TOPICS－2004－｜TMI Associates

2004 Topics

The headings below are English translations of Japanese titles. Further information is available in Japanese only, unless otherwise indicated.

	2004. 12	Foreign law counsel Lianming HE gave the seminar Problems facing Chinese Business Development on December 16, 2004, sponsored by IDEC Yokohama.

	2004. 12	Attorney Kunio Namekata gave the seminar Chinese Corporations: Public Listing in Japan and Capital Applications held in Beijing on December 11, 2004.

	2004. 12	Attorney Tomoo Shibano's article “Subcontract Act: Obligation to Provide a Written Order and its Indicated Information,” and Attorney Noriyuki Okuyama's article “Bankruptcy Law: Summary of Various Important Issues” will be published in the February 2005 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 12	Attorney Tatsuhiro Takahara wrote the essay “Diversification of Share Type Planning: Application of Different Share Types in Venture Capital Projects,” included in the book Advanced Commercial Law: Finance Section edited by Hideki Kanda and Sadakazu Osaki. This book was selected as a prescribed reading for Tokyo University's Law School.

	2004. 12	Attorney Yoshiro Masumoto's article “Lawyer's Analysis: Realignment of Japanese Professional Baseball” will be published in the January 2005 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 11	Attorney Motoi Fujii gave the seminar Legal Issues related to PEO Entry, sponsored by JAPEO (Japan Association for Professional Employer Organization). (PEO, an abbreviation for “Professional Employer Organization,” handles employment matters for mostly small-to-medium enterprises. It is contracted to conduct mainly human resource management.)

	2004. 11	Attorney Yoshihiko Fuchibe's essay “Practical and Legal Issues for Royalty Contracts” was included in the complete collection of Business Contracts, published by the Business Research Institute.

	2004. 11	Invitation to 2006 (59-ki) candidate attorneys for TMI's Explanatory Session was posted on the website.

	2004. 10	Foreign law counsel Lianming HE gave the seminar Issues Related to Managing Labor and Human Resources on October 28, 2004, sponsored by IDEC Yokohama.

	2004. 10	Attorneys Yoshihiko Fuchibe and Akiko Monden's article “Response to Risks of Environmental Pollution and Social Insurance Related to M&A” will be published as a special feature in the December 2004 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 10	Attorney Akiko Monden was seconded to the WTO Dispute Settlement Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

	2004. 10	Attorney Masahiko Nakamura gave the seminar Legal Practice Issues Related to Merchandising Rights Contracts on October 1, 2004 for LICENSING ASIA 2004, sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.

	2004. 10	Announcement for TMI's Explanatory Session for the Patent and Trademark Department was posted on the website.

	2004. 10	Fifteen new attorneys (bengoshi) who completed their legal training in 2004 (57-ki) joined TMI.

	2004. 9	Attorney Hiroyuki Morisaki was a presenter for the training course about intellectual property rights infringement cases for the 2004 APEC Intellectual Property Rights Course (JICA-based) Training held on September 29, 2004, sponsored by APEC.

	2004. 9	Attorney Masahiko Miyashita's article “Focus on America's Unique Plea Bargaining System due to the Jenkins Case” will be published as a special feature in the November 2004 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 9	TMI drafted a memorandum in Japanese and English about the “Introduction of Paperless Shares and Electronic Public Notices” for our clients.

	2004. 9	Patent Attorney Akihiko Eguchi joined TMI as an associate.

	2004. 9	Legal Consultation about IT (New: Seirin Law Consultation Series #12) was published by Seirin Shoin.

	2004. 9	Attorney Tatsuhiro Takahara was recommended as a top Japanese attorney for private equity/venture capital business in Private Equity 2004/2005.

	2004. 9	Foreign law counsel Lianming HE's article “Building a Management Strategy before Licensing. Special Chinese Edition: Competitive Brands - Learning from the Best” will be a special feature in Nikkei BizTech (Daily News) No.003 Unrivalled MOT.

	2004. 8	Foreign law counsel Lianming HE gave the seminar Current Situation of Chinese Deregulation: Amendments to Investment Regulations Related to External Trade Laws and Foreign Corporations' Businesses on August 19, 2004, sponsored by IDEC Yokohama.

	2004. 8	Attorney Yoshihiko Fuchibe and Patent Attorney Atsushi Sato's article “Roles and Duties of New Paralegals” will be published in the August 2004 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 7	TMI Associates received Nikkei's 17th New Office award.

	2004. 7	Attorney Tatsuhiro Takahara's article “Diversification of Share Type Planning: Application of Different Share Types” will be published in two parts in the July 5 and 15, 2004 issues of the Commercial Law Review.

	2004. 7	Attorney Hidenori Nakagawa joined TMI as a partner.

	2004. 6	Foreign law counsel Lianming HE gave the seminar How Chinese Businesses Advance and Conduct Contract Negotiations on June 25, 2004, sponsored by the International Business and Trading Research Institute.

	2004. 6	Attorneys Yoshihiko Fuchibe, Takeo Yamada, Yasuko Teraura, Takushi Saito, and others wrote the article “Establishment, Management, and Dissolution of Joint Venture Companies” to be published in two parts in the June 5 and 15, 2005 issues of Commercial Law Review.

	2004. 6	Attorney Hiroyuki Morisaki's comments were included in the article about Sharp Corporation's request for provisional injunction based on patent infringement, submitted to the Tokyo District Court for a Japanese subsidiary of a large Taiwanese electronics manufacturer to discontinue sales of LCD TVs. The article was printed in the June 11, 2004 edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

	2004. 5	Attorney Osamu Ishihara's comments were included in an article about the arrest of the “Winny” developer. The article was printed in the May 11, 2005 edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

	2004. 5	Attorney Yoshihiko Fuchibe gave the seminar Strategy, Negotiations, and Contract Drafting Related to M&A on May 13, 2004, sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute.

	2004. 5	Professor Hiraku Tanaka joined TMI as a special counsel to the firm.

	2004. 4	Attorney Hiroyuki Morisaki gave the seminar Suitable Action for an Employee's Invention on April 12, 2004, sponsored by The Association of Japanese Corporate Legal Departments.

	2004. 4	Attorney Tomohiro Tohyama's seminar P2P file sharing and copying for Personal Use, held on January 21, 2004, was published as a special feature in No.516, Volume 44 of Copyright, published by the Copyright Research and Information Center.

	2004. 4	Attorney Tomohiro Tohyama was appointed as a Board Member of the Entertainment Lawyers Network, and five TMI attorneys became members.

	2004. 4	Attorneys Takeo Yamada and Tomoo Shibano's article “Issues for Outsourcing Software Development under the Amended Subcontract Act” will be published as a special feature in the April 2004 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 4	Attorney Atsushi Teshima joined TMI as an associate.

	2004. 3	Attorneys Atsushi Igarashi and Hidehiro Mitani's article “Absolute Minimum: Managing Confidential Information,” will be published as a special feature in the March 2004 issue of Business Homu.

	2004. 3	Attorney Masahiko Miyashita joined TMI as a partner.

	2004. 2・3	Attorney Yoshihiko Fuchibe and Simmons and Simmons lawyer Rikako Beppu's comments for the discussion Candid Opinions from Inhouse Legal Departments and Law Firms will be included in a special feature published in two parts in the February and March 2004 issues of Business Homu.

	2004. 2	Attorney Yoshihiko Fuchibe gave the seminar Practical and Legal Issues for Royalty Contracts on February 13, 2004, sponsored by the Business Research Institute.

	2004. 1	Attorney Kentaro Nakanishi was seconded to the Financial Market Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency.

	2004. 1	Attorney Hiroyuki Morisaki's comments about the amendments to the Japanese Patent Law in relation to an employee's invention were printed in the January 30, 2004 edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

	2004. 1	Attorney Tomohiro Tohyama gave the seminar P2P Filesharing and Multicopying for Personal Use on January 21, 2004, sponsored by the Copyright Research and Information Center.

	2004. 1	Attorney Osamu Ishihara was appointed as a Lecturer for Civil Legal Practice (minji bengo) for the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan.