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2018 January Issue (Jan. 29, 2018)

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Together with global (IP) law Firm, Murgitroyd, Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law is pleased to present a
half day seminar addressing the cutting edge technologies of Internet of Things (IoT) and 3D printing and theirapplication to IP in Europe and Japan.
The seminar will take place in Tokyo at the Delegation of the European Union on Thursday, 1 March, 2018 from 13:30 with areception from 17:30.
For more information please go to:https://www.eu-japan.eu/events/seminar-internet-things-iot-and-3d-printing-ip-europeanjapanese-comparative-analysis(English)https://www.eu-japan.eu/ja/seminar-internet-things-iot-and-3d-printing-ip-europeanjapanese-comparative-analysis(Japanese)
We hope to see you there!

EU-Japan Technology Transfer Helpdesk launching Survey on Tech Transfer Opportunities for SMEs
The EU-Japan Technology Transfer Helpdesk, a service of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is launching asurvey on Tech Transfer Opportunities for SMEs.
The Helpdesk aims to support EU and Japanese companies and individuals in their search for technologies and understanding
the mechanics of technology transfer transactions, as well as bridging the knowledge gap about current available technologies
from both Japan and the EU. The survey is primarily designed to gauge the interests of SMEs in technology transferopportunities. The results of the survey will be published and publicly available by the end of FY 2017 (April 2018). Provided
e-mail addresses will be kept anonymized"
Link to survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrRD5mR2E5XLwGl0KsZDZPpqNKPnYWfJJQWh2a9HWqjRB4kA/viewform?
c=0&w=1

LATEST IP NEWS IN JAPANJanuary 8 2018
PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Visegrad (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,Slovakia) Patent Institute (VPI)
https://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_visegrad_highway_e.htm
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Japan's intellectual property revenue is soaring
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/japan-s-intellectual-property-revenue-is-soaring
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2018-01-15/P2L2FN6K50XU01?
utm_source=yjp&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=yjp
January 10, 2018
Nintendo sues mobile developper Colopl over patent infringement
https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-nintendo-files-lawsuit-against-col/brief-nintendo-files-lawsuit-against-colopl-for-patentinfringement-disputes-idUSL4N1P52A5
http://www.sankei.com/economy/news/180202/ecn1802020006-n1.html
Unfortunately, only the Japanese article is currently available. If you are interested in this article, please feel free to contact us so that wecan explain in detail.

November 27, 2017
DOCOMO Grants Patent License to Samsung
https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2017/1127_00.html

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