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Ranked in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2024

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.

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IAM Patent 1000: Firm, Individual

Webinar – Strategic Use of Divisional Applications in Japan

On Tuesday the 23rd of July at 3 pm PDT/5 pm CST/6 pm EST, Sonoda & Kobayashi will hold a webinar on “Strategic Use of Divisional Applications in Japan.” Yasuhide Nishimura, former Chief Trial Examiner at the Japan Patent Office and current Japanese patent attorney, and Sukanya Hummel, U.S. attorney in the International Affairs Department, will help you understand divisionals and the methods and cautions in obtaining patents that are secretly attracting attention in Japan today.

If you are interested in learning more, please register here.

Webinar – Chinese IP Law/ News about China’s Patent Term Extension, Open Permission System, and more!

Sonoda & Kobayashi is organizing a webinar on the “News about China’s Patent Term Extension, Open Permissions System, and more! Points to note on the revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of China” on Thursday the 29th of February at 10PM JST/ 2PM CET/ 8AM EST.
If you are interested in learning more, please register here.

更新信息

Updated Newsletter

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Updated Publications of RESOURCES

Osamu Yanaka wrote a series of articles in Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Journal.

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Updated Newsletter

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Updated Publications of RESOURCES

Osamu Yanaka wrote a series of articles in Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Journal.

Click here for details.

Updated Newsletter

View Newsletter (February)