Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law
TOKYO:
Shinjuku Mitsui Building 34th floor, 2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
+81-3-5339-1093
+81-3-5339-1094
BEIJING:
Beijing Fortune Bldg., Suite 804-805, 5 Dong San Huan Bei Lu Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, China
+86-10-6592-4958
Ranked in The Trademark Lawyer Magazine Law Firm Rankings 2023
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law is ranked among the Top 10 Best Trademark Firms in Japan 2023 and listed in The Global IP directory of The Trademark Lawyer Magazine.
Read The Trademark Lawyer Magazine Issue 3 2023 by clicking here.
Translators passed Grade 1 of NIPTA exam
We are pleased to announce that the below translators have passed the NIPTA examination (Intellectual Property Translation Proficiency Examination) to be qualified in the subject fields.
Yoko Nagatomo: English to Japanese, IP law/ practice, Grade 1
Yoshika Nagasaka: English to Japanese, Mechanical engineering, Grade 1
Makoto Nishimura: Chinese (simplified) to Japanese
New location for Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Group in Beijing
We are pleased to announce the new location of Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Group (Beijing). Our new address follows:
Times Fortune World Tower 2, Room 2926,
No.1 Hangfeng Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100070, China
Click here for details.
Ranked in Top 10 Overseas IP Law Firms in China by the Power-nation Institute
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law is ranked among The Top 10 Overseas IP Law Firms in China 2022 by the Power-nation Institute.
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Ranked in The Patent Lawyer Magazine Law Firm Rankings 2022
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law is ranked among The Top 10 firms in Japan 2022 and listed in The Global IP directory of The Patent Lawyer Magazine..
Read the full profile by clicking here.
https://patentlawyermagazine.com/company-directory/asia/sonoda-kobayashi-ip-law/
SUPER IP EXPO 2022
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Group will attend SUPER IP EXPO 2022 online. For more event details, please visit the website. (English application form available)
Webinar – EURAXESS Japan & The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation/ From Academia to Industry: Startups and patents, Best Practices and Know-how
Sonoda & Kobayashi will hold its next webinar on July 20th, 2022 in collaboration with EURAXESS Japan and The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. Jeroen van der Donck is giving the lecture and will cover tips for getting a patent in Japan. Click here for details.
Ranked in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2022
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law is ranked among the top firms in Asia for the prosecution and enforcement of IP rights and recommended by IAM Patent 1000 for offering a unique combination of professional expertise and cosmopolitan awareness.
Dr. Yoshitaka Sonoda, Managing Partner, is also ranked among the top Patent Prosecutors and recommended by IAM Patent 1000.
Read the full profile by clicking the below links.
IAM Patent 1000: Firm, Individual
Webinar – Advice and Tips for Patent Litigation in China
Sonoda & Kobayashi will hold its next webinar on April 6th, 2022.
Yanhui Wang, partner at Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Group (Beijing), provides advice and tips on how succeed in court.
We would like to invite anyone who is interested in this topic to attend the webinar. Click here for details and please register by following the link here.
Establishment of our partnership office Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law in China
We are proud to announce the opening of our partnership office “Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Group (Beijing)”.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions with regards to Chinese Intellectual Property law, our team will be happy to help.