News

2015

• 2015.11.19

  IP News
  Supreme Court decided to affirm the decision of IP High Court contrary to the JPO’s Examination Guidelines of Patent Term Extension in Japan
• 2015.11.01
  Tokyo Office Moving (Osaka Office Unchanged)
• 2015.09.09
  Upcoming Office Closure / Sept. 19th – 23rd
• 2015.09.03
  Aoyama & Partners celebrates 50th anniversary
• 2015.07.14

  IP News
  Claim was interpreted to the more specific concept in the specification, and this specific concept was compared to the prior invention.
• 2015.07.14

  IP News
  Product-by-Process Claim was interpreted to the final product in itself and not limited to the manufacturing process.
• 2015.06.01

  IP News
  Requirement to support claims was denied because requirement for enablement was denied.
• 2015.05.10

  IP News
  Inventive step of model animal was denied in consideration of the relation between metastasis and permeation of the tumor.
• 2015.05.10

  IP News
  Inventive step of chemical composition was denied in consideration of the difference of the medical use.
• 2015.03.31
  Japanese IP laws Update