Course title
特許法   [Patent Law]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 020502
Instructor(s)
瀬津 太朗   [SETSU Taro]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
In this lecture, students learn the laws of intellectual property rights, including patent law. And students will also learn the practice of patent application, patent search and so on.
Because text will be distributed in lecture, student will not need to be prepared.
Expected Learning
(1) Understanding the summary of the intellectual property rightssystemssuch aspatent.
(2) learning how to use patent information useful in research activities in the future.
(3) learning the practical skills that is fundamental such as making a patent application.
Course schedule
Friday,Apr.13 part1 Summary of the Intellectual property system
Self-introduction,summary,
kind of the Intellectual property rights system
Friday,Apr.20 part2 Summary of the Patent system        Summary of the Patent system,flowofthe Patent application
Friday,Apr.27 part3 Patentable invention            Revision,Divisional application,Invention to become the patent
Friday,May.11 part4 Procedure of application for patent    National application, Application to the foreign country
Friday,May.18 part5 The use of the patent information (Patent information search)
 The use of the patent information, Patent information search
Friday,May.25 part6 How to make a description [1]  Matters that require attention at the time of the making of claims,
a description, the drawing, specific example
Friday,Jun.1 part7 How to make a description [2]   Claims being aware of the range of the Patent right
Friday,Jun.8 part8 Novelty, Inventive step [1]   Judgment technique of Novelty and Inventive step, practice
Friday,Jun.15 part9 Novelty, Inventive step [2]   Correspondence to a notice of refusal reason
Friday,Jun.22 part10 Novelty, Inventive step [3]   Revision of the claims for the notice of refusal reason
Saturday,Jun.23 part11 Appeal system, Utility Model Law    Trial for patent invalidation, Trial for correction,
Patent opposition, Utility Model Law,
Friday,Jun.29 part12 Design Law, Trademark Law   Design Law, Trademark Law
Friday,Jul.6 part13 Utilization of intellectual property License (Exclusive license, Non-exclusive license),
Utilization at the university
Friday,Jul.13 part14 Employee's invention, Rights of inventor Employee's invention, Rights of inventor
Friday,Jul.20 part15 Patent right, Infringement, Conclusion   Patent right, doctrine of equivalents, Infringement
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
It is distributed in lecture.
References
2017 intellectual property rights system briefing session (product for beginners) text
2016 intellectual property rights system briefing session (product for practitioners) text
http://www.jpo.go.jp/oshirase/event/setumeikai/setumeikai-text/index.html
Assessment/Grading
You will be evaluated from homework, midterm report and final report in a comprehensive manner.
Message from instructor(s)
Subject name is "patent law", but You also learn intellectual property rights system widely.
Course keywords
patent, invention, intellectual property rights, Japan Patent Office, Intellectual Property High Court
Office hours
I accept e-mail if you have any questions.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
Japan Patent Office HP http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm Japan Platform for Patent Information https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/web/all/top/BTmTopEnglishPage
Lecture Language
Language Subject
Last update
3/27/2018 11:54:18 AM