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2017 October Issue (Nov. 16, 2017)

Announcement from Sonoda & Kobayashi

Announcement from Sonoda & Kobayashi
1. Sonoda & Kobayashi provided a WEBINAR concerning Intellectual Property
and Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality on Oct. 27, 2017. You can see therecorded WEBINAR at http://www.eu-jp-tthelpdesk.eu/library/video/lastwebinars/webinar-15-intellectual-property-and-the-vrar-environments/
2, Sonoda & Kobayashi ran a booth at the 2017 Patent Information Fair &Conference, which took place November 8-10 (Wed-Fri) in Tokyo at the ScienceMuseum, Kitanomaru Park. Some of the newsletter subscribers kindly visited
our booth at the Patent Fair. We would like to express our gratitude to such
visitors for visiting our booth.

LATEST IP NEWS IN JAPANNovember 2, 2017

Mitsubishi Electric Settles IPR Lawsuit with German Hand Dryer Company.
http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2017/1102-b.html

November 1, 2017

A dispute over music copyright fees still continues between JASRAC (TheJapanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) and music
schools. JASRAC sent a letter to request payment of music copyright fees to allmusic schools in Japan. Some of the music schools in the lawsuit with JASRAC
calls on other music schools not to accept the request.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/jasrac/
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shizuoka/20171101/CK2017110102000105.html

October 19, 2017

IP Bridge announces new $50m fund in Malaysia as it continues ASEAN push.
http://www.iam-media.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=14dc77ee-8f01-46ed-80bf55fefd0c49f0

October 19, 2017

Bank of America Seeks Patent for Blockchain Processing System.
https://www.coindesk.com/bank-america-seeks-patent-protection-blockchainprocessing-system/
https://www.coindesk.com/rate-blockchain-patent-applications-nearly-doubled2017/https://www.coindesk.com/bank-america-filed-20-blockchain-patents-already/

October 3, 2017
Digital home entertainment services and solutions provider, TiVo Inc.
recently renewed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) agreementwith Sony Corporation. However, the financial terms of the deal were
kept under wraps.
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/tivo-sony-renew-intellectual-propertylicensing-agreement-cm854476
http://www.sankei.com/economy/news/171003/prl1710030042-n1.html

September 25, 2017
FujiFilm files new 337 complaint regarding certain magnetic data
storage tapes II .

http://www.itcblog.com/fujifilm-files-new-337-complaint-regarding-certain-magnetic-data-storage-tapes-ii
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/01/16/sony-files-patent-infringement-fujifilmmagnetic-tape-media/id=76649/
https://www.law360.com/articles/960395/itc-judge-finds-sony-infringed-fujifilmstorage-patents
http://www.iam-media.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?g=99064d1c-663f-4f40-bf4fafd3c81c09c7

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