Researcher overseas/invited business（FY2007）

The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 2007 commissioned by the Japan Patent Office. In the column "Invited" is a researcher invited to our institute from a foreign country, "Overseas" is a researcher dispatched to a foreign research institute, and "Fellow" is a researcher engaged in research at our institute.

Classification	Name/Affirication (at that time)	Research Theme	Report
Invited	Viviane Yumy MITSUUCHI KUNISAWA Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Germany; Attorney at Law in Brazil	The Patentability and Scope of Protection of Pharmaceutical Inventions Claiming Second Medical Use - the Japanese and European Approaches as Possible Paradigms for a Developing Country like Brazil	summary
Invited	AHN, Hyojil Associate Professor of Law, College of Law, Korea University	A Comparative Analysis on the No-Challenge Obligation in the Patent Licensing and Assignment Agreement between Korea, Japan, the US and Germany	summary
Invited	GUAN, Yuying Doctor of Law, Intellectual Property Center (IPCC), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China	The Protection of Screen Image Design - A Comparative Study between Chinese and Japanese Laws -	summary
Overseas	Masanori IKEDA Graduate School of Business Science, University of Tsukuba, Advanced Study of Business Law, Professor [Foreign Institute: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Leopold-Wenger-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte, Germany]	Basic Study on the Intellectual Property Security System in Germany - Security Systems as Distribution and Management Schemes for Intellectual Property Rights -	summary
Fellow	Itsuko YAMAGUCHI Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo [Foreign Institute: Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK]	Some Observations on the Balancing of Intellectual Property Rights with Information Freedom from the Perspective of Constitutional Law: In Search of Basic Principles in Law Relating to Information Technology	summary
Fellow	Maiko FUCHI Doctorial candidate, School of Legal and Political Studies, The University of Tokyo [Foreign Institute: East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, US]	Intellectual Property Rights as “Property”: A Basis for Discussion on Information Transaction Contracts	summary
Fellow	Azusa ICHIMASA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Trademark-related Issues Raised by the Internet - with a Focus on Injunctions against Domain Name Use	summary
Fellow	Tsuyoshi UCHIDA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Problems Arising from Duplicated Protection by Patent Rights and Copyrights - With a Particular Focus on Computer Programs Created in the Course of Duty -	summary
Fellow	Masayo KANI Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Use of Patents by Firms on Competition Strategies - Empirical Analysis Using Patent-Related Statistics	summary
Fellow	Miho SHIN Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Succession of Right to Obtain a Patent in Private International Law - In the light of the Supreme Court Decision in the Hitachi Case -	summary
Fellow	Naotoshi TSUKADA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	On Quality of Patent and Application Behavior Related to Patent Pool	summary