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

Contents
Prefatory Notes
Utilizing IP to Grow Economy Takashi Tsuno	2
The significance of obtaining a patent and its utilization Kimiaki Suzuki	4
“Utilizing Patent” and “Utilizing Patent System” Hiroyuki Okada	6
Contributed Papers
Reasons for Acquiring a Patent Portfolio George Anthony Smith,Jr.	08
Profits from Patents Jacob L. Mangan	10
Patent Trolls and U.S. Inter Partes Review Brooke Groneman	12
Patents as a Business Tool for Start-up Companies Stephen Haley	24
The significance of obtaining a patent Uwe Borchert	18
Start-ups:Rising with IP Dr. Thomas Schlief	22
Reinforcing Enforcement ? The German Utility Model Dr. Anton Pfau	24
Importance of obtaining a patent Juergen Feldmeier	28
Why is obtaining patents important? Jing Zhiqiang	32
Promoting Convenience of Trademark Registration in China Hongxiao Sun	34
Patent Priority in a Trial for Invalidation in China Tang Chunlong	36
Patent Management from Corporate Perspective ChingJung Lin	40
Technology Leakage, Survival of Business, and National Competitiveness Ea Roo Kang	44
Significance of Patent Application Related to the Company’s Growth Inhan Kim	46
The Fourth Industry and the Enforcement of Patent Kevin Kim	48
‘Working’ Requirement of a Patent Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Girishchandra Tanna	50
50The Singapore High Court has no original jurisdiction to hear and determine patent revocation claims Dedar Singh Gill	58
Has the Meaning of Obtaining Patents Changed ? Toshimasa Harada	64
Original Papers
Why does Apple Inc. Stick to Inefficient Aluminum Cutting? Ken Kimata	66
Of the Drawing of a Patent Application (No.3) Kei Somaya	70
Tokyo as a Global City:analyzing international patent application of Japanese firms (No.2) Dr. Kei Ehara	72
Relationship between “Jobs to Be Done” and Intellectual Property (No.1) Hiroaki Tsuno	84
84Thinking Intermediate Procedures (No.5) Kenji Tsuboi	88
Patent Statistics	90
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management Towa Nagisa International Patent Firm	94