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May 22, 2012
David Makman considers what a decision by Nippon Steel to sue a Korean business for ¥100 billion ($1.2 billion) in a trade secrets case says about the way Japanese companies deal with IP
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May 16, 2012
Nippon Steel has sued Korean steelmaker POSCO in the Tokyo District Court, requesting ¥100 billion ($1.25 billion) in damages. It filed the suit on April 19
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May 15, 2012
Practitioners have welcomed changes to Japan’s patent laws as a positive step in streamlining procedures and increasing protection for patent holders
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April 30, 2012
Toshiaki Iimura, one of the most experienced IP judges in Japan, has been appointed chief judge of the IP High Court in Tokyo
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April 26, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is the first to celebrate World IP Day. Peter Leung in Hong Kong rounds up some of the activities
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April 20, 2012
Oswald Schroeder owes his job to a mouse
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April 11, 2012
How can IP owners and regulators respond to the unprecedented attack on IP rights seen in the past few months?
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March 15, 2012
Hogan Lovells won the inaugural global IP firm of the year award at tonight’s Managing IP Awards Dinner in London
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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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November 09, 2011
The EU, Japanese and US patent offices are aiming to issue first office actions within six months, the head of the EPO said at the meeting of the Trilateral offices
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November 07, 2011
David Makman saw signs of a desire for greater harmonisation at the US-Japan joint judicial conference that took place in Tokyo at the end of October
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October 31, 2011
The first ever patent prosecution highway involving China’s State Intellectual Property Office will launch tomorrow with the Japan Patent Office
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July 05, 2011
The heads of the US, European and Japanese patent offices are meeting today and tomorrow to draw up a definitive list of patent issues they want harmonised
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May 17, 2011
Although the epicenter of the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11 was more than 500 km from Tokyo, it was so powerful that the headquarters of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) were heavily shaken
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April 07, 2011
Managing IP presented more than 60 awards to the leading firms in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America at the annual global awards dinner in London last night. Here are the winners:
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March 24, 2011
The Japan Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand will soon enter into access agreements with India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
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March 16, 2011
In 1923 a fire caused by the great Kanto earthquake destroyed the Japan Patent Office, but the new building survived last week’s tremor and examiners are working as normal
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February 11, 2011
Licensing company One-Blue is to start offering a one-stop licence for Blu-Ray products in April, but five patent owners have set up their own licensing programme
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November 02, 2010
The International Chamber of Commerce has called on governments to create workable, transparent structures for businesses to work within the Nagoya protocol on biodiversity
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November 02, 2010
Biotech firms will have to get consent from indigenous communities to exploit genetic resources under a landmark agreement last week in Nagoya, Japan