Researcher overseas/invited business（FY2017）

The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and overseas researchers who conducted research in fiscal 2017 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	Tatiana MACHADO ALVES Senior Associate, Licks Attorneys, Brazil	Challenges in the Path to Harmonization on Patent Damages Calculation: Key Issues in a Comparative Approach	Report( 2,815KB) summary
Invited	Ana RAMALHO Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands	Patentability of AI-Generated Inventions –Is a Reform of the Patent System Needed?	Report( 2,043KB) summary
Invited	WU, Weiguang Associate Professor, Law School of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China	The Institutional Functions of Well-known/Famous Trademarks Protection in Japan and Beyond	summary
Invited	Yann BASIRE Associate Professor, University of Haute-Alsace, France	The Protection of the Marks with Reputation in Europe and in Japan	summary
Invited	Ravindra CHINGALE Patent Agent, Indian Patent Office and Advocate	Protection of Computer Software and its Impact on Software Industry in Japan and India: Empirical and Comparative Study	summary
Invited	Shubha GHOSH Syracuse University College of Law, US	Design Protection Law and Policy:A Comparative Perspective Japan and US	summary
Invited	Viola PRIFTI Affiliated Researcher, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "Rights & Science", University of Perugia, Italy	The “Ordre Public” and “Morality” Clause in EU and Japanese Patent Law. The Case of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Inventions	summary
Invited	KAO, Chien-Chung Patent Examiner, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office	A Comparative Study on Patent Infringement Types and Court Judgements in United States, Japan, and Taiwan	summary
Overseas	Naoyuki OKANO [Foreign Institute: Maastricht Graduate School of Law, Department International and European Law, Netherlands]	Dynamics of Intellectual Property Right Institutions in an Era of Globalization and Protection of Traditional Knowledge	Report( 1,691KB) summary
Overseas	Yasuhiro ARAI Associate Professor, Kochi University [Foreign Institute: New York University, Stern School of Business, US]	Over-Declaration of Standard Essential Patents	Report( 4,123KB) summary
Overseas	Ryoko OSHIKAMO LL.M (IP & Competition), Helsinki University Faculty of Law [Foreign Institute: Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany]	Comparative Analysis of Issues on Patent Laws for Medical Invention on Recent Drug Development between Japan and Europe	summary
Fellow	YUAN, Yuan Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Impacts of Acquisitions of Japanese Companies by Chinese Companies on Innovation Activities of Japanese Society - Empirical Analysis by Using Patent Data	summary
Fellow	Satoshi TSURUOKA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Historical Development of the Design Rights in Modern Japan, the US and Europe	summary
Fellow	Yuri HIRAI Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Empirical Study of the Effect of Process Invention on Innovation in Manufacturing Industry	summary
Fellow	Kuniko MATSUMOTO Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	The Study of the Effect of Patent Application on SME Financing	summary