Research and analytics company Evalueserve has set up a joint venture company with Sony and Tokyo-based IP law firm Hazuki International to help Japanese companies file and prosecute patents in the US.
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Toshimoto Mitomo, the head of global IP at Sony, said partnering with Evalueserve to create IPValueserve made sense given the company’s ability to “reduce the cost of US patent applications by 30-50% without compromising quality”. The venture “will be beneficial to many Japanese companies”, said Mitomo.
Yoshiaki Kameya, Hazuki’s founder, added that, “since Japanese companies are among the heaviest patent filers in the US, we expect a substantial demand for IPValueserve’s services”. Hazuki translates and performs legal reviews and filings at the US Patent and Trademark Office through US lawyers.
Urs Dommann, the head of intellectual property and research and development solutions at Evalueserve, said the venture would “help in growing our prosecution support business and will also be a valuable addition to our core services”. Evalueserve will draft office action responses in English and check the quality of English translations.
Evalueserve’s in-house legal team advised the company on the joint venture. The team comprised general counsel Iqbal Tahir, senior corporate counsel Kartikay Sharma and deputy corporate counsel Rohan Jain.
Tokyo-based In Control Legal Support Services provided Japanese law advice.
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