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About KIPB
KIPB - Over 25 years serving the global IP community
We are a full-service intellectual property law firm based in Tokyo’s dynamic commercial and financial hub - Shibuya. Founded in 1993, our philosophy has remained the same - securing fast, accurate, cost-effective international IP protection that guarantees long-term client advantage.
Our Story
When Mieko Kashiwabara founded our firm in 1993, the bubble of the Japanese economic miracle had just burst and many Japanese businesses were struggling to meet new and different commercial demands.
Mieko saw an opportunity to provide a more agile, streamlined, client-focused service than the larger, conventional IP practices in Japan, especially in communicating more sympathetically to overseas clients. With her own financing, she ventured out alone, steadily building up a diverse network of entrepreneurial clients and associates from all parts of the world that was outside the core streams of the more traditional Japanese firms.
Mieko retired in late 2019, but her international and forward-looking outlook remains a core principle of our firm today, and is key to distinguishing us from our competitors in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Our Story
When Mieko Kashiwabara founded our firm in 1993, the bubble of the Japanese economic miracle had just burst and many Japanese businesses were struggling to meet new and different commercial demands.
Mieko saw an opportunity to provide a more agile, streamlined, client-focused service than the larger, conventional IP practices in Japan, especially in communicating more sympathetically to overseas clients. With her own financing, she ventured out alone, steadily building up a diverse network of clients and associates from all parts of the world that was outside the core streams of the more traditional Japanese firms.
Mieko retired in late 2019, but her international and forward-looking outlook remains a core principle of our firm today, and is key to distinguishing us from our competitors in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
What We Do
We offer end-to-end IP planning and solutions for all aspects of prosecution and enforcement including patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, copyrights, portfolio management, licensing and litigation. We successfully handle several hundred international patents, utility model and trademark filings each year via international IP systems such as the PCT Treaty, Paris Convention and Madrid Protocol.
Who We Serve
Our client base includes well-known multinationals, eminent academic institutions, Silicon Valley start-ups, and individual entrepreneurs. Our global reach and expertise enable us to collaborate more fully with each client and create individually tailored IP solutions that meet their unique needs. We cooperate with a network of trusted international legal professionals to provide fast and efficient services in Japan and across the globe.
What We Do
We offer end-to-end IP planning and solutions for all aspects of prosecution and enforcement including patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, copyrights, portfolio management, licensing and litigation. We successfully handle several hundred international patents, utility model and trademark filings each year via international IP systems such as the PCT Treaty, Paris Convention and Madrid Protocol.
Who We Serve
Our client base includes well-known multinationals, eminent academic institutions, Silicon Valley start-ups, and individual entrepreneurs. Our global reach and expertise enable us to collaborate more fully with each client and create individually tailored IP solutions that meet their unique needs. We cooperate with a network of trusted international legal professionals to provide fast and efficient services in Japan and across the globe.
What makes us different?
Unlike many IP firms in Japan, our primary focus is on catering to the needs of non-domestic clients. Our team has developed unrivalled skills in articulating Japanese IP matters for a global audience.
IP issues can be complex, especially when it comes to another language and culture. We offer a distinct advantage over our regional competitors in our ability to provide informative analyses and interpretations at each stage of prosecution - all in clear English. This allows our clients to come to their decisions free from any unnecessary misunderstandings.
An interpersonal relationship with our clients is key to their IP success.
What makes us different?
Unlike many IP firms in Japan, our primary focus is on catering to the needs of non-domestic clients. Our team has developed unrivalled skills in articulating Japanese IP matters for a global audience.
IP issues can be complex, especially when it comes to another language and culture. We offer a distinct advantage over our regional competitors in our ability to provide informative analyses and interpretations at each stage of prosecution - all in clear English. This allows our clients to come to their decisions free from any unnecessary misunderstandings.
An interpersonal relationship with our clients is key to their IP success.
Our promise to you:
Experience
We've successfully filed 1000s of applications from overseas clients.
We've successfully filed thousands of applications from international clients since 1993. We are equally at home working with big corporations or startups with new ideas.
Clear Communication
We ensure a clear understanding through the prosecution process.
We ensure a clear understanding through the prosecution process. We have a proven track record of articulating Japanese IP practices for our global client base.
Quality
Our bi-lingual attorneys ensure your IP complies with local practices.
Our globally experienced, bi-lingual attorneys and specialists ensure your IP complies with local practices. Our in-house translators provide accurate translations and summaries.
Transparent Pricing
We provide comprehensive, transparent estimates upfront.
We provide comprehensive, transparent estimates upfront. No hidden costs or billable hours. Sympathetic fee schedules for start-ups and smaller clients.
Client-centered
We tailor IP solutions to enable you to make informed choices.
Your IP needs are unique. We tailor our IP solutions for you, leveraging our unrivalled expertise in advising overseas clients, to enable you to make informed choices.
Versatility
Our boutique approach means we provide faster responses to you.
Our IP boutique approach means we can provide faster responses specific to you rather than the one-size-fits-all options of our larger, more impersonal competitors.
Global Connections
Our international network of IP professionals is available to you.
We've cultivated a network of trusted IP professionals in all advanced nations through international IP affiliations and conferences. Their expertise is available to you too.
Our People
This means you too. We are one team working to realize your ideas.
"Our people" is not just us - it's you too. We are always available to listen and give advice at every stage. We are one team working together to realize your ideas.
We have experts and attorneys in these and related fields
- Advertising
- Aerospace
- Agribusiness
- Audio/video technology
- Automotive
- Biotech
- Biochemistry
- Chemicals
- Civil engineering
- Data processing
- Defence
- Electronics
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Food
- Genetics
- Health care
- Information Tech.
- Life sciences
- Mechanical engineering
- Medical devices
- Neuroscience
- Optics
- Pharmaceutical
- Retail
- Semiconductor
- Software
- Telecommunications
- Transport
- Web-based communications
KIPB - A 21st Century IP service for a 21st Century Japan.