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

Contents
Prefatory Notes
Thinking the new tide of IP business Takashi Tsuno	2
Trends of intellectual property institutional reform in Japan Kimiaki Suxuki	4
On the number of Patent Applications in Japan Hiroyuki Okada	6
On the Establishment of Towa Nagisa Institute of Strategic Management Satoru Hirano	8
Contributed Papers
Impacts of Recent Changes in US Patent Law on Patent Practice George Anthony Smith, Jr.	12
USPTO Update:Software and Abstract Ideas Jacob L. Mangan	16
Cuozzo Speed Tech. and More:Understanding Inter Partes Reviews – Are You Ready? Mark D. Saralino	20
Impact of the planned new patent system in Europe Uwe Borchert	24
Speed of Innovation vs. Speed of Patent Systems vs. Strategical Considerations Dr. Thomas Schlief	28
Brexit ? Big Changes or Business As Usual? Stephen Haley	30
The European Unitary Patent System ? Will Brexit Break It? Dr. Anton Pfau	34
Impact of the Amendment to the Patent Law on Patent Practice Jing Zhiqiang	40
Product-by-process Claim in China and Japan Jin Dan	42
Reviewing New Patent System in China:on the fourth amendment Dr. Carissa H. LI	44
Battle with the registration in bad faith in China Hongxiao Sun	48
Outline of the Amendment to Guidelines for Determining Patent Infringement for Patents and Utility Models in Taiwan Yao-Ting Huang	52
Korean Strategy of IP in National Committee of IP Ea Roo Kang	54
Policies Supporting IPR Creation Inhan Kim	56
Intellectual Property System reforms in India Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Girishchandra Tanna	58
Singapore gears up IP systems to drive economy Yvonne Tang	62
Original Papers
Application trends of the sealing device to be used for propeller shaft Kei Somaya	66
On a claim based on a multiple dependent claim in Korea Sanghyouk Lee	68
Thinking Intermediate Procedures (No.2) Kenji Tsuboi	70
Appropriateness of Redundancy in Patent Specification Makoto Hoshi	72
Preferable Scenario of Technology Licensing from Academia Satoru Hirano	76
Recent IP Business in Japan:Looking into the Employment Dynamics Dr. Kei Ehara	76
Patent Statistics	86
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management Towa Nagisa Institute of Intellectual Property	92