Looking at your ideas from every possible angle

The attorneys of Kyoto Kitayama are experts in intellectual property law. It is our mission to provide timely service of the highest quality.

At Kyoto Kitayama, our top priority is our clients. We assess your needs and work with you to set goals and determine how to get the greatest benefit from your intellectual property. We share your goal of getting your ideas out into the world for the broadest benefit. We can provide support for the entire life-cycle of your project.

The professionals at Kyoto Kitayama are here to answer your questions about the patent application process, litigation, and arbitration. We also help create strategies for intellectual property development. Please send us your questions today.

Kyoto Kitayama partners with intellectual property firms worldwide to meet the international business and legal needs of our clients. These partners fine-tune the process to provide legal services for local markets. We are able to assist our clients who have business interests and legal needs in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia.

Kyoto Kitayama is here to help you set up contracts, license the products of research and development, and establish businesses which will make best advantage of your inventions.

Service

  • UTILITY PATENT AND UTILITY MODEL PATENT APPLICATION

    UTILITY PATENT AND UTILITY MODEL PATENT APPLICATION

    The professionals at Kyoto Kitayama provide extensive business and technical consultations – we want to help you maximize both the return on and protection of your intellectual property. Our experienced patent attorneys will assist you throughout the application process.

  • DESIGN PATENT APPLICATION

    DESIGN PATENT APPLICATION

    Our patent attorneys will protect not only your inventions, but also your designs. We have obtained hundreds of design patents on features of products, and will provide advice to leverage your design to full advantage.

  • APPLICATION FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

    APPLICATION FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

    Many businesses are unaware of their intellectual property or how to protect it. If a trademark owner does not hold registrations for their marks, they may be easily copied by unscrupulous competitors. The lack of registration can permit inferior products to be widely marketed, which decreases the value of your IP and sacrifices consumer trust. Kyoto Kitayama assists you in preparing the applications for trademarks which will protect your business.

  • INTERMEDIATE PROCESS,<br />LITIGATION, REVOCATION SUIT

    INTERMEDIATE PROCESS,
    LITIGATION, REVOCATION SUIT

    Many complex applications require submittal, feedback analysis, refinement, re-submittal, and interpretation of rejection notices. Here at Kyoto Kitayama we are well-versed in communications with the Patent Office and can minimize what can otherwise become a lengthy negotiation.

  • PATENT INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION

    PATENT INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION

    Our team includes experienced lawyers who specialize in intellectual property cases. We work to protect you from patent infringement. If infringement occurs on your utility patent, utility model patent, design patent, trademark, or copyright, Kyoto Kitayama will file, represent, and support your lawsuit.

  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTATION<br /><span>(STRATEGIZATION, LICENSING, ...ETC.)</span>

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTATION
    (STRATEGIZATION, LICENSING, ...ETC.)

    The professionals at Kyoto Kitayama will not only support your patent application process, but will also consider the whole picture of your business and R&D strategy and perform an intellectual property consultation. We are also highly experienced in technology licensing and joint research agreements.

  • RESEARCH

    RESEARCH

    It is important to research and consider similar ideas and relevant lawsuits before filing a patent for your invention. The experienced patent attorneys of Kyoto Kitayama will help you to search for protected creative works that resemble your invention and also provide advice through the process.

International Services

Developing your IP and brand strategy, and taking it from Japan to the rest of the world!

We can take care of all your needs for any international patent application, whether you file under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) or separately under the Paris Convention, through our associated foreign firms in more than a dozen countries.

We offer a wide variety of expertise in application processing, unfair competition prevention law, copyright law, appraisals, and requests for interpretation. We also provide services such as ongoing legal advice, in-house training, and support for advisory contract clients.