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Expert Committee
Survey Themes of FY2009 Expert Committees
The First Patent Committee
- Criteria for Inventive Step Judgement
- Issues on Patent Application (amendment etc.)
- 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
- Issues on Enforcement
- Defenses to Patent Infringement Lawsuit
- Trial Decision Annulment Litigation
- 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
- Effective Aqcuisition of Patnte in USA
- Strategic study for Enforcemant and Patent Litigation in USA
The Second International Affairs Committee
- Present a Recommendations to Buileding a Global Patent System
- Strategic Patent Right Aqcuisition through PCT Route
- Effective Patent Right Aqcuisition in Europe
- Strategic Enforcement in Europe
- Patent Acquisition and Emforcement in Russia, East Europe, and Africa
The Third International Affairs Committee
- Effective Patent Right Aqcuisition in Asian Countries, Oceania, and Middle Eastern Countries
- Acquisition of the Patent Rights in Asian Countries
Biotechnology Committee
- Effective Protection of IP Rights retating to Life Science Technology
- (1) Case Analyses of Biotechnology related Patent Trial
- (2) Case Analyses of Use Invention Trial
- Study on the latest Biotechnology related Patent Trial in JPN, US, and EU
- Responce to JPO
- 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
- Obtaining Computer Software related Patent Right
- (1) Case and Precedents Analysis of Establishments of Computer Software related Patent
- (2) Study on Precedents and Protection System of Computer Software relatede Invention mainly in EU and US
- (3) Precedents Analysis of Computer Software relatede Invention
- Enforcement of Computer Software Invention
- (1) Open Source Software Requirement to Assert against Third Parties
- (2) Patent Application and Enforcement of Software Companies
- Copyright and Licensing of Computer Software
- (1) Handling of IPR in Online Visual Space
mid- to long term Themes
- Rrevision of Patent Precticioner Manual
- Study on ideal Software Invention Protection to meet the needs of Patent
- Practice Study on the handling of IP under Software Trade Agreement
Digital Contents Committee
- Various Copyright related Problems
- (1) Ideal Copyright Law
- (2) Study on Judicial Precedents
- (3) Survey on Digital Contents and its Peripherical Legal System
- Legal Problems on Network System and Contents Distribution.
- (1) IP related Issues in E-commerce
- (2) IP related Issues in Data Tresure Commerce
- (3) Publicity Rights
- (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
- Technology Management and IP Management under Open Innovation Environment
- Relationship between IP Management and Cost Parformance
mid- to long term Themes
- Study on Measures to Create Strong IP which Donates Business Management
- Innovations Assesment Procedure and Data Accumlation of them
The Second Intellectual Property Management Committee
- Survey on IP Management among JIPA member companies
- Intellectual Asset Management utilizing IP information
- Ideal IP Organization in the future
- 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
- E-Filing System which works with companies' in house Systems
- Introduction and Operation Process of IP Information System in each Company
mid- to long term Themes
- Ideal Intra-Firm IP Information System
- Present a recommendation against JPO's Optimized Adminstrative Operation
Intellectual Property Information Search Committee
- Study of Patent Information Retrieval Manual
- Search and Utilising Method mainly Non-Patent Document
- Study on IPC
- Proecution History
- Patent Valuation
mid- to long term Themes
Study on Patent Analytical Approach for fomulating Management Strategy
The First License Committee
- Requirments for Perfection of Liceising a Non-Exclusive License
- License related Clauses in Company Reorganizing
- Dispute Settlement Clauses in Technology Agreement with Foreign Companies
- Considerations for Contract Negotiation
mid- to long term Themes
- Stydy on IP Agreement/Regulation in China and Asian Countries
- Study on IP related Agreements among Business Group incl. IP management subsidiary
The Second License Committee
- Confidential Maintenance Practices
- Dispute Settlement Clauses in Technology Agreement with Foreign Companies
- Technology Agreement Management
- Technology Agreement under Antimonopoly Law
- Appropriate Royalty
mid- to long term Themes
Study on Industry - Academiy/Government Collaboration
Industrial Design Committee
- Design Registration Case Verification and Examination Trends Survey Under the Revised Design Law, Recommendation on Design Environment Improvement
- Study on Revised Chinese Design Law and its Practices
mid- to long term Themes
Precedents Analysis; Similarity Judgement in EU and US
Trademark Committee
- Recommendation on Ideal National Trademark Systems
- Brand Management contributing Business Management
- Ideal Trademark System in foreign countries
Fair Trade Committee
- Trade Secret Protection at home and abroad
- (1) Revised Unfair Competition Preveition Law and revision on Trade Secret Management Guideline
- (2) Analysis on Recent Unfair Competition Preveition Law Related Precedents
- (3) Trade Secret Protection in court procedure abroad
- Study on Unfair Competition Rrestraint at home and Abroad, Practical Business against Unfair Competition, and Unfair Competition Preveition Law excl. Trade Secret
- (1) Indications (incl. indication of goods, form or configuration of article copying, quality indication, and indication of source ) Restraint
- (2) Other Unfair Competition Restraint
- (3) Oversea's Unfair Competition Preveition Law
mid- to long term Themes
- Trade Secret Protection in Global and Information-oriented Era
- Unfair Competition Regulation Law in Emerging Countries and Practical Business for the Law
PublicationJournal & Public RelationsAffairs Committee
- Matters relating to Journal
- (1) Publication of Monthly Bulletin "CHIZAI-KANRI (IP Management)"
- Contents Planning
- Refree Reading, Coordinate Autors and Committees
- (2) Editing and Planning the Bulletin for Member-Oriented
- Contents Proposal
- Plan a Well-timed Special Issues
- Plan Discussions
- (1) Publication of Monthly Bulletin "CHIZAI-KANRI (IP Management)"
Training Planning Committee
Improve and Enhance the content of Training Courses and Plan and Operate them
- Forster IP Human Resources with Business Sense (IP Innovate Leader Course etc.)
- Enhance Engineer Cource (For Young Researchers, Manager etc.)
- Planning and operating IP Training in Overseas
- Planning and operating Extra Cource which meet timly IP topics
- Improve and Enhance Existing Training Courses
- Heighten Linkage with other Expert Committees to enhance Training Courses
General Affairs & Planning Committee
- Recommendation on JIPA Policy and Activity to the Executives
