications for registration of trademarks and designs
Strengthening of legal protection
- Opposition to trademark registration
- Trademark registration invalidation trials
- Trademark registration invalidation trials
- Trademark and design invalidation appeals
- Representation in specific infringement litigation relating to trademark rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights
- Warnings against trademark infringement, design infringement, and unfair competition
- Legal management of trademark and design rights (trademark renewal procedures, design annuity payment procedures, etc.)
Prevention of disputes
- Expert opinions on the similarity of trademarks and designs
- Expert opinions on the value of trademarks and designs
- Trademark and design searches
- Consultation on trademark, design, unfair competition, and copyright infringement
Correspondence to countries around the world
- Filing of applications for trademark, design and copyright registration in countries around the world
- Interim processing of applications for trademark and design registration (submission of written opinions and procedural amendments)
- Cooperation with agents in various countries for the protection of trademarks, designs and other intellectual property rights
- Handling of enforcement actions against overseas counterfeiters
- Consultation on various matters relating to anti-counterfeiting measures overseas
- International applications based on the Madrid Protocol (Madrid Protocol)
Anti-Counterfeiting
- Consultation regarding counterfeit products in Japan and overseas
- Consultation on various matters relating to counterfeit goods in Japan and overseas
Related and Peripheral Services
- Review of trademarks and designs for naming and logo designs
- Consultation regarding licensing agreements and other matters relating to trademarks, designs, and other intellectual property rights
- Consultation regarding unfair competition and copyrighted works
- Procedures for copyright registration
- Consultation on registration of seeds and seedlings
- Provision of information on trademarks, designs, and other intellectual property rights
