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

15 Articles for Intellectual Property Management	2
Prefatory Notes
Current State and Challenges of Intellectual Property Activities Amid the Rapid Advancement of AI Takashi Tsuno	4
Japan’s Intellectual Property Promotion Plan 2026 and Patent Strategy Kimiaki Suzuki	6
IT-related expenses for patent attorney services Hiroaki Tsuno	8
Contributed Papers
Liability for Inducing Infringement after Hikma and Cox Douglas P. Mueller	10
USPTO IDS Fees and Continuing Applications : The Value of a Clear Prosecution Record Adam Claussen	14
Improving Machine Learning Algorithms May be Patent Eligible Under §101 Heungsoo Choi	16
The Importance of Patent Marking Reaffirmed by the Federal Circuit Jonathan Agmon	20
Entering the U.S. from a PCT Application in 2026 : National Phase or Bypassy Yuichi Watanabe	22
EU Design Reform 2026 : Extending Design Protection into the Digital Domain Dr. Thomas Schlief	24
Spotlight on Managing Directors : EPG clarifies the limits of personal liability for patent infringement Jürgen Feldmeier	26
IP Protection for Consumables and Compatible Products – Strategies and Legal Limits Nils T. F. Schmid	30
The UPC’s PMAC : A New, Faster Path to Resolving European Patent Disputes Dr. Florian Manzenrieder & Wolfgang Wittmann	32
UPC : Double Protection. Germany’s Overlooked Patent Strategy Alexander Schmidt	34
Federal Court of Justice (BGH), Judgment of 22 July 2025 – X ZR 72/23 “Fingerelement”When a feature is known everywhere but pointed to nowhere Henry Mischung	38
Don’t Go Fishing When Seeking Discovery of Invention Documents Edward Gennochio	40
When EPO Online Filing Fails : A New Safeguard for Applicants Erik Krahbichler	48
The CJEU Clarifies the Temporal Requirement of Earlier Rights in Trademark Opposition Proceeding Patrizia Lombardo	50
Simple Steps for Integrating IP Valuation into Mid-Sized Company Decision-Makinge Martin Klok	52
Important Differences between Australian and Japanese Design Systems Mark Teoh and Keisuke Kobayashi	54
Shortening of the Opposition Period Under China’s New Trademark Law and Its Impact on Practice Hongxiao Sun	56
The Role of Professionals in the Age of AI Inhan Kim	58
Should Commercial AI Inventions Go Unpatented? Kevin, Kim	60
Patent Term Extension Due to Examination Delays Seong-Uk Yang	62
The Boundary in Direct and Indirect Infringement [Supreme Court Decision 2025Da202970 Decided May 15, 2025] Hee-Jung LEE	64
Recent Practice of Taiwanese Courts in Determining Patent Inventive Step: Focusing on the Definition of a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA), the “Could-Would” Rule, and “Commercial Success” Fang-Yi Chu	68
Revisions to the Deferral of Substantive Examination System in Taiwan Tzu-Lien Ou	72
India’s Patent Office Embraces AI : A New Chapter in Examination Practice Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya and Priya Khamar	74
Reddit v Reddio : Evidential Requirements for Well-Known Marks and Specialist Consumers Eamon Ng Yi Neng amd Eliana Baey	76
Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office Publishes Report on Proposed Amendments to the Brazilian Patent Statute Roberto Carapeto	78
Abandonment of Rights by a Joint Patent Applicant in India and Conversion to a Sole Applicant : Unlike Japan, Unilateral Abandonment of a Share Is Not Sufficient Yoshinori Oku	80
The Concept of Essential Characteristics of Expression (Creative Expression) Kotaro Takenaga	82
An Introduction to the History of Modern Economics, Nakanishiya Publisher, 2026 Kei Ehara	84
What You Might Not Know About Global Patent Maintenance Fees Yoshihiro Haraguchi	86
Intellectual Property Statistics	88
Basics of Filing a Patent Application in Japan	94