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SUGIMURA, as an IP professional, will support rights acquisition and enforcement of our clients on the intellectual properties (patent, utility model, design, trademark, etc.). Please ask any questions by email, phone, or web form. We will contact you in return.  Rights Acquisition The experienced staff and attorneys will support right acquisitions of our clients' newly developed "invention", "idea", "design", "trademark", etc. in an optimal way.
Based on clients' requests, we will provide best plans for rights acquisition through consultation seeking methods of protection and possibilities of multilateral protection. Our attorneys and staff have various specialties, such as patent/utility (e.g. mechanics, electronics, communication, chemistry, biology and materials), design and trademark. We will offer consultation with at least 2 staff members to provide reliable plans supported by various aspects. When requested by our clients or considered to be necessary, we will investigate whether or not any similar applications/rights exist. The result of investigations can be used for decision making and for acquiring superior rights. Experienced attorneys and specialized staff will provide application documents with excellent quality to acquire superior and broader rights based on clients' needs. For international clients in need of industrial property rights in Japan, the experienced attorneys and translators will do their best to acquire superior and broader rights by taking advantage of our network all over the world established over 85 years of our history and of the close cooperation with worldwide representatives. The experienced attorneys and specialized staff will support appropriate procedures for notifications of reasons for refusal/decisions of refusal (e.g. submission of written amendments/ arguments and requests for trial) in order to acquire rights in an optimal way. We will support the any procedures to maintain the rights, such as payment of annual fee to the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the acquired rights. Rights Enforcement Attorneys who have experienced many cases involving lawsuits will provide expert testimony to decide if products of any third parties infringe clients' acquired rights, or vice versa. Furthermore, we will support warnings and filings of lawsuits against infringement of clients' acquired rights by any third parties in cooperation with legal advisers of clients and patent attorneys through domestic/worldwide network. In addition, we will support procedures to nullify the right of third parties when our clients receive a warning or are filed by any third parties.
We will provide appropriate legal advice for proper management of intellectual properties. Our attorneys will suggest the optimal legal method or actions to take in the future based on hearings with our clients on their acquired rights and products. We will investigate rights of any third parties that could be a problem and the effectiveness of those rights. Attorneys qualified as a specific infringement litigation representative, who have experienced many cases involving lawsuits, will provide expert testimony to decide if products of any third parties infringe clients' acquired rights, or vice versa. Under the cooperation with attorneys at law, we will suggest optimal actions (including an issue of a warning, a filing of lawsuit and a request for the border enforcement) and support the procedures. To nullify rights of third parties, we will fully support with a team including an attorney who has experience as an appeal examiner in the Japan Patent Office (Japan's national patent office). |
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