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															| PREPARATION, FILING AND PROSECUTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |  
															|  |  Patents (Domestic and Foreign including PCT-Applications) |  
															|  |  Utility Models (Domestic and Foreign) |  
															|  |  Trademarks and Service Marks (Domestic and foreign including International Registration) |  
															|  |  Designs (Domestic and foreign) |  
															|  |  Protection of software, Copyrights, semiconductor chip-configuration, etc |  
 
													
														
															| ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTED OR REGISTERED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |  
															|  |  Annuity payments of Patents, Utility Models, and Designs |  
															|  |  Renewals of Trademarks |  
															|  |  Assignments, etc. |  
															|  |  Extension of Patent protection terms (only for medicines and agrochemicals). |  
 
													
														
															| DISPUTES ON PATENTABILITY/REGISTABILITY |  
															|  |  Offering of novelty-bar material |  
															|  |  Oppositions against Trademarks |  
															|  |  Nullity suits against Patents, Utility Models, and Designs |  
															|  |  Invalidation and Cancellation Trials for Trademarks |  
														
															| ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION RIGHTS (LITIGATION and ARBITRATION) |  
															|  |  Infringement suits and Arbitration relating to Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Unfair Competition Law, Copyright Law, etc. |  
														
															| OPINIONS 
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															|  |  Opinions on Patentability (Registrability) of Inventions, Trademarks, Designs; Validity Opinions; Evaluations and Opinions on Scope of Protection and Possibility of Infringement.
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															| LICENSING AND CONTRACTING 
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															|  |  Negotiations and Preparation of Contracts concerning: |  
															|  | Patents, Trademarks, Designs, and Know-how (e.g. License Contracts, Know-how Contracts) |  
														
															| SEARCHES AND TRANSLATIONS |  
															|  |  Researching the present status and file history of Patents, Patent Applications, Trademarks etc. |  
															|  |  Bibliographical information on Patents or Patent Applications from applicant's name, IPC classification, priority data, etc. |  
															|  |  Subject matter and/or keyword searches on particular technical fields or terminology. 
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															|  |  International Patent family searches. |  
															|  |  Searches for prior Trademark Registrations and Applications, including similarity searches. |  
															|  |  Watching or monitoring of Patents or Trademarks by classification, applicant's or owner's name, subject matter or goods, etc. |  
															|  |  Translation of Intellectual property-related documents (e.g., patent gazettes). |  
 
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