Past research（FY2000）
The following is a list of invited researchers and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 2000 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.
| Classification | Name／Affirication | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Invited | Chul Song Lee [Professor, Dept. of Law Hanyang University] |
A Proposal for New Regulation of Abusive Use of Domain Names |
| Invited | Xiao Du Zhang [Doctoral Student ,Graduate School of Law Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] | A Comparative Study on the Patentability of Biotechnological Invention |
| Invited | Howard C. Anawalt
[Professor,School of Law Santa Clara University]  | The Internet Distribution and Use of Inventive and Creative Works |
| Invited | Peter Ganea [Doctor /Researcher,Max-Planck Institute] |
A Comparative Study on Parallel Imports of Goods Protected by Patent and Trademarks in Japan and In the EU: Discussed in the Light of Economic Theory |
| Overseas | Souichirou Kozuka [Associate Professor Sophia University(Tokyo)] | Regulation of Trademark Licensing Through Non-Trademark Law:Jurisprudence of "Corporate Brand Manegement" |
| Overseas | Tatsuo Kato | Criteria for Determination of Nonobviousness of Business Method Patents |