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Issue #59（April 2017） [PDF:309KB]

1. 1. IP High Court Applied Doctrine of Equivalents in Pharmaceutical Field First Time Ever Hiroki Saito
   2. 2017 LES Japan General AssemblyKazuaki Okimoto
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama

Issue #58（December 2016） [PDF:112KB]

1. 1. Intellectual Property Battle Between a Japanese Small-Sized Company and AppleHisashi Watanabe
   2. Use of JP Post-Grant Opposition SystemHideko Mihara
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama

Issue #57（August 2016） [PDF:538KB]

1. 1. Drastic Update related to Inventive step in“Examination Guidelines” and “Examination Handbook” for Patent and Utility Model in JapanHisashi Watanabe
   2. A Turning Point in IP Education in JapanJinzo Fujino
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama
   4. LES Japan 39th Annual Summer Conference 2016 in MatsuyamaMitsuo Kariya

Issue #56（April 2016） [PDF:176KB]

1. 1. Drastic Update related to Inventive step in“Examination Guidelines” and “Examination Handbook” for Patent and Utility Model in JapanHisashi Watanabe
   2. A Turning Point in IP Education in JapanJinzo Fujino
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama
   4. LES Japan 39th Annual Summer Conference 2016 in MatsuyamaMitsuo Kariya

Issue #55（December 2015） [PDF:362KB]

1. 1. 2015 Asia Pacific Student Business Plan Contest Japan team was honored againShingo Tsuda
   2. Strengthened Trade Secret Protection in Japan 2015 Unfair Competition Prevention Act RevisionMitsuo Kariya
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama

Issue #54（July 2015） [PDF:1MB]

1. 1. Pravastatin Sodium Case, Product-by-Process Claiming Practice: Supreme Court Overrules the Grand Panel of the IP High CourtShoichi Okuyama
   2. LES Japan 38th Annual Summer Conference 2015 in SendaiMitsuo Kariya
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama

Issue #53（March 2015） [PDF:574KB]

1. 1. Hello Again: JP Post-Grant Opposition SystemHideko Mihara
   2. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama
   3. The 2015 LES Japan General MeetingMitsuo Kariya

Issue #52（December 2014） [PDF:380KB]

1. 1. Third Time’s the Charm for LES JapanIchiro Nakatomi
   2. Industry-University Cooperation Activity at TMUSatoru Niimura
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama
   4. The LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2014Mitsuo Kariya

Issue #51（July 2014） [PDF:244KB]

1. 1. “IP Bridge” ? Strategic IP UtilizationShigeharu Yoshii
   2. Samsung v. Apple Decision by IP High Court Grand PanelShoichi Okuyama
   3. Shrimp Disease Kit Wins the Student Biz Plan ContestJinzo Fujino
   4. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama
   5. LES Japan 37th Annual Summer Conference 2014 in OkinawaMitsuo Kariya

Issue #50（April 2014） [PDF:165KB]

1. 1. Greetings from the New PresidentIchiro Nakatomi
   2. LESJ’s Amicus Brief on Apple v. SamsungJinzo Fujino
   3. IP News from JapanShoichi Okuyama

Issue #49（January 2014） [PDF:169KB]

1. 1. Amicus Briefs in Japan?Current Status of Apple and Samsung Patent LitigationShoichi Okuyama
   2. Nine Years as an Editor-in Chief of“Winds from Japan”Kazuaki Okimoto

Issue #48（September 2013） [PDF:400KB]

1. 1. Obituary; Dr. MifuneMasau Takayanagi
   2. The Passing of Dr. A MifuneYoichiro Iwasaki
   3. “Though we have lost Mifune-san,his legacy lives on in WINDS”Jinzo Fujino
   4. My Mentor, Dr. Akira MifuneShoichi Okuyama
   5. 36th LES Japan Summer Symposium in ShimaneKazuaki Okimoto

Issue #47（June 2013） [PDF:306KB]

1. 1. Making a New Step by Returning to the Starting Point of the Licensing Executives Society (LES)Katsumi Harashima
   2. Exerting Control Over Applicable Prior Art In Transitional US Patent Applications Under The AIAJacob Doughty

Issue #46（December 2012） [PDF:618KB]

1. 1. Discussions on Patent Pools from “Mobile Computing (including IP Issues of Smart phone)” at LES Asia Pacific Regional ConferenceTetsuyuki Watanabe
   2. Report of the LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2012 in TokyoJunko Sugimura
   3. 1st LES Asian Student Business Plan Competition Finals 2012 Hotel Okura, Tokyo, September 3, 2012Ichiro Nakatomi

Issue #45（November 2012） [PDF:612KB]

1. 1. Correction on each of multiple Claims can be Individually requested ? 2011 Patent Act RevisionMitsuo KARIYA
   2. 35th LES Japan Group Summer Symposium in NaganoKazuaki OKIMOTO

Issue #44（May 2012） [PDF:258KB]

1. 1. Greeting from new presidentKatsumi Harashima
   2. IP News from Japan
      Prominent Authors Sue Scanning Services Companies
      The Grand Panel Provides an Interpretation of Product-by-Process Claims
      Judge Iimura Becomes the Head of the IP High CourtShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #43（November 2011） [PDF:398KB]

1. 1. Recent Supreme Court Decision [Hei 20 (Gyo-hi) os. 324 to 326]relating to Patent Term Extension System in JapanTakumi TERACHI
   2. Recent amendments to the Patent Act of Japan
      1.Where a Licensed Patent Right Has Been Transferred - Protection of Non-Exclusive Licensees(Art. 99)
      2.Where a Patent Application Has Been Filed by Non-Entitled Persons - Protection of True Inventors (Art.74)
      3.Where a JPO Panel Decision to Invalidate a Patent Has Been Appealed to IP High Court - Prohibition of Filing with JPO an Action to Amend the Scope of Patent (Art. 126(2))
      4.Where a Court Judgment in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Became Final and Biding - Limitation of Retrial (Art. 104-4)
      5.Where an Invention Becomes Publicly Known As a Result of Proprietor’s Own Act - Exception to Lack of Novelty of Invention (Art. 30(2))
      6.Where a Registered Trademark is Extinguished (e.g.,Nullified, Invalidated) - Abolition of One Year Waiting Period for Application to Register the Identical or Similar Trademark (Art. 4(1)(xiii) of the Trademark Act)Miyuka NISHI

Issue #42（February 2011） [PDF:1MB]

1. 1. Topic presented at the 2010 LES Germany Meeting “R&D Cooperation between Industry and Universities in Japan”Yoshiaki YAHAGI
   2. IP News from Japan
      Supreme Court Orders Stop of Location-Free TV Services
      Another Batch of Amendments in Sight for the Patent Act
      The Yakult Bottle found Registrable as a 3D TrademarkShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #41（October 2010） [PDF:495KB]

1. 1. Toward Higher “LES ROI”Junichi YAMAZAKI
   2. Propagating Green Technology: A Japan Intellectual Property Association ProposalNaoto KUJICynthia CANNADY
   3. IP News from Japan
      Law Schools and Students Face Headwinds
      Fourteen-Year-Old Arrested for Copyright Violations
      Ex-employee-Inventor Scores a Second WinShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #40（July 2010） [PDF:376KB]

1. 1. Should Allowability of Corrections be examined for Individual Claims? -Post 2008 Supreme Court DecisionMitsuo KARIYA
   2. IP News from Japan
      Some Interesting Statistics
      JPO Prepares for Amendments of the Patent ActShoichi OKUYAMA
   3. “Around the World with LES April 26, 2010,” supporting “World IP Day” of WIPOKazuaki OKIMOTO

Issue #39（November 2009） [PDF:81KB]

1. 1. Heightened Due Diligence by Licensees?-A Misconception about a Licensed Patent May Not Nullify the License Agreement-Kei KONISHI
   2. “Post 2010 patent expiry. Strategies and challenges for pharmaceutical companies”Bruno ROSSI
   3. IP News from Japan
      Generics Fight IP Headwinds
      Qualcomm Dealt with a C&D Order by JFTC
      Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Starts with Huge FundingShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #38（July 2009） [PDF:256KB]

1. 1. UNPRECEDENTED IP HIGH COURT’S JUDGMENTS ON INVENTIVE STEPJunichi YAMAZAKI
   2. Robots and Intellectual Property at the IRT Research Initiative, University of TokyoHiro IIDA
   3. IP News from Japan
      Major Changes Quietly Introduced
      Law Schools Shrink
      New Approach toward Inventive Step Emerging?
      Rights Organization Hit by the FTC and Fights BackShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #37（April 2009） [PDF:245KB]

1. 1. Life Cycle Management of Drugs and Patent System in JapanHiroko EJIRI　Takumi TERACHI
   2. An informative joint meeting was held in Tokyo by Life Sciences Sector Members of LES USA/Canada and LES JapanIchiro NAKATOMI
   3. IP News from Japan
      Copyright Law to be Amended
      Tokyo District Court Orders Injunction on "Magicon"
      The Japanese Patent Law Will Be Entirely RewrittenShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #36（December 2008） [PDF:111KB]

1. 1. A rebound into a real economy, globally, may come from technical licenses in JapanToshihiko KANAYAMA
   2. Should Allowability of Correction be examined for Individual Claims? -Supreme Court DecisionMitsuo KARIYA
   3. IP News from Japan
      Results of 2008 Patent Attorney Exam
      Pirated Livestock and PlantsShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #35（October 2008） [PDF:224KB]

1. 1. Revision of License Registration System by Amendment of Patent Law and Other IP-related ActsTomoko FUKUDA
   2. Coca-Cola Bottle is Registrable as a 3D TrademarkJinzo FUJINO
   3. IP News from Japan
      Stay Home for Examination Work
      New JPO Commissioner Appointed on July 11,2008
      "Dubbing Ten" Starts Suddenly on July 4, 2008
      Another Defeat for Broadcasters in Fight against
      Location-Free TV Services
      Other similar cases with different outcomes
      Supreme Court Renders Two Patent Decisions
      Too late to defend
      Change the procedural practice
      The Grand Panel of the IP High Court Renders its Fourth Decision
      Changes foreseen in amendment practiceShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #34（June 2008） [PDF:224KB]

1. 1. ~ Greetings from the New President ~ My Mission as the LES Japan PresidentMasau TAKAYANAGI
   2. A Vehicle to a More Active IP Market Place? -Reform of the Patent License Registration System in JapanKei KONISHI
   3. IP News from Japan
      Trademark fees drastically reduced starting June 1, 2008
      Apple cleared for use of the “iPhone” in Japan
      University patent applications nearly quadruple in three years
      Infringement win rate for patentees improves
      Worries about trademarking in ChinaShoichi OKUYAMA

Issue #33（February 2008） [PDF:252KB]

1. 1. Recent Status and Problems of Patent Appeals and Trials: Effects of Recent Reforms in the JPO Appeal System and of Recent Judiciary Reforms (2003-2007), Including the Establishment of an IP High CourtShinjiro ONO
   2. Hindsight or Inventiveness? -A Japanese PerspectiveJinzo FUJINO
   3. IP News from Japan
      Changes coming for patents and trademarks in Japan
      Mr. Takagi runs for the head of WIPO
      Saga of employee inventors goes on
      Patent Prosecution Highway is now establishedShoichi OKUYAMA