The Japan Patent Office along with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) launched an anti-counterfeiting campaign on December 2, 2012, to educate consumers against the ills of this proliferating social phenomenon. In recent years, counterfeit and pirated products…
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In an unusual copyright infringement case involving origami, a Japanese origami artist sued a Tokyo network television broadcaster for allegedly reproducing the folding instructions of his original origami top on the company’s web site. The artist claimed the network infringed the artists’ copyright, but is an origami diagram a copyrightable subject matter?
Our New York City Office continues to have no power due to last week’s storm and will remain closed until further notice. However, our Philadelphia and Tokyo offices are open. If you have an IP question, please contact us at:…
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On Monday, Oct. 29, and Tuesday, Oct, 30, due to Hurricane Sandy, our Philadelphia office and New York office will be closed. If you have any urgent case please contact our Tokyo office. Thank you! Tokyo office’s contact: TEL:011-81-3-3230-1244 (English…
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In an effort to ramp up their brand overseas, Toshiba Corp. announced yesterday that it will be stepping up its overseas patent application filings from its current 51% of their combined domestic and international patent application filings to 70% by the year 2014…
Three attorneys and technical advisers from Keisen attended the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference(DMD) held at University Hotel Minneapolis on April 10-12, 2012. DMD is the world’s premiere medical devices conference consisting of a 2 day technical session and…
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Keisen ‘s attorneys, Taro Yaguchi, Jun-ichiro Yanagi and Nahoko Ono will be attending the INTA 134rd Annual Meeting, which takes place in Washington DC from the May 5th until the May 9th.
The Japan Patent Office has decided to adopt the 10th Edition of the International Classification of the Nice Agreement from January 1, 2012. Accordingly, the Examination Guideline of Similar Goods and Services issued by the Japan Patent Office has also…
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Our senior partner Taro Yaguchi will present as a speaker at Biotech 2011 conference in Philadelphia on October 24, 2011. His presentation focuses on problems and opportunities encountered by Foreign Biotech companies doing business in the United States as part…
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Trademark Specialist, U.S. Attorney at Law