Expert Committee

Survey Themes of FY2009 Expert Committees

The First Patent Committee

1. Criteria for Inventive Step Judgement
2. Issues on Patent Application (amendment etc.)
3. Issues on screening process (PLT and revision of examination standard etc.)

mid- to long term Themes

International Harmonization of Patent System
Discription Requirements

The Second Patent Committee

1. Issues on Enforcement
2. Defenses to Patent Infringement Lawsuit
3. Trial Decision Annulment Litigation
4. Study of Judicial Precedents (Claim Interpretation, Indirect infringement)

mid- to long term Themes

Company's Response to Patent Infringement Dispute

The First International Affairs Committee

1. Effective Aqcuisition of Patnte in USA
2. Strategic study for Enforcemant and Patent Litigation in USA

The Second International Affairs Committee

1. Present a Recommendations to Buileding a Global Patent System
2. Strategic Patent Right Aqcuisition through PCT Route
3. Effective Patent Right Aqcuisition in Europe
4. Strategic Enforcement in Europe
5. Patent Acquisition and Emforcement in Russia, East Europe, and Africa

The Third International Affairs Committee

1. Effective Patent Right Aqcuisition in Asian Countries, Oceania, and Middle Eastern Countries
2. Acquisition of the Patent Rights in Asian Countries

Biotechnology Committee

1. Effective Protection of IP Rights retating to Life Science Technology
   1. (1) Case Analyses of Biotechnology related Patent Trial
   2. (2) Case Analyses of Use Invention Trial
2. Study on the latest Biotechnology related Patent Trial in JPN, US, and EU
3. Responce to JPO
4. Opinion Exchange with Japan Patent Attorneys Associaion

mid- to long term Themes

Require approproate IP Protection in Life Science for Foreign and Domestic Patent Offices

Software Committee

1. Obtaining Computer Software related Patent Right
   1. (1) Case and Precedents Analysis of Establishments of Computer Software related Patent
   2. (2) Study on Precedents and Protection System of Computer Software relatede Invention mainly in EU and US
   3. (3) Precedents Analysis of Computer Software relatede Invention
2. Enforcement of Computer Software Invention
   1. (1) Open Source Software Requirement to Assert against Third Parties
   2. (2) Patent Application and Enforcement of Software Companies
3. Copyright and Licensing of Computer Software
   1. (1) Handling of IPR in Online Visual Space

mid- to long term Themes

1. Rrevision of Patent Precticioner Manual
2. Study on ideal Software Invention Protection to meet the needs of Patent
3. Practice Study on the handling of IP under Software Trade Agreement

Digital Contents Committee

1. Various Copyright related Problems
   1. (1) Ideal Copyright Law
   2. (2) Study on Judicial Precedents
   3. (3) Survey on Digital Contents and its Peripherical Legal System
2. Legal Problems on Network System and Contents Distribution.
   1. (1) IP related Issues in E-commerce
   2. (2) IP related Issues in Data Tresure Commerce
   3. (3) Publicity Rights
   4. (4) Issues related Contents Distrubution

mid- to long term Themes

Ideal Digitak Contents Procetion and Use in Digital Network Era

The First Intellectual Property Management Committee

1. Technology Management and IP Management under Open Innovation Environment
2. Relationship between IP Management and Cost Parformance

mid- to long term Themes

1. Study on Measures to Create Strong IP which Donates Business Management
2. Innovations Assesment Procedure and Data Accumlation of them

The Second Intellectual Property Management Committee

1. Survey on IP Management among JIPA member companies
2. Intellectual Asset Management utilizing IP information
3. Ideal IP Organization in the future
4. Supervisory and Utilization Manner of Foreign Law Firm.

mid- to long term Themes

Conduct a survey on actual condition of IP Department in Foreign Companies and Global IP Management

IP Information System Committee

1. E-Filing System which works with companies' in house Systems
2. Introduction and Operation Process of IP Information System in each Company

mid- to long term Themes

1. Ideal Intra-Firm IP Information System
2. Present a recommendation against JPO's Optimized Adminstrative Operation

Intellectual Property Information Search Committee

1. Study of Patent Information Retrieval Manual
2. Search and Utilising Method mainly Non-Patent Document
3. Study on IPC
4. Proecution History
5. Patent Valuation

mid- to long term Themes

Study on Patent Analytical Approach for fomulating Management Strategy

The First License Committee

1. Requirments for Perfection of Liceising a Non-Exclusive License
2. License related Clauses in Company Reorganizing
3. Dispute Settlement Clauses in Technology Agreement with Foreign Companies
4. Considerations for Contract Negotiation

mid- to long term Themes

1. Stydy on IP Agreement/Regulation in China and Asian Countries
2. Study on IP related Agreements among Business Group incl. IP management subsidiary

The Second License Committee

1. Confidential Maintenance Practices
2. Dispute Settlement Clauses in Technology Agreement with Foreign Companies
3. Technology Agreement Management
4. Technology Agreement under Antimonopoly Law
5. Appropriate Royalty

mid- to long term Themes

Study on Industry - Academiy/Government Collaboration

Industrial Design Committee

1. Design Registration Case Verification and Examination Trends Survey Under the Revised Design Law, Recommendation on Design Environment Improvement
2. Study on Revised Chinese Design Law and its Practices

mid- to long term Themes

Precedents Analysis; Similarity Judgement in EU and US

Trademark Committee

1. Recommendation on Ideal National Trademark Systems
2. Brand Management contributing Business Management
3. Ideal Trademark System in foreign countries

Fair Trade Committee

1. Trade Secret Protection at home and abroad
   1. (1) Revised Unfair Competition Preveition Law and revision on Trade Secret Management Guideline
   2. (2) Analysis on Recent Unfair Competition Preveition Law Related Precedents
   3. (3) Trade Secret Protection in court procedure abroad
2. Study on Unfair Competition Rrestraint at home and Abroad, Practical Business against Unfair Competition, and Unfair Competition Preveition Law excl. Trade Secret
   1. (1) Indications (incl. indication of goods, form or configuration of article copying, quality indication, and indication of source ) Restraint
   2. (2) Other Unfair Competition Restraint
   3. (3) Oversea's Unfair Competition Preveition Law

mid- to long term Themes

1. Trade Secret Protection in Global and Information-oriented Era
2. Unfair Competition Regulation Law in Emerging Countries and Practical Business for the Law

PublicationJournal & Public RelationsAffairs Committee

1. Matters relating to Journal
   1. (1) Publication of Monthly Bulletin "CHIZAI-KANRI (IP Management)"
      • Contents Planning
      • Refree Reading, Coordinate Autors and Committees
   2. (2) Editing and Planning the Bulletin for Member-Oriented
      • Contents Proposal
      • Plan a Well-timed Special Issues
      • Plan Discussions

Training Planning Committee

Improve and Enhance the content of Training Courses and Plan and Operate them

1. Forster IP Human Resources with Business Sense (IP Innovate Leader Course etc.)
2. Enhance Engineer Cource (For Young Researchers, Manager etc.)
3. Planning and operating IP Training in Overseas
4. Planning and operating Extra Cource which meet timly IP topics
5. Improve and Enhance Existing Training Courses
6. Heighten Linkage with other Expert Committees to enhance Training Courses

General Affairs & Planning Committee

1. Recommendation on JIPA Policy and Activity to the Executives