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7/Sep/2009 Controversy over Patent Term Extensions in Japan (PDF)
22/Jan/2009 Coping with the latest examination and appeal practices (PDF)
11/Mar/2008 The filing of a patent infringement suit can be deemed to be a tort (PDF)
11/Mar/2008 Nouvelles procedures dfexamen : modifications sous le nouveau Droit des Brevets (PDF)
03/Mar/2008 TRENDS IN PATENT EXAMINATION AND APPEAL PROCEDURE AND ADVICE FOR APPLICANTS (PDF)
03/Mar/2008 TENDANCES RELATIVES A LfEXAMEN DES BREVETS, A LA PROCEDURE DfAPPEL ET CONSEILS AUX DEPOSANTS (PDF)
26/Feb/2008 Un action en justice peut etre consideree comme un acte delictuel (PDF)
26/Nov/2007 Sonoda & Kobayashi was ranked in the top tier in the area of intellectual property law by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008.
03/Aug/2007 Roundtable on IP's circumstances in Asia (PDF)
03/Jul/2007 Patent Prosecution Strategy under Revised Patent Law 2007 (PDF)
03/Jul/2007 Loi Japonaise sur les Brevets (PDF)
22/Jun/2007 Patent Prosecution Strategy under Revised Japanese Patent Law 200704 (PDF)
13/Jun/2007 JPO RuleChanged-TermExtensions2007Apr01 (PDF)
13/Jun/2007 Amendments to the Japanese Patent Law enacted as of April 1, 2007 (PDF)
31/May/2007 Changes in Japanese Patent Law 2002-2007 (PDF)
31/May/2007 Protecting your Intellectual Property in Japan (PDF)
31/May/2007 Hints on Effective Patent Prosecution under the Last Patent Law and Practices in Japan (PDF)
01/Aug/2006 Recent developments in IP law (PDF)
01/Jul/2006 Recent developments in patent law and practice (PDF)
01/Jul/2006 How to protect medical device inventions in Japan (PDF)
23/May/2006 Practical considerations regarding patent right enforcement in Japan (PDF)
11/Nov/2005 IP High Court Decision (PDF)
14/Nov/2003 Revisions to the Japanese Patent Law As Of 2004 (PDF)
23/May/2003 Partial Revisions to the Japanese Patent Law (PDF)
24/Apr/2003 Supreme Court Decision in April 2003(Work-related Inventions) (PDF)
05/Mar/2003 Courts rule in favour of compensation for inventors (PDF)
10/Feb/2003 Major Amendments to the Japanese Patent Law (PDF)
11/Oct/2002 Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan after the Supreme (PDF)
11/Oct/2002 Damage allowable at Patent Infringement Law Suits (PDF)
11/Oct/2002 Dommages accordes dans les proces de contrefacon dfun brevet (PDF)
02/Oct/2002 Pachinko Slot Machine Digest (PDF)
28/Aug/2002 Les particularites du droit des brevets japonais (PDF)
12/Aug/2002 Major Amendments to the Japanese Patent Law since 1985 (PDF)
09/Jul/2002 Guide for the Prosecution and Enforcement of Patent Right in Japan (PDF)
21/May/2002 Comments on Aluminum Wheel Parallel Importation Case (PDF)
11/Apr/2002 Amendments to Patent Law (PDF)
20/Sep/2000 Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan after the Supreme Court Decision (PDF)
27/May/2000 Recent Developments in Intellectual Property in Japan (PDF)
08/Dec/1999 Amendments of Patent Law by Amendment Act 1999 (PDF)
18/Nov/1999 Examination Guidelines for Genetic Inventionsin Japan (PDF)
17/Nov/1999 Enforcement of Patent Rights in Japan under Revised Patent Law and Code of Civil Procedure (PDF)
16/Nov/1999 Examination of Biotechnology Inventions in Japan (PDF)
16/Nov/1999 Doctrine of Equivalents revised (Ball Spline Bearing Case) (PDF)
12/Nov/1999 Japanese Supreme Court Decision in April 1999(Generic Drug Case) (PDF)
12/Nov/1999 Japanese Supreme Court Decision in March 1999 (PDF)
07/Oct/1999 Supreme Court Decision in June 1999 (Testing of Generic Drugs for authorization from Ministry of Health) (PDF)
07/Oct/1999 Doctrine of Equivalents after Ball Spline Case (PDF)
07/Oct/1999 Amendments of Patent Law by Amendment Act 1999 (PDF)
22/Apr/1999 Civil Procedure forPatent Infringement (PDF)
24/Mar/1999 Software Related Inventions in Japan (PDF)
14/Mar/1999 Revisions to Japanese Patent Law (PDF)
12/Mar/1999 Tokyo District Court Decision in Oct 1992 (Request for Patent Infringement Injunction) (PDF)
20/Feb/1999 Examination Procedures for Chemical Inventions (PDF)
14/Jul/1998 Differences in Prosecution and Enforcement of Patents in the U.S. and Japan (PDF)
03/Jul/1998 Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan(Recirculating Ball Spline Bearings Case) (PDF)
03/Jul/1998 Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan(Recirculating Ball Spline Bearings Case)#2 (PDF)
01/Jul/1998 Procedures for which a Power of Attorney is Required as of April 1, 1998 (PDF)
01/Jul/1998 Preparation of Effective Japanese Patent Applications (PDF)
01/Jul/1998 Problems Often Encountered by U.S. Applicants in Japan and Proposed Solutions (PDF)
01/May/1998 Disclosure Requirments for Pharamaceutical Use Inventions (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Proposed Revisions to Japanese Patent Law (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Supreme Court Decision in February 1998 (Ball Spline Bearing) (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Supreme Court Decision in February 1998 (Ball Spline Bearing)#2 (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Comment of Supreme Court Decision in February 1998 (Ball Spline Bearing) (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Supreme Court Decision in July 1997 (Aliminium Wheel) (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Supreme Court Decision in July 1997 (Aliminium Wheel)#2 (PDF)
15/Apr/1998 Comment of Supreme Court Decision in July 1997 (Aliminium Wheel) (PDF)
07/Jun/1997 Tokyo High Court Decision in March 1995 (PDF)

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