Protecting your IP. With understanding.
Japan is one of the world’s most advanced and influential economies, playing a pivotal role in global innovation. We deeply value the strong, long-standing relationships we’ve built with Japanese businesses and law firms, and we are committed to supporting their success in the UK and Europe.
Our team works closely with Japanese clients to support patent and trade mark filing, prosecution, and portfolio management, helping to protect and maximise the value of Japanese intellectual property internationally.
We are proud to collaborate with a number of trusted Japanese attorneys, and we’ve seen consistent growth in the volume and complexity of work we receive from Japan in recent years.
This work represents a key part of our international practice and reflects Japan’s continued leadership in high-quality innovation and strategic IP development.
We believe the strength of our relationships in Japan is not only a result of the quality of our legal work, but also our cultural awareness and commitment to building trust through clear, responsive, and respectful communication.
What can we do for you?
Patents
- UK and European filing and filing strategies
- UK and European patent prosecution
- Pre-filing advice, including patentability searches
- Landscape searching
- Oppositions and appeals at the EPO and in English courts
- Freedom to operate opinions
- Assignment of patents, and related rights
- Due diligence and portfolio reviews
- IP audits
- Cost projections
Trade marks
- UK and EU Identical, top level and full trade mark register clearance searches
- UK common law searches
- Pre filing advice, including advice on inherent registrability
- UK and EU trade mark registrations
- Preparing and filing responses to UK and EU examination reports
- Preparing and filing responses to provisional refusals issued in relation to UK and EU designations of Madrid Protocol applications
- Oppositions and appeals, invalidation, and cancellation actions at the UKIPO and EUIPO
- Trade mark infringement and passing off
- UK and EU Customs applications
- Trade mark, domain and company name watching services
- Licensing and assignment of trade marks, and related rights
- Due diligence and portfolio reviews
- IP audits
Get in touch with one of our team today to explore how we can help you protect your innovation, your ideas, your business and your world in the UK and the Europe.