Hello! We hope and pray for the swift calming of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 spread globally. Our offices are functioning fine. Currently our Tokyo Office is working with partial telework in place. About half of our Tokyo staff is working…
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The Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Matsunaga Akira, gave the annual New Year’s greeting online. In it, he presents a pressing (if in some ways, late) call for Japan to press into more information-based innovation and how the…
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Holiday greetings from Keisen Associates! Happiness and sorrow visited Japan in 2019. The imperial dynasty was handed down to the present Emperor Naruhito on May 1, bringing in the new imperial calendar age of Reiwa. Major typhoons damaged much of…
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Those accused of conspiracy in the Mangamura digital pirated manga website are being brought to justice (at least for many, it seems so) under the Copyright Act of Japan (see a recent related article here), one by one. Adachi Wataru,…
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In a recent article in a fashion magazine, results of an INTA (International Trademark in of Japanese members of Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2010) said that only 46% of Japanese reported having bought counterfeited goods before, compared with…
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Earlier this year Professor Tasuku Honjo, Nobel Laureate, publicly criticized his development partner Ono Pharmaceuticals, claiming their renumeration (2.6 billion yen, about US$24 million) was far below what he and other researchers should receive, considering the value of the programmed…
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We at Keisen Associates wish you a happy and blessed new year in 2018 (year 30 of the Heisei era, in Japan)! 2017 marked a number of efforts to develop better services and information for you. To improve our patent…
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This Sunday, April 10, 2011, marks the crowning event of the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, Sakura Sunday. Held in the Horticultural Center in Fairmount Park, Sakura Sunday commemorates the season by celebrating Japanese food, music and art….
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We recommend our friends fllowing fund to send donations to Japan. Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia-Philadelphia Japan Disaster Relief Fund Funds will be directed to the destination determined by the government of Japan. Please make checks payable to: Philadelphia…
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Following the fist anouncement made on March 14, 2011, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) made the second announcement regarding the special emergency safeguard measures on March 18, 2011.According to the Article 3 Section 3 of the Special Measures Concerning the…
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