Our firm is very active in sending senior patent attorneys abroad to give seminars and to provide up-to-date information on developments in Japanese IP practice to our clients and associates. This is an excellent way to maintain good communication with our overseas clients and associates and to address issues of particular interest.

We regularly invite patent attorneys from the U.S., Europe, China, and elsewhere who have close relationships with us to provide seminars for the benefit of our domestic clients and to keep our staff apprised of developments abroad.  Approximately 150 to 200 corporate IP professionals attend the seminars and give us positive feedback every time, often expressing that the seminars provide them with the latest information regarding intellectual property issues abroad as well as opportunities to hear opinions directly from overseas attorneys.

Following is a list of seminars which we held in the past few years.  We also arrange smaller lectures by overseas associates catered to our clients' requests.

May 2011	Practical Points in Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications in Consideration of Patent Litigation and Licensing Patent Trolls - An "Offensive" Defensive Strategy -
Nov. 2010	Important Points for Intellectual Property Litigation in China for Foreign Companies
May 2010	Recent Developments in Claim Interpretation: Knowing What Your Claim Will Cover Filing Patent Applications in the U.S.: Some Considerations and Trends
Oct. 2009	Revision to the Chinese Patent Law Overview of Intellectual Property Litigation in China
May 2009	Recent Changes in United States Patent Law
Nov. 2008	Revision to the Chinese Patent Law
May 2008	Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S.A.
May 2007	Protection for Intellectual Property Rights in China
Nov. 2006	European Patent Convention 2000
May 2006	Intellectual Property Strategies for Expanding into the Chinese Market  - Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Protection and Recent Court Cases -
Nov. 2005	Highlights of the 2005 Patent Reform Act in the United States
May 2005	Recent Trends in Intellectual Property Protection in China and Related Cases
Nov. 2004	Valuation of Inventions and Royalty Rates
Feb. 2004	The Registered Community Design – 1 year on Does Every Community Trade Mark have a Silver Lining?
Nov. 2003	U.S. Patent Litigation - staying one step ahead
Mar. 2003	Enforcement of Patents in Europe
July 2002	Festo - U.S. Supreme Court Resets Balance Between Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel
April 2002	Patent Enforcement in China Patent Application and Examination in China
Nov. 2001	Recent Changes to U.S. Patent Law Prior Art Date of Published Applications Inter Partes Reexamination Recent Changes in U.S. Doctrine of Equivalents

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