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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Intellectual Property counsel often face the dilemma of when to file a patent application: as soon as possible, or wait and gather more support? Filing an application “early” helps to avoid anticipatory prior art but if the application is filed too early, the applicant may risk rejections during examination for lack of supportive evidence. On the other hand, if the application is filed too late, the applicant may lose the priority...

After experiencing the consulting, localization and ISO industries, Osamu William Yanaka joined the firm in November 2013. Q1 : What brought you to Sonoda & Kobayashi? I used to be in the localization industry managing localization (translation) projects of users manuals. Sometimes I had to handle about 20 languages at a time. As I worked very closely with technical writers, I started to study English technical writing myself. After acquiring basic skills of technical writing, I gained the des...

“The Song of the Pipa Player” On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress (China’s top legislature) passed the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law, which will become effective on June 1, 2021 (“Effective Date”). As I was digesting the news and browsing through the 29 newly published changes made to the previous version of the Chinese Patent Law, which was passed in 2008, a line from “The Song of the Pipa Player”, a popular poem...