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APRIL 2018

NEWS ABOUT Sonoda & Kobayashi
Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law is celebrating in 2018 its 20th anniversary!
To celebrate this great event, our firm is offering to our members various conferences fromexperts on technological, scientific and sociological progress in Japan and abroad.
The goal is to enhance practical and theoretical knowledge of our team on topics related to andnot related to Intellectual Property.
We will be happy to report on these topics!
Conference on Challenges to tackle antimicrobial resistance,Thursday, April 5th, 2018
In connection with our firm 20th anniversary celebration, we hosted Dr. Yoshiaki GU conference
on April 5th, 2018 about ‘Challenges to tackle antimicrobial resistance’. Dr. GU, from theNational Center of Global Health, has exposed to us the stakes related to resistant bacteria andvirus against medicine.
Indeed, from a medical point of view, it has been observed that bacteria have developed
resistance to our available drugs due to mutations of their gene pool. Those genetictransformations allow them to adapt to hostile environment created by medicine.
Therefore it has been noticed that antibiotics are no longer effective on bacteria. We have forexample observed such a phenomenon concerning influenza. How should we react to such
resistance? The current response is to prescribe other medicine treatment or antibiotics
however bacteria and viruses would definitively succeed in resisting those in the near future
too.
Dr. GU explained how we reached such conclusion through pertinent medical, technologicaland sociologic explanations and has suggested several solutions that could be very useful in thefuture to prevent resistant bacteria such as increasing prevention, improving medical training,reducing pharmaceutical lobbying, and reducing generic drug and antibiotics usage.
For more details on this presentation, please contact us.

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Sonoda & Kobayashi is pleased to announce our next joint Webinar in collaboration withMurgitroyd Munich office about oppositions and nullity actions on Patents – a comparison
between the European and the Japanese systems.
The Webinar is scheduled for April 27th, 2018, at 10:00 am CET.
We would like to invite anyone who is interested in this topic to the Webinar. Please register byApril 26th, filling in the link here.
We look forward to your presence online on Friday, 27 April, 2018.

LATEST IP NEWS IN JAPANWorld Intellectual Property Day : April 26th, 2018
This year, WIPO celebrates women who are driving change in innovation and creativity.
http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/index.html
Invention Day: April 18th, 2018
To celebrate Invention Day 2018, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has created a special poster anda banner showing the importance of Industrial Property Rights system in Japan. They will be
displayed all around the country.

http://www.jpo.go.jp/seido_e/rekishi_e/hatsumeie.htm
Fifth Global Dossier Task Force (GDTF) Meeting, initiatives from April 2018
This year, the Japan Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Office have decided toreinforce their collaboration through the Japan Funds-In-Trust for Industrial Property (JapanFIT/IP), a JPO financing initiative. Three initiatives were decided: Expand target regions ofcooperation (from April 2018); Increase the budget amount (from April 2019); Expand
cooperative efforts (from April 2018). The JPO aims to develop environments to foster
entrepreneurs who have an IP mindset.
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2018/0221_001.html
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The heads of the Japan Patent Office, the European Patent Office and the United States Patentoffice held their annual meeting in Hakone. It was about the 4th Industrial Revolution and newtechnologies, standard essential patents, Artificial Intelligence… The trilateral offices agreed tocontinue standardizing their respective patent laws.
http://www.trilateral.net/news/20180302.html
Canon and Hitachi US patent suits show dramatically different IP enforcement strategies atwork: March 5th, 2018
Two Japanese companies have two very different strategies to protect their patents dependingon where their subsidiaries are implanted.
http://www.iam-media.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=461f4ef4-5f17-4591-a4a3-8f8f01debcb7
Increasing of trademarks applications at the JPO: April 2th, 2018
Since a large part of patents are not used by big companies such as Nissan, Toshiba or Hitachi,
the ‘Kawakasi Model’ was created to allow use of these patents by small and medium sizedenterprises. This model encourages economic growth and diversification.
http://japanip.blogspot.jp/2018/03/japanese-patent-licensing-model-of.html

Thanks to the government’s initiative, large companies support SMEs through patent
licensing: March 24th, 2018
Since a large part of patents are not used by big companies such as Nissan, Toshiba or Hitachi,
the ‘Kawakasi Model’ was created to allow use of these patents by small and medium sizedenterprises. This model encourages economic growth and diversification.
http://japanip.blogspot.jp/2018/03/japanese-patent-licensing-model-of.html
Japan Patent Office Decides “TE’ CON MIEL” (Tea With Honey) Is Distinctive In Relation To
Tea: February 20th, 2018
According to the Japan Patent Office, Japanese people would not translate “TE’ CON MIEL” by
Tea With Honey; therefore the opposition failed. This decision shows the importance oftranslation in patents, trademarks and design applications.
https://www.ip-watch.org/2018/02/20/japan-patent-office-decides-te-con-miel-teahoney-distinctive-relation-tea/
Japan Patent Office Invalidates The Word Mark “Bord’or” In Relation To Bordeaux Wines :January 1th, 2018
French protected designation of origin law has a real impact on the Japan Patent Office’s
judgment.
https://www.ip-watch.org/2018/01/12/jpo-invalidates-word-mark-bordor-relationbordeaux-wines/

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