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

CONTENTS
15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management	2
Prefatory Notes
The Environment and Functions of Intellectual Property Undergoing Major Transformation Takashi Tsuno	4
Environmental Issues and Intellectual Property Kimiaki Suzuki	6
Handling of Patent Eligibility for Software-Related Inventions in Japan (Part 2) Hiroaki Tsuno	8
Contributed Papers
USPTO Proposes Fee Increases to Discourage Patent Thickets Koichiro Nakamura	10
Climate Change Initiatives and the USPTO Douglas P. Mueller	14
Fast Tracking Green Innovation in The U.S. Meredith W. Struby & Walter H. Levie Ⅲ	18
UKIPO Green Channel Stephen Haley	20
Profitability of Intellectual Property (IP) Law Firms Uwe Borchert	22
Sustainable Work within the Patent Profession Dr. Thomas Schlief	28
Sustainable Economic Activity and Intellectual Property Juergen Feldmeier	30
Patentable Subject Matter of Computer-implemented Inventions in Australia Simon Reynolds	36
Where is Hydrogen Now? ― Was Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy Ambitious Enough? Richard Baddeley	42
IP Within the Realm of Sustainability : Perspective from the European Union Fabrice Mattei & Dr. Isabel Cantallops Fiol	46
Exploring the recent Shenzhen Mindray vs. Shenzhen Comen case in the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf Erik Krahbichler	56
Sustainable Economic Activity and Intellectual Property in Switzerland Renato Bollhalder	60
Rapid Economic Growth and Environmental Challenges in China Dr. Jiang Mingcai 64 Dr. Jiang Mingcai	64
Intellectual Property Rights from the Perspective of Green and Low-Carbon Development Strategy Gang Hu	68
Protection and Use of Environmentally Friendly Technologies Inhan Kim	74
Split Application System in Korea Seong-Uk Yang	76
Sustainable Economic Activities and Intellectual Property in Korea Se-Won Kim	80
Korea’s Efforts at Climate Change and Its Intellectual Property System Peter Sungjin CHUN	84
Change of Direction in Determination of Inventive Step for Inventions Relating to Crystalline Forms of Compounds Woo-Taek Hwang	88
Accelerated Examination Program in Taiwan for Green Technology Invention Fang-Yi Chu	92
Taiwan Intellectual Patent Office Measures on Clean Technology Tzu-Lien Ou	96
Sustainable Economic Activity and Intellectual Property Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya & Priya Mehta	100
Trends for the Development of Sustainable Technologies And IP in Singapore Eamon Ng Yi Neng & Sarah Hasri	104
Manga Artist’s Sustainable Economic Activities and Intellectual Property Kotaro Takenaga	110
Sustainable Economic Activity and Intellectual Property Toshifumi Shimada	112
Studies of Money Today Kei Ehara	114
As a Coordinator of Growing Intellectual Property Activities Madoka Oi	116
General Assembly of APAA Singapore 2023 Madoka Oi	118
Patent Statistics	120
Applications to Japan	124