This journal provides a forum for essays, papers and other achivements about intellectual property management.

Contents
Prefatory Note
Towards the intellectual property strategies taking into account the international harmonization and globalization　[PDF:224KB] Takashi Tsuno	2
Toward the Age of Intellectual Property Strategy　[PDF:207KB] Kimiaki Suzuki	4
Contributed Paper
Application Strategies for US and EPO Filing　[PDF:212KB] George Anthony Smith, Jr.	6
Global Patent Portfolios, A European Approach　[PDF:214KB] Stephen Haley	8
Strategies for filing and maintaining your patents　[PDF:208KB] Uwe R. Borchert	10
Claim Construction Methodologies During U.S. Inter Partes and Post Grant Review Proceedings　[PDF:206KB] David A. Jones	12
PPH to use the PCT international phase artifacts between Japan and Korea　[PDF:361KB] Ea Roo Kang	14
How to Raise a Strong Patent Family　[PDF:209KB] Thomas Schlief	16
Introduction to PPF between China and Japan　[PDF:243KB] Dan Jin	18
Inventive step criteria of utility model in China　[PDF:274KB] Zhiqiang Jing	20
Original Paper
Miscellaneous thoughts about the response to the notification of reasons for refusal　[PDF:316KB] Kitaru Kato	23
Study for the patent drawings　[PDF:438KB] Xuan Zhe Song	26
Invitation to the 4th prize essay contest of Towa Nagisa Institute of Intellectual Property	31
Preface of Tsubakimoto Corporation to “National Invention Award”　[PDF:331KB] Takashi Tsuno	34
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management　[PDF:185KB]	36