The firm of KUZUWA & PARTNERS, which is the successor to a small but prestigious Japanese patent firm named TAKAO MINAMI, was established in 1995, and has since then rapidly grown to include 30 staff members who serve our domestic, foreign, corporate and university clients.

We are located in the center of Tokyo and specialize in intellectual property law, covering patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, competition law, copyright law, licensing matters, and related litigation. Our nine patent attorneys have expertise in a wide range of technical fields, e.g., chemistry, biotechnology, material science, physics, mechanics, electronics, information technology, and business models, and handle the filing and prosecution of patent, trademark and design applications before the Japan Patent Office as well as related infringement and other IP litigation before the Courts.

In addition to our Japanese patent attorneys, we have a prominent United States patent attorney, twelve highly-educated and effective technical staff members, and eight experienced clerical and paralegal employees, all of whom have a good command of English and/or some other foreign language, which generates collaborative and efficient work with excellent internal and external communications.

We often act as intermediaries, using these language skills for foreign affairs such as foreign application filing and prosecution in collaboration with associated foreign law firms all over the world.