CHINA

Sonoda & Kobayashi’s culture of candid internal communication will streamline the prosecution and enforcement of IP rights especially when Chinese and Japanese jurisdictions are involved. The client can save the trouble of giving substantially the same instructions to each local agent and we can eliminate the redundant work of analyzing the same prior art and reasons for rejection.

While the constant change in law firms and attorneys in China is a sign of the country’s vibrant nature, this can cause confusion and delay in IP prosecution/enforcement for non-Chinese companies in the long run. At Sonoda & Kobayashi Beijing, we fully understand the value of stability and offer our clients an exclusive combination of traditional Japanese reliability with Chinese efficiency and vibrancy to ensure trustworthiness and efficiency for our international clients.

With more than 20 years of experience in intellectual property, our team of Chinese patent attorneys, technical experts and translators will work together as necessary to offer the most effective protection for your IP assets in China. The employees at our principal office in Tokyo cooperate closely with those at the China office and regularly exchange knowledge.

Sonoda & Kobayashi Japan is well known for its clear and truthful communication in addition to its high quality and reliable standards for legal services. A transparent and reasonable charge system is another aspect of our clear and truthful communication and is not always the case at other firms. We maintain this tradition in the China office so that our clients always have a clear idea of the costs and the status of their IP rights.