Designs
With our expertise in Japanese and international design law, you can be confident your designs are properly protected. Japanese Design law is changing for the better - explore the opportunities with us.
We offer you:
- Our expertise in Japanese and international design law.
- The assurance your designs are properly protected.
We can help you with:
Designs can often be simpler and cheaper IP rights to obtain than patents or trademarks and can be an effective complement to your other IP rights offering more all-around protection and commercial potential. We’ve worked with many clients - large and small - on these strategies and look forward to discussing such options with you.
Recent years have seen significant changes to design practice and law in Japan – all for the purpose of increased global cooperation and harmonization, and to strengthen innovation and branding. There is much exciting potential in this field of IP – and we are ready to help.
There is much exciting potential in this field of IP in Japan – and we are ready to help. We’ve worked with many clients on these strategies and look forward to discussing such options with you.
Our design related services include »
- Prosecuting and obtaining design rights including prior art searches
- Preparing and filing appeals
- Drafting expert opinions
- Articulating Japanese design practice in English
- Negotiations
- Licensing
- Infringement prosecutions
- Litigation
- Searches and opinions
- Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
- Advice on conformity with Japanese practice and law
