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Main Activities Campaign against a Rise in Request Fee for Examination In 2002, Mr. Iuchi raised an outcry against a piece of legislation for a rise in fee of requests for examination, submitted signatures against the legislation to the Diet with receiving cooperation of a lot of patent attorneys and proprietors of small businesses, and had a personal interview with Mr. Takeo Hiranuma, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry at the time in the Minister's room. The supplementary resolution approved at that time led to the later revision of the law for improving utility models for medium and small enterprises. Offering of Opinions about Intellectual Property Policy Mr. Iuchi seizes every opportunity to offer his personal opinions about what policy the government should take as a nation based on intellectual property, intellectual property administration of the Japanese Patent Office, etc. with the aim of realizing a real IP-based nation. Support to Local Governments Mr. Iuchi not only cooperates in settling on intellectual property strategies as a member of the local intellectual property strategic program promotion network and a member of the prefectural intellectual property strategy settling committee, but also supports cooperation among industry, academia and government through intellectual property. He aims at activities which contribute to developments of regional economies. Moreover, he offers his opinions about what public works with the use of new intellectual property should be to each local government and promotes hopeful community creating and activities for protecting global environment with the newest technologies obtained by utilizing intellectual property. Protection of Global Environment We hope that Yodo River and Yamato River in Osaka will be restored to limpid streams with the latest in environmental technology through intellectual property. Osaka whose rivers are now contaminated does not deserve to be called the city of water. Who on earth feels comfortable in sightseeing through the completely polluted river? What Osaka should do first in order to declare the city of water is to clean water. It should not spend money only on cleaning of the surroundings of rivers. It is possible to clean river water by getting the latest in biotechnology, etc. into full use. Moreover, unfortunately, global environment cannot be protected by Japan only. Polluted air and water have also reached Japan from a neighboring country, China. Therefore, in order to protect global environment and Japan, it is also important to clean the air and water in China. If Japanese excellent environmental technologies can be transferred to China, it will be possible to clean the air and water in China. In order for transfer, the license of intellectual property is important. If you are interested in transfer of environmental technologies to China, please consult us. Meetings for opinion exchange with specialists in Korea, China and Taiwan In fiscal 2003, Mr. Iuchi organized an investigating commission in the software committee of the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association to exchange opinions about the protection by patent in the software field which had been an international issue after a decision made in U.S.A. with Patent Office examiners, university professors and patent attorneys, who specialize in software in each country, and put together a report on the status country by country to submit the report to the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association. Moreover, he showed the report to the chief of special field examiners of the Japanese Patent Office to make a proposal of making use of the report for patent examinations of the field concerned in Japan. Support to Activities of a Trademark Caravan formed by the Japanese Paten　　　Attorneys Association The revision of the Trademark Law for local brand promotion in fiscal 2004 was used as the occasion for organizing a trademark caravan by the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association and local brand seminars were held all over Japan. Mr. Iuchi planned and managed the seminars all over the country and was in charge of seminars held in seven prefectures. Please ask about local brand. Lecture Meetings / Seminar Lecturer He served as lecturer in a large number of lecture meetings and seminars such as: Seminar for Biotechnology Researchers Seminar for Proprietors of Small Businesses Seminar for IT Industrial Enterprises Seminar for Chemical Researchers Overseas Patent Strategy Seminar Japan-USA-EU Patent Comparison Seminar International Application Strategy Seminar Seminar on Arbitration Seminar on Technical Standards and Intellectual Property Rights Seminar on Chinese Intellectual Property, and Seminar on Arbitration in China. Moreover, he served as lecturer of seminars for intellectual property department staff and patent attorney's office staff not only in Japan but also in Korea. COPYRIGHT(C)IUCHI INT IP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.