Researcher overseas/invited business (FY1998)

The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 1998 commissioned by the Patent Office. In the column "Invited" is a researcher invited to our institute from a foreign country to our institute. "Overseas" is a researcher dispatched to a foreign research institute.

Classification	Name/Affiliation (at that time)	Research Theme
Invited	TANG, Guangliang Associate Professor, the Intellectual Property Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China	Internet Domain Names, Trademark Violation, and Current Policies of China And Japan
Invited	XU, Ning Examiner Deputy Director Master, Physics Examination Department of Patent Office, State Intellectual Property Office, China	Comparative Study on the Patent Systems between China and Japan -Focusing on the Patent Examination System-
Invited	Toshiko TAKENAKA Director, Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Law, US	Patent Infringement Damages in Japan and the United States : the Japanese Patent Office's Challenge
Invited	John R. THOMAS Associate Professor, The George Washington University Law School, US	The Patenting of the Liberal Professions
Invited	Le Mai THANH Researcher, Institute of State and Law, National Center of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam	Comparative Study on Intellectual Property Rights in Vietnam and Japan
Overseas	Keita SATOH Associate Professor, Law Department, Chuo University [Foreign Institute: University of Alicante, Spain]	A Report on Trademark Dilution Regulaion and its Injunctive Function
Overseas	Yuriko INOUE Associate Professor, Tsukuba University [Foreign Institute: Oxford University and London University, UK]	The Evolution of Claim Interpretation in the UK
Overseas	Takuya SEKIGUCHI Legal & Intellectual Property Division, Sony Corporation [Foreign Institute: University of Washington, US]	Patentability of Computer-Related Business Method Invention - Focused on the State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Case -