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

Contents
Prefatory Notes
For Globalization of Intellectual Property Takashi Tsuno	2
Establishment of Towa Nagisa Group Hiroyuki Okada	4
Oversea Application under Globalization Kimiaki Suzuki	6
Contributed Papers
Trademark Protection of Product Configuration in the U.S. George Anthony Smith, Jr.	8
Complementary Protection Of Product Appearance in the U.S.: Trademark and Design Patent Cynthia Stephenson	10
The Power of EU Designs Dr. Thomas Schlief	12
Patents and Designs – Consider Both for Optimum Coverage Stephen Haley	14
Patent Protection and Utility Model Protection Uwe Borchert	16
Combined Use of IP Rights Thomas Daub	18
Complementarity of patent and design patent Zhiqiang Jing	20
Patent and Design Inhan Kim	22
Interrelation between Patents and Trademarks Dedar Singh Gill	24
ITC Is Still a Potent Forum for Injunctive Relief for IP Rights Mark D. Saralino	26
Software Patents in the United States Jason W. Croft	28
Introduction to the Amendment to Code of Civil Procedure (incl. Organization Act of Court) and Patent Attorney Act in Korea Ea Roo Kang	30
Provisional Remedies for Patent Infringement Wei-Wen Chang	32
Recent Reform of IP System in Thailand Masafumi Iguchi	34
Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Girishchandra Tanna	36
Expediting the European Grant Procedure Dr. Kei Enomoto	44
Original Papers
Thinking Intermediate Procedures (No.1) Kenji Tsuboi	50
Possibility of Utilizing Translation Software in Patent Translation Makoto Hoshi	52
Copy and Creativity Dr.Kei Ehara	54
Supporting Brand Management by non-technical Intellectual Property Kimiaki Suzuki	56
Call for Papers: the 8th Annual Competition of Towa Nagisa Institute of Intellectual Property	65
Patent Statistics of Japanese Firm	68
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management Takashi Tsuno	70