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

Contents
Prefatory Notes
For Brisk IP Activities of SMEs in Provincial Areas Takashi Tsuno	2
AI, BD, IoT and IP  Kimiaki Suzuki	4
Recent Measures in IP Dispute in Japan Hiroyuki Okada	6
Contributed Papers
A Study on Identifying Ownership of Right and Inventor of AI Creation Dr. Mitsuyoshi Hiratsuka and Ayuki Saito	8
Patents on Inventions Made by Artificial Intelligence  George Anthony Smith, Jr.	12
Survey of US Patent Law Issues for the Internet of Things Jacob L. Mangan	16
U.S. Patent Protection for BD, IoT and AI Technologies R. Burns Israelsen	20
Utilisation of Big Data to Assist in Innovation Stephen Haley	24
IP and Big Data Uwe Borchert	26
Will Big Data Help Attorneys in Their Work? Dr. Thomas Schlief	30
Patentability of IoT in Germany Dr. Anton K. Pfau	34
INDUSTRIE 4.0 ? A German approach of the Internet of Things Juergen Feldmeier	40
Software patents in Europe? Jacques-Philipp Siegel	44
Big Data in Chinese Patent Zhiqiang Jing	48
Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence:from the viewpoint of patent application Xu Wei Qun	50
Introducing decision of Supreme Court of Korea in Jan. 19, 2017 Ea Roo Kang	54
Leading IoT Inhan Kim	58
Eligibility in the 4th Industrial Revolution Kevin Kim	60
The Future of Artificial Intelligence Supported Intellectual Property Practice Yao-Ting Huang	64
Protection of Information Technology Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Girishchandra Tanna	66
Closure of Foreign Route in Singapore’s Patent Regime Lim Siau Wen	70
Original Papers
Of the Drawing of a Patent Application (No.1) Kei Somaya	74
Thinking Intermediate Procedures (No.3) Kenji Tsuboi	76
JPO’s examination standards for IoT related technology Takeharu Hirabayashi	78
Future Of Product Process Claim Examination Hideaki Nakayama	84
International Comparison on Technology Balance Dr.Kei Ehara	86
Remarks on the Establishment of Towa Nagisa Institute of Strategic Management Satoru Hirano	90
1st Advisors Meeting of Towa Nagisa Institute of Strategic Management Takashi Tsuno	94
Patent Statistics on SMEs in Japan	98
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management Towa Nagisa International Patent Firm	104