Patent changes create friction

Satoshi Watanabe sets out the changes made to patent regulations in Japan, highlighting the difference in opinion between large organisations and SMEs

Satoshi Watanabe, Watanabe Research & Consulting

Japan is losing international competitiveness. Who canreverse the trend, big companies or small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs)? In the discussion of the revision of Japan’s IP litigation system, we have witnessed tensions between large corporations and SMEs and it looks like the government is taking SMEs’ side.