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2020

2020/12
Landscape Analysis of Declared 5G Patent Families (published in the Managing IP Winter-issue magazine)
2020/09
Essentiality Report on Wi-Fi 6 Patents
2020/06
Landscape Analysis of Declared 5G Patent Families

2014

2014/03
IPCC awards a prize to NGB IP Research Institute in Patent Search Competition 2013 in Japan

2011

2011/03
Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

2009

2009/07
NGB IP Research Institute Analysis of the Top Patent Assignees of 2008
2009/06
NGB IP Research Institute Analysis of Top 40 Companies Receiving Japanese Patent Publications in 2008

2008

2008/09
Beijing Office Closed
2008/04
NGB Website Renewal

2007

2007/11
NGB held a Chinese Mock Trial
2007/10
NGB exhibited at the AIPLA Annual Meeting (18-20 October 2007, Washington DC)

2006

2006/04
NGB Headquarters Moved (Toranomon East Bldg.7-13, Nishi-Shimbashi 1-chome,Minato-ku, Tokyo)

2005

2005/10
NGB launched "Intellectual Property On-line Auction" Service

2004

2004/12
Japan gets intellectual on property rights (From The Japan Times)
2004/11
NGB held a U.S. Mock Trial
2004/10
Supreme Court says Royalties under US Patents Not Taxable
2004/03
Hitachi Ltd. vs. Yonezawa
Supreme Court says Royalties under US Patents Not Taxable
2004/01
Reasonable Remuneration in the Hitachi Metals Ltd Case

2003

2003/12
Parallel Import into Japan Carry a Duty of Care
2003/09
Development of Recent Japanese IP Cases
[Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Shiratori Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and others]
2003/07
Development of Recent Japanese IP Cases
[K. K. Three M v. Hit Union K. K., and K.K. Senken Shinbunsha]
2003/06
NGB launched "Patent Licensing Organizer" Service
2003/06
Who Says There Is No Future for Japan
2003/05
Development of Recent Japanese IP Cases
[Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. v. Shumpei Tanaka]
2003/03
Development of Recent Japanese IP Cases
[Hitachi Ltd. v. Seiji Yonezawa and others]
2003/01
LES Japan Celebrates its 30th Birthday

2002

2002/09
Development of Recent Japanese IP Cases
2002/09
Japan Issues a Ground Rule for IP Reforms
2002/06
2002 LESI Conference in Osaka Profiles of Japanese Speakers
2002/04
Japan to Launch Drastic Reforms
2002/04
NGB set up Beijing Office