2010.08.31
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Trademark Cancellation Lawsuit
in Intellectual Property High Court.
Click here for the court decision

2010.11.01
Takanori ABE will give a lecture in English on "Crisis Communication
in Medical Accidents from Lawyer's Point of View" at University
of Tokyo School of Medicine.
See below.
http://www.urmpm.org/JCrisisMan2010/J-pro.html

2010.08.30
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to draft an Internal Incident
Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and
Environmental Medicine.

2010.08.22
Takanori ABE joined CONSENSUS ENGINE, Digestive Organ Cancer
"Pros and Cons of Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Large Intestine" and
introduced the role of Clinical Practice Guidelines in medical malpractice
lawsuits.

2010.08.04
Takanori ABE was listed as Competent Litigator in August 2010
"The Lawyers' magazine".

2010.06.02
Takanori ABE was interviewed by the "The Lawyers' magazine".
The article was posted on June 2010 "The Lawyers' magazine".

2010.05
Takanori ABE attended the Bench Trial and Summary Judgment Hearing
of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Maryland.

2010.05.21
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Design Patent Infringement Lawsuit at
Osaka High Court.
Click here for the court decision

2010.04.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Visiting Professor of Osaka University
Graduate School of Medicine (medical law and intellectual property law)

2010.02.05
Takanori ABE translated the artcile written by Shirley Morrigan and
S. Lynn McClelland titled "Quality of care and peer review: A delicate balance".
Please click here for the article.

2009.12.19
Takanori ABE's class of "Medical Law" "Intellectual Property Law" at
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine has finished.
Please click here for a picture.

2009.12.11
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to draft an Internal Incident
Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at National
Hospital Organization Kinki Division.

2009.12.10
Takanori ABE translated the artcile written by Judge McKelvie, Mr. Frankel, Ms. Kwong titled "Nine Unanswered Questions After In re Seagate Technology LLC".
The article surveys Underwater Devices, Knorr-Bremse, EchoStar, and Seagate, and discusses nine unanswered questions after Seagate.
Please click here for the article.

2009.12.10
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to draft an Internal Incident
Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and
Environmental Medicine.

2009.11.19
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Two Patent Cancellation
Lawsuits inIntellectual Property High Court.
Click here for the court decision 1.
Click here for the court decision 2.

2009.11.10
Takanori ABE translated the artcile written by Judge McKelvie, Ms. Miller and Mr. Sethi titled "Seagate Plus Two".
The article analyzed cases rendered 2 years after Seagate and compared the cases in the first year and second year.
Please click here for the article.

2009.10.30
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Medicine and Intellectual Property”
at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.

2009.10.27
Takanori ABE took students of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine to criminal and civil medical malpractice cases.

2009.10.23
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to draft an Internal Incident
Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" , "Medicine and
Law- Japan and U.S. Comparison" at Osaka University Graduate
School of Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine.

2009.10.10
Takanori ABE translated Mr. Chartove's article titled
"In re Kubin- How to overcome obviousness rejections in a post-KSR world-”
Please click here for the article.

2009.10.08
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent Lawsuit in Osaka
District Court.
Click here for the court decision

2009.10.07
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Battle in Foreign Culture" at Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social and
Environmental Medicine.
See below.
http://www.abe-law.com/091007ibunka.pdf
http://www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/jp/seminer/index.html

2009.09.11
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Current Situation and Counter
Measure for International IP Litigation- focus on U.S. Patent Litigation-"
at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation.
See below.
http://www.jiiiosaka.jp/kokusaichizai.htm

2009.09.01
Takanori ABE was appointed as a researcher of Japan Patent Attorney's
Association Central Intellectual Property Research Institute.

2009.08
Takanori ABE attended the Summary Judgment Hearing of U.S. patent
infringement litigation in Maryland.

2009.08.27
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent and Design Patent
Infringement Lawsuit in Osaka District Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2009.08.05
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to draft an Internal Incident
Report for Medical Accidents- Perspectives from Law" at University of
Tokyo School of Medicine.
See below.
http://www.jsrmpm.org/PatSafe2009Summer/prog.html

2009.07
Takanori ABE made a business trip to New York.

2009.07.15
Takanori ABE translated Judge McKelvie's article titled "Forum Selection
in Patent Litigation: A Traffic Report".
Judge McKelvie analyzes where plaintiffs bring patent infringement suits
and observes the Eastern District of Texas has become the patent
litigation jurisdiction of choice and trend toward concentrating patent
infringement litigation in a few districts continues and is increasing.
Please click here for the article.

2009.07.01
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “International License Agreement in
the U.S. and Japan- Basic Concepts and Provisions” at Japan Institute
of Invention and Innovation.

2009.06.18
Takanori ABE gave a speech on “Patients’ Violence in Hospital-Countermeasure based on Case Laws” at Suita Municipal Hospital.

2009.06.18
Takanori ABE gave a speech on “Current Situation and Future Perspectives of Global Patent Infringment Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2009.06.10
Takanori ABE translated Judge McKelvie and Ms. Miller's article titled
"Seagate Plue One".
The article analyzed 40 cases rendered after Seagate and stated
the practice of willful infringement.
Please click here for the article.

2009.05
"Taiwan Intellectual Property Litigation", Japan Patent Office consigned
to Interchange Association Japan, was published on JPO website.
We have taken in charge of "Chapter 5 Comparison with IP Litigation in
Japan".
The article is posted on below JPO website.
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi/mohouhin/mohouhin2/manual/manual.htm

2009.05
Takanori ABE made a business trip to Australia.

2009.04
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Philadelphia

2009.04.17
Takanori ABE started a lecture on medical law at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.

2009.03.24
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent Infringement
Lawsuit against Morrison & Foerster in Osaka District
Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2009.02.24
"Message from the Professors and Students" of Medical Law and Intellectual Property Classes at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine was posted on the program's website.
See below.
http://www.msc.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/koe.html

2009.02.18
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Insurance Lawsuit in
Shimonoseki District Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2009.02.02
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Patients’ Violence in Hospital- Countermeasure based on Case Laws” at Osaka Prefecture Hospital Association (248 participants from 96 hospitals).
Click here for pictures.

2009.01
Takanori ABE made a business trip to Chicago

2008.12
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Palo Alto

2008.12
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Los Angels

2008.12.11
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Global Patent Litigation” at Osaka University Graduate School of Law

2008.12.08
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “International License Agreement in the
U.S. and Japan- Basic Concepts and Provisions” at Japan Institute of
Invention and Innovation

2008.11.07
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Medicine and Intellectual Property” at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

2008.11
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Atlanta

2008.10
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Chicago

2008.10
Takanori ABE is appointed as a lecturer of Osaka University Graduate School of Law

2008.06
Takanori ABE observed the oral hearing of Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa (en banc) at CAFC, Washington D.C.

2008.06.19
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2008.05
Takanori ABE was chosen as the “China Watcher in Japan” by 21st China Research Institute

2008.05.08
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent Infringement
Lawsuit in Osaka District Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2008.04
Takanori ABE Attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Jackson

2008.04.21
Takanori ABE co-authored a book titled “Medical Management” (Nikkei Medical Kaihatsu Publishing)

2008.04.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (medical law and intellectual property law)

2008.04
Takanori ABE met with Professor Han and Dr. Yang of Renmin University of China Law School. The meeting was
introduced on Renmin University’s website

2008.03.21
Takanori ABE attended an oral hearing at IP High Court for the Patent Case, a 5th En Banc Case in Japan

2008.03
Takanori ABE attended the Markman Hearing of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Maryland

2008.01/02
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Introduction of Medical Law and Intellectual Patent Law” at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

2008.02.25
Takanori ABE co-lectured on “U.S. Patent Litigation” at Kansai Patent Seminar

2008.01
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in San Diego

2008.01
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Seattle

2008.01
Takanori ABE made a business trip to Germany and France

2008.01.10
IP High Court designated our Patent Case as the 5th En Banc case in Japan

2008.01.10
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Commissioner, Model Enterprize Analyzing Patient’s Death relating to Medical Examination, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

2007.12
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Seoul, Korea

2007.10/11
Takanori ABE attended the three-week jury trial of U.S. patent infringement litigation in San Francisco, including jury selection, opening statement, witness examination, closing argument, jury instruction and verdict

2007.10
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation at the Consulate General of the United States, Osaka

2007.10.11
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “License in the U.S. and Japan” at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation

2007.09
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Los Angeles

2007.09
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Hawaii

2007.06
Takanori ABE attended the oral proceedings (“interview with the examiner”) for Taiwan patent cancellation case at Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

2007.03
Takanori ABE attended the deposition of U.S. patent infringement litigation in Guam

2007.01
Takanori ABE attended the mediation of U.S. patent infringement litigation in San Francisco

2006.09
Takanori ABE attended the negotiation meeting with American firm for the Japan patent infringement case in San Francisco

2005.10
Takanori ABE attended the court hearing for provisional injunction case regarding Taiwan patent infringement case at Taipei District Court in Taiwan

2007.10.11
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “License in the U.S. and Japan” at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation

2007.06.18
Takanori ABE co-authored a book titled “Intellectual Property License Agreement- Theory and Practice”

2007.07.12
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2007.06.26
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Secretary General of China Patent Cooperative Association

2007.04.27
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Global Patent Litigation - What Business People should know about IP -” at IUJ Business School (English Speech)

2006.12.16
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "U.S. Health Law & Intellectual Property law Education-Two Classes of Scientific Technology and Law-" at Osaka University International Symposium “Legal Education and Ethical Issues in Science and Technology”

2006.11.18
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Medicine and Intellectual Property- Intellectual Property, Gene Therapy, and Tailor Made Medicine" at Medical Management Program, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2006)

2006.09.17-09.18
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Legislation and Administrative Regulations of Biobank Japan Project for Personalized Medicine　-Collection, Preservation, and Research of Materials--" at 2006 ELSI Symposium “Reexamining the ELSI Implication of Biobanking-A Cross Culture Perception” at Taiwan (English speech)
(international conference by specialists of biobank from the U.S., U.K, Iceland, Sweden, Japan, Estonia, Singapore, Swiss, etc organized by Ministry of Health and Academia Sinica in Taiwan and co-sponsored by Taiwan Medical Association, Taipei Bar Association, and National Tsing Hua University)

2006.09.11
Takanori ABE authored an article titled “What you need to know about International Transaction Agreements with Foreign Companies (Europe and Asia) ?” on “Business Advisory Office”

2006.08.21/09.08
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “License in the U.S. and Japan” at Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation

2006.07
Takanori ABE co-authored a book titled ““Legal Issues in Medicine for Medical Practitioners- From Privacy Act to Medical Patent”, (Japan Medical Planning)

2006.07.10
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2006.06.27
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Intellectual Property” at ELSI Committee, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Personalized Medicine Project’ of The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

2006.06.16
ABE Law & Patent Firm won International Commercial
Lawsuit representing Taiwanese company in
Yokohama District Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2006.06.08
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “The State of US Litigation” for law students of Osaka University Graduate School of the Law who visited our firm

2006.06.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Commissioner, Education Evaluation Committee, Osaka Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Intellectual Property

2006.10
Takanori ABE will start a lecture on “Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property” at the Faculty of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology

2006.04
Takanori ABE will start a lecture on “Research on Intellectual Property in Global Markets” at the Faculty of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology
Will use mock trial for teaching method and discuss Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. to understand expression/idea dichotomy. See below pictures.
Will discuss Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. to understand patent exhaustion doctrine.

　　

2006.04.27
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Trademark Cancellation Lawsuit in Intellectual Property High Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2006.02.28
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent License Lawsuit in Intellectual Property High Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2006.02.22
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "How to Cope with U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation" at Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing & Industrial Association

2006.02.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Commissioner, Stem Cell Research Committee, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

2006.02.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as a
Commissioner, Human Genome Research Committee, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

2006.01.13
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "P2P Technology and Copyright- How to Balance Advancement of Technology and Copyright Protection-" at International Movie Contents Association

2005.12
Takanori ABE supervised to translate "Chinese Patent Infringement; comparison with U.S. Patent Law and Cases ", Toyo Hoki Publishing

2005.12.06
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Legal and Ethical Issues of Gene Therapy" at Japan National Center for Child Health and Development

2005.12.01
Takanori ABE is appointed as Commissioner, Gene Therapy Clinical Research Committee, Japan National Center for Child Health and Development

2005.11.28
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2005.10.26
Takanori ABE participated as a panelist and a moderator in Aoyama & Partners’ 40th Anniversary Symposium "Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation: Reconsidering the Traditional Territoriality Principle" panel discussion: titled as "Utilization and Protection of IP Rights in a Borderless Era" Panelists from US, UK, Germany, France, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan

2005.10.25
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Current Situation and Future Perspective of Foreign Patent Infringement Suit in Japan, U.S., Europe, and Asia ? What Japanese Company Should Prepare?- " at Aoyama & Partners’ 40th Anniversary Symposium

2005.10.21
ABE Law & Patent Firm won Patent License Lawsuit in Tokyo District Court.
Click here for the court decision.

2005.09.29/10.27
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "The Method of Reading US Case Law, KP Permanent Make-Up Inc. v. Lasting Impression I Inc. " at Japan Trademark Association

2005.07.22
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “The State of US Litigation” at Japan Trademark Association

2005.06.30
Takanori ABE co-authored a book titled “Intellectual Property Q & A”, Japan Industrial Newspaper

2005.06.29
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “The State of US Litigation” at Kansai Patent Seminar

2005.06.28
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Commissioner, Working Group for ELSI on Medical Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2005.06.24
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Globalization and Cross-Border Litigation” at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) session II of International Intellectual Property (English Speech)

2005.06.04
Takanori ABE attended the academic conference of Industrial Property Law Association

2005.06.02
Takanori ABE was interviewed by Yomiuri Newspaper regarding intellectual
property of Japan and the U.S.

2005.05.24
Takanori ABE authored an article regarding "Continuing Legal Education System in the U.S.- Implication to Japan CLE Program " in Osaka Bar Association Monthly Journal

2005.04.11
Takanori ABE started a lecture on “Research on Intellectual Property in Global Markets” at the Faculty of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology
Will use mock trial for teaching method and discuss Sony,Napster, Grokster, Madey v. Duke University, etc.

2005.04.01
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “P2P Technology and Copyright - How to Balance Advancement of Technology and Copyright Protection-“ at National Taiwan University

2005.03.30
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Biobank in Japan” at ELSI meeting sponsored by National Medical Genetics Research Center, the Faculty of Law of National Tsing Hua University, and the Faculty of Science Ethics of National Taiwan University

2005.03.30
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Recent Development in Japanese Patent Litigation - How to Enforce Your Rights and Protect Yourself in Japanese Court -“ at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

2005.03.29
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “Recent Development in Japanese Patent Litigation - How to Enforce Your Rights and Protect Yourself in Japanese Court -“ at Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan

2005.03.28
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on “ P2P Technology and Copyright - How to Balance Advancement of Technology and Copyright Protection- “ at Soochow University, Taiwan

2005.03.23
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Judicial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Literal Infringement, DOE, and Unfair Competition Regarding Foreign Patent Infringement Case" at Kansai Patent Seminar

2005.02.15
Takanori ABE authored an article titled "The State of US Litigation - Perspectives from IP Research in the US" in Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 55, No.2, 2005

2004.12.07
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Judicial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Literal Infringement, DOE, and Unfair Competition Regarding Foreign Patent Infringement Case" at a 'new realm salon' of Intellectual Property Association of Japan

2004.11.28
Takanori ABE attended the academic conference of Japan Association of Medical Law

2004.11.8
Takanori ABE authored an article titled “How to avoid U.S. Patent Litigation?”, Nikkan Kougyou Newspaper

2004.9.24
Takanori ABE is appointed as a Commissioner, ELSI Committee, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (University of Tokyo, Personalized Medicine Project)

2004.9.20-24
Takanori ABE attended the Foshan Intellectual Property Right Seminar, Visit China Delegation
Visited to Foshan Court, State Administration for Industry & Commerce, Ministry of Commerce

2004.9.15　
Takanori ABE authored an article titled "Judicial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Literal Infringement, DOE, and Unfair Competition Regarding Foreign Patent Infringement Case" in Intellectual Property Management, Vol.54, No.10, 2004

2004.7.9　
Takanori ABE gave a lecture on "Interplay of Japan and U.S. Patent Law" at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies