Expert Committee

Survey Themes of FY2010 Expert Committees

The First Patent Committee

1. Criteria for Inventive Step Judgement
2. Issues on Patent Application (new matter etc.)
3. Issues on screening process from applicants' point of view

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 (esp.defenses)
3. Trial Decision Annulment Litigation incl.examination for patentability
4. Study on Invalidation Trial, Correction Trial, and Appeal Trial Against Examiner's Refusal
5. Study of Judicial Precedents (Cancellation Trial, Infringement Trial, and Employees' Invention)

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. Comparative Study on Invalidation Trial in Asian Countries, Oceania, and Middle Eastern Countries
2. Actual Condition Survey on Examination Cooperation and Effective IPR Aqcuisition in Asian Countries

Biotechnology Committee

1. Effective Protection of IP Rights relating to Life Science Technology
   1. (1) Case Analyses of Biotechnology related Patent Trial in JPN, USA, and EU
2. Study on the latest Biotechnology related Patent Trial in JPN, US, and EU
3. Corporate Alliance in Biomarker Field

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) Study on Patent Eligibility such as In re Bliski.
   2. (2) Study on scope of patent protection of Computer Software relatede Invention at home and abroad
2. Copyright Protection of Computer Software
   1. (1) Study and Analysis of Trends in Software agreement and OSS at home and abroad

mid- to long term Themes

1. Enforcement of Computer Software related Invention
   1. (1) Study and Analysis of How to Use IPR by Software Companies
   2. (2) Precedent Analysis of Enforcement of Software related Invention

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. Criterion for maintenaice of IPR and Economics of Maintenaice Fee
2. Problem and Answer for Know-How Control in IP Management
3. Ideal Risk Management incl. Patent Search Quality

mid- to long term Themes

1. Innovations Assesment Procedure and Data Accumlation of them

The Second Intellectual Property Management Committee

1. Study on foreign patent application linked to business strategy and research strategy
2. IP management for newly-appointed IP Division head who is new at IP
3. Measures which IP Dept shold implemet respond to company form change

IP Information System Committee

1. Review on E-Filing System from users' point of view
2. Study on E-Filing System which wirks with companies' in house system
3. Study on Functional Ability of IP Information Integration System

mid- to long term Themes

1. Present a recommendation against JPO's Optimized Adminstrative Operation
2. Present a recommendation against companies' inforamtion integration system respond to JPO's next system

Intellectual Property Information Search Committee

1. Study of Patent Information Retrieval Manual
2. How to make good use of Concept Search
3. Usability analysis of text-mining approach
4. Study on foreing patent search
5. Study on patent information education

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. Study on IP related law revision concerning license agreement
3. Dispute Settlement Clauses in Technology Agreement with Foreign Companies
4. Considerations for Contract Negotiation

mid- to long term Themes

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

The Second License Committee

1. Study on Royality based on court desicion
2. Effectiveness of Non-exclusive License's against third partie of
3. Study on the connection between IP business model and kinds of license

mid- to long term Themes

1. Confidential Maintenance Practices
2. 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) Issue Trade Secret Management Guide Book
   2. (2) Comparative Study on Trade Secret Protection related law and social system in BRICs, KR, and TW
2. Study on Indications and Counterfeingt of configuration of goods at home and abroad
   1. (1) Issue a Practice Manual for Anti-Counterfeits in Asian countries
   2. (2) Considering the valueof Anti-Counterfeits measure
3. Study on Restrain of competitive work and trade at home and abroad
   1. (1) International Regulation Comparison on act of quality misleading

mid- to long term Themes

1. Study on Leaks of Trade Secret and Technical Infoamrion and Managemenet of Export Control
2. Trade Secret Protection in Open-Innovation Era
3. Trade Secret Protection in Global and Information-oriented Era
4. Management for regulation of competition in Global and Information-oriented Era
5. Unfair Competition Regulation Law in Emerging Countries and Practical Business for the Law
6. Trade Regulation Law in foreign 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)"
      • Selecting Useful Articles through Refree Reading
      • Coordinating Autors and Committees
      • Providing Oppportunities for JIPA Expert Committees to report the results of their studies
   2. (2) Editing and Planning the content of the Bulletin for Member-Oriented
      • Select articles which are useful for practical business and plan "Case Law and Practice" series
      • Plan a Well-timed Special Issues

Training Planning Committee

1. Enrich IP practicioners training course from basic to professional
2. Forster IP human resource with business sense
3. Planning and operating Extra Cource which meet timly IP topics
4. Enhance Engineer Cource (For Young Researchers, Manager etc.)
5. Planning and operating IP Training in Overseas
6. Carry out in-committee training for improve the level of Training Plannining Committee

General Affairs & Planning Committee

1. Recommendation on JIPA Policy and Activity to the Executives