Past research（FY2002）
The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 2002 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 | Theme | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invited | Frank Gotzen
Director Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIR) Brussels and Leuven, Belgium  |
Stretching the Trademark Protection System | summary |
| Invited | Sigrid Asschenfeldt Lawyer, Doctoral Candidate, Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, and the Fern Universitat Hagen | Protection of Shapes as Trademarks | summary |
| Invited | Viet D. Phan Lawyer, TRAN H. N. & ASSOCIATES Doctoral Candidate Technology University of Dresden | Selected Aspects of Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Japan and Vietnam -A comparative study with respect to TRIPS standards of enforcement - | summary |
| Invited | Luo Dongchuan Deputy Chief Judge, Third Civil Tribunal, The Supreme People's Court |
Comparative Study on the Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property: From the Viewpoint of the Trial of Intellectual Property Cases between China and Japan | summary |
| Overseas | Takashi Ohno | Interpretation of Functional Claims in the United States | summary |
| Overseas | Takashi Kimura | Desirable Intellectual Property Rights System for Promoting Sound Development of E-Commerce, etc. via the Internet | summary |
| Fellow | Akiko Kato | Progressive Development of Protection Framework for Pharmaceutical Invention under the TRIPS Agreement-Focusing on Patent Rights | summary |
| Fellow | Akihiro Matsui | Intellectual Property Litigation and Foreign Sovereign Immunity: International Law Limit to Jurisdiction over the Infringement of Intellectual Property | summary |