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

Contents
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management Towa Nagisa International Patent Firm	2
Prefatory Notes
Essential IP Activities of Company Takashi Tsuno	4
Remarks on the 20th volume of Journal of TNIIP Kimiaki Suzuki	6
‘Intellectual Property Strategy Vision’ in Japan Hiroyuki Okada	8
Contributed Papers
From Provisional to PCT: Obtaining More Robust Patent Protection Joshua Pritchett & Benjamin Hauptman	10
Legislative Fix Unlikely for §101 in 2020 Jacob L. Mangan	18
New USPTO Rules for Restoring Lapsed Patent Rights R. Burns Israelsen	22
Recent Decisions Impacting U.S. Patent Litigation(area) Timothy J. Maier & Christopher J. Maier	26
Patent Harmonization – Substance, Procedure and Cooperation George Anthony Smith, Jr.	30
Patent Systems Have More Similarities than Differences Stephen Haley	34
An example of the EUIPO efforts to make the examination process more transparent Uwe Borchert	36
Ongoing Projects in the IP-World Dr. Thomas Schlief	40
The Implications of International Patenting in the Eurozone and Italy Dr. Anton Pfau & Dr. Stefano Marchini	46
Introduction of New Patent System in Hong Kong Wang Jingchao	52
Foresight on Results of a Phase One Trade Deal between China and U.S. Dr. Jiang Mingcai	56
Preview of 2020 New IP System in Korea Ea Roo Kang	62
Creation, Utilization and Protection of Intellectual Property Inhan Kim	66
Importance of a Harmony Kevin Kim	70
Possibility of Contradictory Judgments on the Same Patent under the Bifurcated System of Civil and Administrative Litigation in Taiwan Tsai-Hsuan Wu	72
Legislative, Administrative and Judicial efforts for IP in India, and those interrelationships Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Priya Mehta
Original Papers
Application Trends of the Sealing Device to be Used for Propeller Shaft (No.2) Kei Somaya	80
Where does the term “condition of production” come from? Dr. Kei Ehara	82
Intellectual Property Strategy in Startups and Support as Attorneyo Takeshi Yoneyama	84
‘Amazon Brand Registry’ and Importance of Trademark Application Hiroaki Tsuno	86
Roles of intellectual property rights for small and medium-sized companies Takeharu Hirabanyashi	88
Border of Information Material Satoru Hirano	92
Thinking Intermediate Procedures (No.9) Kenji Tsuboi	96
Patent Statistics	98
List of Titles of All Essays on Journal of TNIIPt	104