The modern Japanese legal system today is a combination of Anglo-American and continental legal structures, although an undercurrent thread in their law is derived from indigenous Japanese culture and that of ancient China. The unwillingness to file frivolous and reckless lawsuits without first negotiating behind closed doors without lawyers is a major difference between Japanese legal matters and those of the West. That being said, the jury is out about how Draconian the Japanese legislature is going to become in an age where intellectual property issues fostered through the Internet proliferate.
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Abe, Ikubo and Katayama, AIGI Intellectual Property Law Firm, Akasaka International Law, Patent & Accounting Office, Akiyama & Associates, Amemiya Law Office, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Ando Legal Office, Arcadia Intellectual Property Office, Arco Patent Office, Asahi Law Offices, Asamura Patent Office, Asian Patent Attorney Association of Japan, Association for the Study of International & Foreign Patent & Trademark Laws & Practice, Association of Intellectual Property Education
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Baker & McKenzie, Bankruptcy Resolution in Japan, Buna Patent Attorneys
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Cases of Law in Japan, CoTech International, Courts in Japan
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Eikoh Patent Office, English Lawyers Japan, Esaki & Associates
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Fields IP Attorneys, FJK Law Office, Foreign Law Office of Thomas J. Dreves, Fujikawa & Co., Fujimoto & Associates, Furutani Patent Office, Futakuchi International Property Law Firm
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Ginza Marone P.C., Gotoh & Partners, Guide to Japan Law Online
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How To Make Good Use of Japanese Notaries
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IAT Word Patent Law Firm, I.F. Partners, Information on Foreign Industrial Property Systems, Institute of Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Intellectual Property High Court, Intellectual Property Policies and Systems for an Innovation-Driven Japan, Institute of Intellectual Property, The Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan (IPLNET), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan, IP Kokusai Patent, IP Firm Shuwa, Isshiki & Co., Itaya & Associates, Itoh International Patent Office
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J-Star Patent Attorney, Japan Approvals Institute for Telecommunication Business, Japan Association of International Economic Law, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, Japan Criminal Law Attorneys, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation, Japan Institution of Invention and Innovation, Japan IP Resources, Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, Japan Intellectual Property Association, Japan Law and Government, Japan Law Site, Japan Legal Support Center, Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Japan Patent Information Organization, Japan Patent Office, Japanese Law Translations, Judgments of the Supreme Court of Japan
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K. Saito & Associates, Kaneto Office, Kawaguchi & Partners, Keisen Associates, Kohno & Co., Kojima & Associates, Kuroda Law Offices, Kusumoto Patent Office, Kyodo Patent Law Firm
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L&J Law Office, Law Offices of Fujii Ikuya, Legal Brain, Legal Counseling for Foreigners in Japan by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
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Maeda Patent Firm, Maritax Law Office, Maritime Law Firms in Japan, Maruyama International Law & Patent Office, Matsuo & Kosugi, Matsuura Associates, Max Law Offices, Merito Partners, Miyoshi International Patent Office, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, MTS Partners International Patent Trademark Firm
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Nagoya Legal Office, Nakamura & Partners, National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training, NGB, NII Patent Firm, Nissato Legal Visa Office
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Ogura & Co., Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, Okabe & Yamaguchi, Okada Patent & Trademark, Okamura Patent Firm, Onda Techno International Patent Attorneys, Osaka Bar Association, Overview of Legal Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Japan Patent Office (jpo.go.jp)
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Qualifications for Foreign Lawyers in Japan
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Recycling Laws and Regs, Rich Appraisal Institute, Roppongi Bar Association, Ryuka IP Law Firm
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Saikyo Patent Office, Saito & Associates, Sato & Associates, Sakano & Associates, Satsuki Law Office, Seiwa Patent Law, Shiga International Patent Office, Shin-Ei Patent Office, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood/Nishikawa & Partners, Sky Patent, Soei Patent and Law Firm, Solberg International Law Office, Sonderhoff & Eisel Law and Patent, Sonoda Kobayashi, S. Soga & Co., Sun Group, Suzuki Patent & Trademark Office
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Taiyo, Nakajima & Kato, Takayuki Matsui Maritime Trade Law, Takino, Kawasaki & Associates, Tani & Abe, Tapic International, The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan, Thomas Consultants International, TMI Associates, Tohoku University Law Links, Tokyo Bar Association, Tokyo IP Firm, Tokyo Sanno Law Office, Toudai TLO, Tsujimaru International Patent Office, Tsuraki & Kobayashi Law Offices
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Yamasaki Law and Patent Office, Yamauchi Patent Attorneys, Yoshida & Partners, Yoshida International Patent Office, Yoshikawa International Patent Office, Yuasa and Hara, YuNeed International Patent Office
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