Legal Dept.

　The Legal Department includes attorneys, dual-qualified attorney/patent professionals, paralegals, multilingual legal-processing professionals, and dedicated support staff.
　The source brochure identifies the department as including:
* 15 attorneys-at-law;
* 5 professionals qualified as both attorney-at-law and patent attorney;
* 4 attorneys proficient in Japanese;
* 8 attorneys proficient in English;
* 3 paralegals;
* 8 multilingual processing specialists; and
* 8 supporting staff members. 　　

 

　The Legal Department handles a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including:
🔹 General Legal Services
* Civil, criminal, and administrative matters;
* Corporate and commercial law;
* Unfair competition and trade secret matters; 
* Intellectual property prosecution, protection, enforcement, and defense;
* Labor rules, employment disputes, and labor-law counseling; 
* Immigration;
* Commercial agreements, investment agreements, arbitration and business disputes;
* Construction and service contracts;
* Corporate and commercial legal services; Corporate and Commercial transactions;
* Company formation and corporate registration;
* Domestic and foreign investment matters;
* Factory establishment and related regulatory procedures. 
* Contracts, franchising, licensing, and commercial arrangements;
* Competition and antitrust matters;
* Regulatory compliance;
* Licensing and technology transactions;
* Cross-border commercial disputes.
* Investment and legal due diligence;
* Administrative remedies;
* Product liability;
* Real estate matters;
* Litigation, arbitration, and commercial dispute resolution.

🔹 Intellectual Property
* Patent prosecution;
* Trademark prosecution;
* Copyright matters;
* Licensing and technology transactions;
* Unfair competition;
* Trade secrets;
* Antitrust and competition law;
* Infringement analysis and enforcement.

🔹 Litigation and Rights Enforcement
* Civil litigation;
* Criminal litigation;
* Administrative litigation;
* IP litigation and enforcement;
* Infringement actions;
* Investigations;
* Evidence development;
* Negotiation and settlement;
* Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.