Researcher overseas/invited business（FY2014）

The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 2014 commissioned by the Japan Patent Office. In the column "Invited" is a researcher invited 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	Benjamin Piwei LIU Assistant Professor, The John Marshall Law School	An Empirical Study of Pharmaceutical Patent Harmonization	summary
Invited	Apostolos CHRONOPOULOS Research Assistant and Teaching Associate, Centre for Commercial Law Studies – Queen Mary University of London	Three Dimensional Shapes: Issues of IP and Competition Policy － Comparative Comments on the Japanese System of Trademark Protection	summary
Invited	JEON, Seong Tae Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Intellectual Property	A Study on Joint Infringement of Network-related Patent – Focused on the Comparisons of the Cases and Theory in Korea, Japan and United States	summary
Invited	WU, Chia-Ying Senior Patent Examiner & Section Chief, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office	After MyriadMyriad: The Comparative Study on Biotechnology Patent Practice	summary
Invited	ZHANG, Xiaojin Chief Judge, Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Trial Division No.2	Comparative Study on Judgment Rules of Patent Infringement in China and Japan	summary
Overseas	Momoko NISHIMURA	FTA policy- Making in the EU and its Effects : Policies on Geographic Indicators and Medicines/Medical Equipment	summary
Overseas	Koichiro ONISHI	The Effect of Harmonization of Intellectual Property Rights on the Activities of MNCs in Developing Countries	summary
Fellow	Yuko KUSAMA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Desirable IP Litigation in Japan - from the Viewpoint of Expert Testimony about Foreign Law	summary
Fellow	Takamasa SUZUKI Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	A Study on Strategic Use of the Patent System and Its Effects on R&D	summary
Fellow	Miyuki TANIGUCHI Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	Did Modifications of the Japanese Patent System Lead to a Reduction in Price Competition and the Promotion of R&D Activities? : The Impacts of Some Modifications between 1998 and 2013 on the Japanese Automobile Industry	summary
Fellow	Atsuko YAMAGUCHI Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	International Jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court	summary
Fellow	Etsuko YOSHIDA Research Fellow, Institute of Intellectual Property	A Comparative Law Study on the Patent Eligibility－Focus on the Method Invention－	summary