We offer the following two main services
For more information, please see the pages for each of the above services
About consultation method
As a rule, we ask that consultations be conducted online. If there is no specific request, we will set up a meeting via Google Meet. If you prefer to meet with us online using other tools (Zoom, Teams, etc.), we will do our best to accommodate you.
Please note that if you come to the business space of our address and consult in the meeting room, we will ask you to present multiple dates and times when you can meet because the meeting room needs to be reserved in advance.
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen/30 minutes including tax (2,200 yen/10 minutes for more than 30 minutes )
*If we accept your case, we will deduct the consultation fee from the cost.
* We will comply with the confidentiality obligation to clients under Article 30 of the Patent Attorneys Act.
* In the event of a conflict, we may refuse to accept your business. If we are unable to accept your request, we will contact you as soon as possible.
About payment
If we are able to accept your consultation or request for application representation, we will provide you with a written estimate in advance, and only after you have agreed to the contents of the estimate and made a formal request will we accept your request.
You can choose from the following payment methods
- Credit Card* Stripe is used for this credit card payment.Details of Stripe
- PayPal
- Bank transfer
In principle, payment for IP spot consultations must be made in advance. For details, please refer to the link below.
IP Advisory Services
We are able to provide IP advisory services based on the experience we gained during our time as in-house patent attorneys.
Even if your company does not have an IP department, you can outsource some of its functions, such as IP management, competitive analysis, and invention discovery.
We offer a service fee structure that matches the operating hours of our patent attorneys, but we can also tailor our service fee structure to meet the needs of our clients, so please feel free to contact us for more information.
*If you sign an advisory contract with us, you can display our firm as an IP advisory firm on your website, etc.
| Plan 1 | 33,000 yen (including tax)/month 330,000 yen (including tax)/year | Up to 1 meeting/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 3 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
| Plan 2 | 55,000 yen (tax included)/month 550,000 yen (tax included)/year | Up to 2 meetings/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 5 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
For both plans, IP consultation by e-mail and other text-based services are available. Free of charge However, depending on the frequency and the content of the consultation, additional operating time may be charged.
*If you do not use the actual working hours or meetings in the plan for a month, you can carry over the advisory fee to the next and subsequent months at a rate of 5,500 yen/30 minutes, tax included.
*In principle, meetings are online-based and limited to one hour per meeting. Meetings are generally conducted online and are limited to one hour per meeting.
*If the amount of work exceeds the actual hours in the plan, an additional fee of 5,500 yen/30 minutes including tax may be charged.
If you have any questions about our IP advisory services, please feel free to contact us using the inquiry form below.
At Etoile International IP Law Firm, our mission is as follows to support our clients in maximizing the power of their intellectual property.
Maximizing the Power of Intellectual Property
Based on our experience as an in-house patent attorney, We can provide services related to intellectual property in general and help you maximize the power of intellectual property regardless of the size of your organization.
Maximize the power of IP as a powerful business tool that transcends national borders
IP is a powerful business tool that transcends national borders and can exert its power regardless of the size of the organization. In order to obtain strong patents in other countries, close communication with overseas representatives is essential. We will support you in maximizing the power of IP as a powerful business tool that transcends national borders through language skills at a level that allows you to communicate with foreign representatives on an equal footing.
Provide free IP consultation on a spot basis, which is one step beyond the free consultation.
We provide support for avoiding business risks and developing IP strategies from a neutral standpoint by providing consultations on general IP matters, including spot consultations that are not premised on filing a request for an application.
Contributing to the biotechnology and life science fields from the aspect of intellectual property
Our Patent Attorney studied biotechnology as a student, and based on this knowledge, we aim to contribute to the fields of biotechnology and life science from the aspect of intellectual property, and thereby contribute to the development of people’s health and food culture, etc.
Be an example of how to expand opportunities for women in science in Japan.
In Japan, where the position of women is still regarded as low in the world, we aim to be an example of the success of women in the sciences in Japan by demonstrating a flexible way of life through managing a firm as a female patent attorney, taking advantage of her qualification as a patent attorney, which has the potential to be active both in Japan and abroad.
*Origin of the name of the firm
I chose the name “Etoile” for my office because I am learning ballet to maintain my physical fitness and I love Paris, and I suddenly remembered the movie “Etoile”. We decided to use this name because we believe that each client’s business is essential to them and we compare it to the Etoile.
Furthermore, since “Etoile” means “star” in French, it also implies our desire that each client’s business has the power to shine like a star, and we will also do our utmost to achieve this goal.
Consultation on IP
IP related contract review
Consultation on careers in the IP industry
Consultation on IP
The standard reference fee for each project is shown below.
Fees will vary depending on the difficulty of the project.
Details will be explained in the consultation.
| Japanese | Price List |
| English language | Price List (English) |
* Click here for details on JPO fees → List of JPO fees
* There is a system for small and medium-sized enterprises, individuals, universities, etc. that can be exempted from examination request fees and patent fees (1st to 10th years) if certain requirements are met.
→ Patent fee reduction and exemption system
* There is a foreign application support system for small and medium-sized enterprises → Foreign application support business for small and medium-sized enterprises, etc.
Please feel free to contact us from here, including inquiries regarding costs.
IP related contract review
We can provide contract review service for IP-related contracts (license contracts, joint development contracts, non-disclosure agreements, research contracts). It is also possible to consult only the part of the contract that you would like to pay attention to in the spot IP consultation.
Consultation on careers in the IP industry
We have experience working in various forms (offices, companies, academia) in the IP industry, starting with a major patent office, then a small patent office, a major law office, a domestic manufacturer’s IP department, and a TLO(Technology License Organization). Based on this, we will accept career consultations for those who are aiming for the IP industry, those who are changing jobs to the IP industry, those who are already in the IP industry and are considering changing jobs.
Especially from the perspective of women, I would like to give advice that will help women in a comfortable working environment and career development in the intellectual property industry. Until now, offices, companies, and academia in the intellectual property industry. Taking advantage of the knowledge I have worked in various positions, I will also provide career advice on the fact that female human resources will play an active role in the intellectual property industry (We think that a work environment where women can work comfortably is also comfortable for men and we welcome consultations from men).
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen (tax included) / 30 minutes-
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Inquiry
For more information, please use the inquiry form below. Please feel free to contact us.
In principle, consultations are conducted online via Google Meet (other tools such as Zoom are also available upon request). If you would like to meet with us in person, please fill out the inquiry form below.
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen/30 minutes including tax (2,200 yen/10 minutes for more than 30 minutes )
*If we accept your case, we will deduct the consultation fee from the cost.
*In principle, we ask for advance payment for spot IP consultations.
* We cannot respond to inquiries from sales people or anonymous people.
* Personal information received inquiries will be managed appropriately and will be used only for contacting this inquiry.
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530-0001 SYNTH × Business-Airport Osaka Breeze Tower 1F, 2-4-9 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi
| Distributor name | Etoile International IP Law Firm |
| Sales manager | Patent Attorney Miwa Yoshida (Registration Number: 18189) |
| Location | SYNTH × Business-Airport Breeze Tower 1F, 2-4-9 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0001 |
| Contact | 050-7120-8157 info@etoile-iplaw.com |
| Selling price | The IP spot consultation service is described on the relevant page that introduces the service. Other services will be announced individually before the service is provided. |
| Necessary charges other than service charges | Internet connection fee, communication fee, transfer fee, PayPal fee |
| Payment Method | Credit card, PayPal, bank transfer |
| Due date for payment | In the case of bank transfer, we will inform you of the remittance destination account and inform you of the payment deadline. |
| Service delivery time | For IP spot consultations, services will be provided on the scheduled consultation date and time specified. Other services will be announced individually before the service is provided. |
| About cancellation | In principle, no refund will be given for cancellations made after payment. However, in case of cancellation due to our circumstances, we will refund the full amount including the handling fee. |
Miwa Yoshida (registration number: 18189)
April 2012: Registered as a patent attorney; February 2014: Appended for representation in specific infringement litigation
Languages: Japanese(native), English(business), Russian(beginner)
Background:
Graduated from College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo BSc (molecular cell biology)
-Thesis: “Analysis of MP (movement protein) of chimera TMV which lacks the ability of moving through cells”
Graduated from Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo MSc (cell biology)
-Master’s thesis, “Isolation of plastid nucleoids of Cyanophora paradoxa and analysis of their protein composition”
4 years of experience as an IT engineer at IBM Japan Systems Engineering Co., Ltd.
For a total of 12 years of experience at Aoyama and Partners, Iwatani International Patent Office, Kitahama Partners, Kaneka Corporation, and iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (Technology Licensing Organization), mainly patent prosecution n the fields of biotechnology and chemistry and trademark prosecution.
April 2022- In charge of general intellectual property affairs, Rege Nephro Co., Ltd.
Activities in the industry, affiliated organizations:
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Kansai-kai)
- Cellular Agriculture Institute of the Commons (CAIC) -Affiliate Member
- International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI JAPAN)
- Japan Intellectual Property Association: Special Committee International 1st Committee (retired in the middle of the term) until September of 2019
- Japan Intellectual Property Association: E05 course “Negotiation and drafting in English contract” completed in 2018
- Completed Japan Intellectual Property Association 2017 F02 Course “Training on the U.S. Patent System and Mock Trial, IPR, etc.” – “IoT-Related Applications and U.S. Patent Law Section 101 (Subject Matter Eligibility),” Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 68 No. 7 (2018) 974-988
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Bio-Life Sciences Committee, 2014 and 2015 – “Investigation, Research and Proposal on Bio-Intellectual Property from Bio-Startups” (Subcommittee 6) in 2015 – “Investigation and Research on International Competitiveness of Japanese Bio-Life Sciences Industry from Patent Aspect” (Subcommittee 3) in 2014
Other seminars and qualifications:
2021: Pharmaceutical Medicine Course recognized by the Japanese Association of Pharmaceutical Medicine and certified by the PharmaTrain Federation as a Centre of Excellence
2019: LSE MBA Essentials
2019: Osaka University Development of problem-solving capability in health and medical fields
TOEIC 900 points, IELTS 6.5, Intellectual Property Management Skills Level 1 (patents and brands), Business Practice Legal Test Level 2, Registered Seller, French Proficiency Test Level 4, Russian Language Proficiency Test Level 4
For small day-to-day IP concerns and consultations, we offer an IP spot consultation service.
- Face-to-face: 6,600 yen /30 min, 13,200 yen/60 min (tax included)
- Mail-based: 3,300 yen/question (tax included)
*As a general rule, face-to-face consultations will be conducted online. In the case of Google Meet, we will set up the meeting for you. We will try to accommodate online meetings using other tools (Zoom, Teams, etc.) as much as possible if you contact us.
*After an email-based consultation, we can arrange a face-to-face meeting.
*If we accept your case as a result of the IP spot consultation, the consultation fee will be deducted from the cost.
For example, if you have any of the following inquiries or concerns, please feel free to use it.
- I would like to have a consultation that goes a little further than the free consultation
- I usually do IP work myself, but I want to check with an expert if that is the right way to do it.
- Someone else took action, such as sending a warning letter, but I don’t know how to take the initial action.
- I would like to hear a second opinion about the answers of other patent law firms.
- I would like to hear the opinions of experts as to whether it is really okay to conclude an IP-related contract with this content.
- I would like to talk about my career in the IP industry
If you would like to discuss something more in-depth than the free consultation you have already received, please provide us with a brief summary of your existing consultation in advance so that we can provide you with the most accurate advice possible, even within the limited time available.
We are also open to consultation with those who would like to do the procedures themselves up to a certain point and would like to receive advice on a spot basis. (We have written a collection of tips for such people. Japanese text only, paid articles).
Tips for those who want to obtain intellectual property rights in Japan
If you would like ongoing advice, we offer a separate IP advisory service. Please click here for details.
*If it is clear that your consultation is complex and will take time to analyze, we may charge an additional fee. In such cases, we will disclose a written estimate in advance and proceed with the consultation upon your agreement.
- 1. please contact us from the inquiry form below and let us know the method, date, and time of the IP spot consultation you would like. (It would be appreciated if you could send us a summary of the content of the consultation to the extent possible to help us identify any conflicts of interest.
- *If we are unable to accept your consultation due to a conflict, we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know.
After the details of your consultation and date are determined, we will send you an e-mail according to the payment method you selected in the inquiry form. If you have not yet selected a payment method, please contact us, taking into account the following cancellation deadline *We use Stripe for credit card payment.
(If it takes longer, we will contact you in advance.) We will also send you a summary of our response to your consultation after the IP spot consultation.
*Precautions:
- If payment is not confirmed within 3 business days (5 business days if a weekend is involved) after the consultation, date and time are determined, the consultation will be canceled. If payment is not received within 3 business days (5 business days if a weekend is involved) after the consultation date and time has been determined, the consultation will be canceled if payment is not received 6 hours prior to the start of the consultation.
- In principle, no refund will be given if canceled after payment. However, in case of cancellation due to our circumstances, we will refund the full amount including the handling fee.
Etoile International IP Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as “our office”) strongly recognizes the importance of personal information entrusted to us by our customers and complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other related laws and regulations. At the same time, we declare that we will handle personal information safely and appropriately in accordance with the privacy policy set forth below.
Definition of personal information
In this privacy policy, personal information is information about living individuals that can identify a specific individual such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and email address.
Management of personal information
Personal information entrusted to us by our customers will be managed carefully and appropriately so that unauthorized access, loss, leakage, etc. will not occur.
Purpose of use of personal information
- Responding to inquiries to our office
- Whether or not to accept the work requested by our office, and if accepted, the performance of the work
- Providing information on intellectual property from our office
- Sending and sending greeting cards of our office
- Other appropriate and smooth execution of our business
Provision of personal information to a third party
We will not provide the personal information entrusted to us by our customers to a third party without the consent of the individual, except when disclosure is permitted based on the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.
Disclosure / correction / deletion of personal information
If you wish to disclose, correct or delete the personal information entrusted to you by the customer, please let us know. After confirming the proper identity, we will respond promptly.
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Etoile International IP Law Firm
Below are links to help you with your daily IP operations.
- Japan Patent Office
- Systems and procedures in each jurisdiction (from the JPO website)
- J-Plat Pat
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association
- INPIT Intellectual Property Comprehensive Support Counter
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office)
- Patent Center (patent information service by USPTO)
- EPO (European Patent Office)
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- Espacenet patent search
- CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Office)
- China Patent Office Promulgation Public Notice Search Site
- KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
- KIPRIS (Korean Patent Information Service)
- Taiwan Patent Office
- EAPO(Eurasian Patent Organization)
- Intellectual Property Information Data Bank for Emerging Countries
- Control of intellectual property infringing goods (customs)
- Outline of Unfair Competition Prevention Law (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
- Outline of copyright system (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Foodtech related sites
- Foovo
- Cellular Agriculture Institute of the Commons (CAIC)
- Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA)
- Good Food Institute (GFI)
Notebook, blog and Spotify by our patent attorneys
Office Name
Etoile International IP Law Firm
Patent Attorney
Miwa Yoshida (registration number: 18189)
Location
530-0001 SYNTH × Business-Airport Osaka Breeze Tower 1F, 2-4-9 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi
E-mail address
info@etoile-iplaw.com
Invoice Registration Number
Etoile International IP Law Firm: T9810410437609
Established
January 2022
Business Content
IP consulting service
Patent (including foreign applications) and trademark application fees
IP Advisory Services
IP related contract review
Patent (including foreign applications) and trademark application fees
Standard reference fees for patent (including foreign applications) and trademark matters are shown below
Fees vary depending on the difficulty of the project and other factors.
We do not have a contingency fee system because we do not have an application-only policy.
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen/30 minutes including tax (If the consultation is longer than 30 minutes, the fee will be charged at 2,200 yen/10 minutes )
*If we accept your case, we will deduct the consultation fee from the cost.
*A system is available for small and medium-sized enterprises, individuals, universities, etc. to receive a reduction or exemption of the examination fee and patent fee (for the first through the tenth year) if certain requirements are met.
→ Patent fee reduction and exemption system
*Foreign application support programs are available for small and medium-sized companies.
→ Foreign Application Support Program for Small and Medium Enterprises
- Patent
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: 176,000 yen – *Additional fees for claims, specifications, drawings, and sequences (if any) will be charged separately. | 14,000 yen | 190,000 yen |
| At the time of request for examination (in the case of patent application) | *Basic fee: 11,000 yen | 142,000 yen – *For applications filed on or after April 1, 2019 | 153,000 yen- |
| Correspondence to notification of reasons for refusal (prosecution) | *Basic fee: 55,000 yen per *Additional fees for additional pages and additional invoices (for increases only) will be charged separately. | Unnecessary | 55,000 yen- |
| When registering settings | *Basic fee: 22,000 yen | 13,800 yen – *3-year fee for registration fee for examination requests made after April 1, 2004. | 35,800 yen- |
* Click here for details on JPO fees → List of JPO fees
- Foreign Patent (PCT Application (Japanese))
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: 220,000 yen (110,000 yen if the priority right is based on our basic application) *Additional fees for claim, specification, drawing, and sequence list (if any) will be charged separately. | *International filing fee: 165,900 yen- *For online filing on or after September 1, 2023 and up to 30 sheets of paper *Sending fee: 17,000 yen *For international filing on or after April 1, 2022 *Search fee: 143,000 yen *For each Japanese international application whose international search organization is Japan Patent Office | 444,600 yen |
| Support for International Phase Prosecution | *Examination of international search report/international preliminary examination report: 22,000 yen *Article 19 amendment: 22,000 yen *Application for international preliminary examination: 11,000 yen *Article 34 amendment: 55,000 yen *Additional fees for pages and claims are charged separately |
- Trademark
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: ¥55,000 *Additional fee for each category: ¥11,000 per category (after 2nd category) *Simplified survey fee: ¥11,000 per category | 3,400 yen + (number of classifications x 8,600 yen) | 67,000 yen- |
| Correspondence to notification of reasons for refusal (prosecution) | *Basic fee: 55,000 yen per visit *Additional fee for each page will be charged separately. | Unnecessary | 55,000 yen- |
| When registering settings | *Basic fee: 33,000 yen *Additional fee for each category: 11,000 yen per category (after the second category) | Number of sections x ¥17,200 *Registration fee for 5 years Number of sections x ¥32,900 *Registration fee for 10 years | 50,200 yen |
| At the time of renewal registration | *Basic fee: 17,600 yen | Number of sections x ¥22,800 *Registration fee for 5 years Number of sections x ¥43,600 *Registration fee for 10 years | 40,400 yen |
*Fees for other jurisdictions and procedures are available upon request (main procedures: searches, appeals, foreign trademarks (Madrid Protool, etc.), designs).)
IP Advisory Services
We can provide not only filing services, but also IP advisory services based on the experience we gained during our time as in-house patent attorneys.
Even if you do not have an in-house IP department, you can outsource some of the functions of your own IP department, such as IP management, competitive analysis, and invention discovery.
We offer three service fee structures that match the work time of our patent attorneys, but we can also tailor our service fee structure to meet the needs of our clients, so please feel free to contact us for more information.
*If you sign an advisory contract with us, you can display our firm as an IP advisory firm on your website, etc.
| Plan 1 | 33,000 yen (including tax)/month 330,000 yen (including tax)/year | Up to 1 meeting/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 3 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
| Plan 2 | 55,000 yen (tax included)/month 550,000 yen (tax included)/year | Up to 2 meetings/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 5 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
| Plan 3 | 110,000 yen (tax included)/month 1,100,000 yen (tax included)/year | Up to 3 meetings/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 10 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
*All plans include consultation on intellectual property matters via e-mail or other text-based methods. Free of charge However, depending on the frequency and the content of the consultation, additional operating hours may be charged.
*If you do not use the actual working hours or meetings in the plan for a month, you can carry over the advisory fee to the next and subsequent months at a rate of 5,500 yen/30 minutes, tax included.
*In principle, meetings are online-based and limited to one hour per meeting. Meetings are generally conducted online and are limited to one hour per meeting.
*If the amount of work exceeds the actual hours in the plan, an additional fee of 5,500 yen/30 minutes including tax may be charged.
IP related contract review
We can provide contract review service for IP-related contracts (license contracts, joint development contracts, non-disclosure agreements, research contracts). It is also possible to consult only the part of the contract that you would like to pay attention to in the spot IP consultation.
Proofreading and legal check of contracts: 13,200 yen (tax included)/contract
*Additional charges may apply depending on the volume.
Please feel free to contact us through the inquiry form below, including inquiries about costs.
Etoile International IP Law Firm
With our cross-sectional experience in the IP industry, we will support you in maximizing the power of IP.
Our Services
- Consultation on IP
- Consultation on IP strategy and IP disputes
- IP-related contract review service
We provide IP advisory services based on the knowledge gained from our experience as in-house patent attorneys
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FoodTech & IP (note Magazine, Japanese)
We are always happy to accept requests to write or contribute information on intellectual property and food tech.
(Please feel free to contact us through the contact form.)
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At Etoile International IP Law Firm, our patent attorney, who has been involved in IP work at patent firms, law firms, IP departments of domestic chemical manufacturers, and TLOs (technology transfer organizations), will use the knowledge we have gained through our experience and our language skills to communicate with overseas representatives on an equal footing. We are ready to provide our clients with sincere and professional advice and support, whether it is for a small daily IP concern or for an important business situation.
- Patent Utility model
We specialize mainly in cases related to biotechnology, pharmacy, food, and chemistry. With our long experience as an in-house patent attorney, we are also able to provide advice on IP disputes and IP strategies.
In addition, we also provide detailed services with regard to foreign applications, taking advantage of our extensive experience, mainly in Europe and the U.S., and our language skills in close communication with overseas agents.
For matters in other fields, such as software-related patents, we can refer our clients to other patent attorneys who are strong in those fields upon request.
- Trademark, Design, Copyright
We provide services related to trademark applications, including international trademark applications, for both individual and corporate clients.
We also provide services for consultations on intellectual property fields such as design and copyright.
- IP Strategy
We provide detailed advice on IP strategies for our clients’ businesses, based on the knowledge we have gained from our experience as in-house patent attorneys at companies and TLOs.
We also offer IP advisory services to provide ongoing advice. Please click here for more details.
Recently, we have been particularly active in providing support to start-up companies.
- IP related Contract Review Service
We provide contract review service for IP-related contracts (license contracts, joint development contracts, non-disclosure agreements, research contracts, etc.).
- Career Consultation in the IP industry
Utilizing the knowledge of working in various positions such as offices, companies, and academia in the IP industry, we can provide suitable career advice, especially regarding the success of female human resources in the IP industry. (Of course, we also welcome consultations from men).
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About consultation method
As a rule, we ask that consultations be conducted online. If there is no specific request, we will set up a meeting via Google Meet. If you prefer to meet with us online using other tools (Zoom, Teams, etc.), we will do our best to accommodate you.
Please note that if you come to the business space of our address and consult in the meeting room, we will ask you to present multiple dates and times when you can meet because the meeting room needs to be reserved in advance.
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen/30 minutes including tax (2,200 yen/10 minutes for more than 30 minutes )
*If we accept your case, we will deduct the consultation fee from the cost.
* We will comply with the confidentiality obligation to clients under Article 30 of the Patent Attorneys Act.
* In the event of a conflict, we may refuse to accept your business. If we are unable to accept your request, we will contact you as soon as possible.
About payment
If we are able to accept your consultation or request for application representation, we will provide you with a written estimate in advance, and only after you have agreed to the contents of the estimate and made a formal request will we accept your request.
You can choose from the following payment methods
- Credit Card* Stripe is used for this credit card payment.Details of Stripe
- PayPal
- Bank transfer
In principle, payment for IP spot consultations must be made in advance. For details, please refer to the link below.
