Satisfaction for All our Clients-Japan and Abroad
There are two kinds of firms that represent foreign Clients before the Japanese Patent Office: firms whose main business representing foreign Clients and who have only a few Japanese Clients and firms whose business includes both foreign and domestic Clients. Firms that principally represent foreign Clients before the JPO are mainly long established, larger firms. Soei, on the other hand, is a young firm that has grown rapidly handling domestic and international applications for our Japanese Clients along with representing the interests of foreign Clients in Japan. As a result of representing Clients with a wide range of interests, we have accumulated valuable experience and know-how that better enable us to help all our Clients achieve their intellectual property goals.
Domestic Client Service Group -Patent
Soei has gained valuable experience providing advice on intellectual property strategies to well-known Japanese multinational corporations and cutting-edge businesses. Our success in filing and prosecuting their applications has further enhanced our reputation as a patent and law firm that combines superior Services with a thorough understanding of technology.
Domestic Client Service Group -Design
When new systems are introduced into the Japanese intellectual property practice, Soei works quickly to discover the new opportunities and pitfalls they contain. We then advise our Clients on how to take advantage of new systems such as the partial design system and the associated design system.
Domestic Client Service Group -Trademark
In the Japanese practice, trademark rights arise from registration (Registration Principle). But a comprehensive search and careful analysis of the results before filing a new application for a trademark or Services mark are essential first steps to obtaining a registration quickly and efficiently.
Representing many Clients in high tech industries and assisting a large advertising agency develop trademarks for its Clients have made our investigative skill and ability to evaluate the availability of a proposed mark among the best in Japan and have given us extensive experience in the international classification of goods.
At Soei, our foreign Clients are able to benefit from our experience handling a balance of domestic and international cases.
First, before assigning members of our staff to the International Client Services Group, we have then gain experience in the Domestic Client Services Group. Only after they have broad experience serving our Japanese Clients and are able to provide them with high quality Services do we allow them to begin working with the International Client Services Group.
Second, the members of the International Client Services Group are able to rely on the cooperation of our Domestic Client Services Group to advise them on the latest intellectual property strategies adopted by Japanese corporations in response to ongoing developments in the Japanese intellectual property practice.
Because we are able to provide professional Services to our foreign Clients based on the experience and strategic thinking of local corporations actively involved in the day-to-day developments of the Japanese intellectual property practice, we are able to provide Advice and Services that are superior to that of firms whose primary business is the representation of foreign Clients seeking to localize their worldwide intellectual property position.