Mr. Yasuo NARA, Patent attorney of patent section of our firm, held an internal seminar regarding how to draft claims. Specifically, he talked about important points to be considered when we draft claims. He also talked about important points of claims for foreign application. In the seminar, some examples of claims concerning enforcement and conforming to an actual practice of each foreign country were introduced. Thus, we could deeply understood how to draft claims.
Mr. Ichiro FUJINAMI, Patent Attorney of patent section of our firm, held an internal seminar regarding copyright. Copyright law is a most familiar law among the intellectual property laws. However, the structure of copyright law is complex and it is difficult law. He assumed that client will give some questions about copyright. Therefore, he gave a talk about copyright relating to the internet and the business while explaining specific examples.
Mr. Yoshiyuki MACHIDA, Senior Partner of our firm, held an internal seminar regarding important points to be considered when we receive new case from clients. Specifically, he talked about patent application claiming priority based on Japanese patent application, PCT application, divisional application and patent application utilizing a rule of exceptions to lack of novelty. We could reconfirm basic requirements (due dates in law, items to be described on a request form) and understood practical important points for the above mentioned patent applications.
Ms. Yuriko IWASAKI, Patent Attorney of design and trademark section of our firm, held an internal seminar regarding trademark. She gave a talk about basic matters and searching technique of trademark. She also gave a talk about a trend of recently added new types of trademarks while explaining specific examples. It was very valuable time for many patent attorneys, technical stuffs and stuffs of drawing who are generally familiar with Patent.
In this overseas training, we visited some patent firms in China. In the training, we gave a presentation regarding differences and characteristics of patent system in both of countries, and discussed about them with Chinese patent attorneys.
