Innovation Director, Satoshi Konno, from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) joined the 9th edition of the Business of IP Asia Forum (“BIP Asia Forum”) held from December 5 and 6 in 2019 (hosted by Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Design Centre). At this event, Konno exchanged opinions about how the intellectual property situation was developed in Asia and the intellectual eco system in Greater Bay Area where Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong and Macao were merged with Mr. Soh Kar Liang, President of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association, Mr. Hirohito Katsunuma, President at Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Mr. Hunk Li, Deputy General Manager and Chief Legal Officer of Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Company Limited. Various media including ACM Newswire reported about BIP Asia Forum. .

 

■ You can find an article on BIP Asia Forum as below (in English)
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/business-ip-asia-forum-opens-070000105.html

■ You can also check the speech by the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam at BIP Asia Forum below (in English)
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201912/05/P2019120500365.htm?fbclid=IwAR3AgjdtCwlyntxfL9QpBSf9cAIPCZpycVoeZ3XuHxOKZsR4iB1uEdSNVKU

 

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

CEO and COO, Minoru Fujiki, from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) participated at RPX Asia Conference held in November 13, 2019 in Taipei and November 15, 2019 in Kyoto.

Fujiki served as a panelist in a session entitled “Fair and Reasonable? Licensing Standard Essential Patents (“SEP”)”. He especially discussed about potential problems for licensing SEP, standardization activities, the current situation of patent pools and challenges and mechanism of SEP utilization to promote innovation.

 

(Kyoto session)
■ Topic
Fair and Reasonable? Licensing Standard Essential Patents
■ Moderator
Robert Heath, RPX Corporation, Executive Vice President
■ Panelists
1) Minoru Fujiki, IP Bridge, Inc., CEO and COO
2) Mattia Fogliacco, Sisvel Group, Chief Executive Officer
3) Masanori Hasegawa, Cannon Inc., Department chief of licensing 1st group
 
(Taipei session)
■ Topic
Fair and Reasonable? Licensing Standard Essential Patents
■ Moderator
Robert Heath, RPX Corporation, Executive Vice President
■ Panelists
1) Minoru Fujiki, IP Bridge, Inc., CEO and COO
2) Mattia Fogliacco, Sisvel Group, Chief Executive Officer
3) Steven Lie, Media Tek Inc., Director of the Intellectual Property Division

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, participated in TechInnovation 2019 for seed technology exhibition held in Singapore from November 11 to 13, 2019 (hosted by IPI Singapore, https://www.ipi-singapore.org/). Since TechInnovation 2019 was held at the same time as Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) (hosted by Monetary Authority of Singapore) x Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) (hosted by Enterprise Singapore, IPI Singapore, National Research Foundation, https://www.sffxswitch.com/) which was the largest event in Singapore, more than 60,000 people from more than 130 countries all over the world made prior registration and TechInnovation2019 became a very successful event. IP Bridge showcased its support companies and technology seeds including Cavli Wireless (India) which received IP Bridge Award at Asia Entrepreneurship Award 2019, and made an appeal its activities to many visitors.

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

IP Bridge, Inc. located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, (“IP Bridge”) cosponsored the 8th edition of Asia Entrepreneurship Award (“AEA”), Kashinoha Open Innovation Laboratory (“KOIL”) and Kashinoha conference center (“KCC”) in Kashinoha Campus in Chiba prefecture held from October 30 to November 1, 2019. In this AEA, 27 tech ventures selected from 14 countries and area mostly from Asia gathered and gave pitch presentation for their passion and future of their technology. Among those, IP Bridge selected “Cavli Wireless” in India, a start-up company of a revolutionary IoT building on the site, for IP Bridge Award.（https://aea.events/j/aea2019_winners/）

This award was given to a company which was recognized to have potential technology and products to be implemented in Japan to contribute the super-aging society.

 

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) served as one of the sponsors for IPB Asia 2019 held in Tokyo from October 28 to October 30, 2019, along with the other host sponsors such as Panasonic Corporation and Nomura group. This is the 9th time to hold IPBC Asia since 2013. Scale of this event is getting larger year by year and this year, more than 500 intellectual property experts joined from all over the world, and more than 60 top-level speakers made a speech. IPB Asia 2019 became one of the biggest events in the intellectual property business.

Minoru Fujiki (CEO and COO) and Satoshi Konno (Director, Innovation) from IP Bridge joined the panel discussion. At the panel discussion on “the new phase of deal making”, Fujiki stated his opinion on recent industry dynamics and policy change and how revolutionary technology effects the intellectual property deal. Fujiki spoke about lessons learned from negotiation as a patent holder and importance of dialogue with the relevant parties, and especially, he pointed out that the negotiation at the early stage would mitigate potential problems in the future and it was important for successful business. Many other speakers agreed to his opinion and IP Bridge could share its consciousness about the open innovation with other participants in this panel discussion.

Konno introduced specific cases how to utilize the intellectual property, especially, the one which would be the key to create open innovation in the midst of the dynamic economic activities in ASEAN and the East Asia which becomes hot-spot of high-level manufacturing technology and R&D activities.

 

■ Topic
The new phase of deal making
■ Moderator
Gilbert Wu, MiiCs & Partners, Executive Vice President
■ Panelists
1) Kenichi Nagasawa, Canon Inc., Head of Corporate IP and Legal HQ, Managing Executive Officer
2) Kurt Brasch, Uber Technologies, Inc., Head of patent transactions
3) Judy Yee, Microsoft Corporation, Assistant General Counsel
4) Minoru Fujiki, IP Bridge, Inc., CEO and COO
5) Stefan Tamme, Rambus, Inc, Vice President of IP Strategy & Licensing

 

 

■ Topic
How to succeed in the growing market in the Asia
■ Moderators
Munish Sudan, Tata Steel Limited, Innovation & IP Management
■ Panelists
1) Craig Burnett, Dolby Laboratories, Inc, Director of Patent Licensing
2) Satoshi Konno, IP Bridge, Inc., Director, Innovation
3) R Lakshminarayanan, Samsung R&D Institute India Bangalore, Director, IP and Innovation Management
4) Sin Yoshida, Dow Toray Co., Ltd., Intellectual capital manager

 

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

In response to the request to dispatch an intellectual property specialist relating to “Year 2019 government subsidy, Russia area trade promotion business, Skolokvo, open innovation forum 2019, Japan session”, Innovation Director, Satoshi Konno, from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”), made a speech on the topic below and participated in discussion.

■ Topic
”How to Increase Corporate Value Dramatically”

It was 8th time to hold Open Innovations Forum 2019 at Skolkovo in Russia (https://openinnovations.ru/en/) and Prime Minister Medvedev also joined the Forum. This Forum was a meaningful opportunity for discussion which involves the various participants including entrepreneurs, scientists, government agency, governmental bodies and students not only from Russia but also from all over the world. Approximately 2,200 participants from 25 countries joined the Forum, and Konno appealed Japanese technology as a representative of Japan to the world. While he felt vitality of open innovation in Russia, he gave a speech on way to utilize the intellectual property such as patents and trade marks in business and how such activities leads to improvement of corporate value. IP Bridge continuously contributes to development of the intellectual property business as an opinion leader of Japan and the world in the field of the intellectual property and innovation.

 

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

Minoru Fujiki (CEO and COO) and Takeo Yoshimura (Director) from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) participated in the mini-annual conference of LES Japan on October 11, 2019 held in Oiso, Kanagawa, Japan.

Fujiki was one of the panelists for a panel discussion entitled “What is 3W1H for licensing negotiation?” as a member of ICT business working group, and he discussed on issues and challenges about SEP (“standard-essential patent”) license across different industries from the viewpoint of both licensors and licensees. This panel discussion was a great opportunity to share our knowledge as an experienced licensor, and in fact, this panel discussion was very successful to attract the attention of more than half of the participants of this conference.

Yoshimura gave a presentation on “Technology transfer from universities: start-up companies from universities will open the future of Japan. I witnessed how serious Japan is.” In this presentation, Yoshimura explained that the number of university ventures had increased recently and introduced policies of ministries and agencies which triggered this phenomenon. He delivered a speech on how rapid change has achieved through industry-government-collaboration. If you are interested in his presentation, you can find full transcription of his speech at “Intellectual Property, Prism Magazine, August 2019 edition” (Japanese only).

■ Topic
“What is 3W1H for licensing negotiation?”
■ Moderator
Ms. Tomoko Noguchi, Nokia Solutions & Networks, Senior Licensing Manager, Working Group Leader
■ Panelists
Ms. Serina Matsuda, Attorney at Law, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, (an ex-member of fair-trade commission, general executive bureau, investigation bureau, litigation official)
Mr. Hiroki Saito, Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto.
Ms. Tomoko Miyashita, SHOWA DENKO K.K., Intellectual property negotiation manager and planning manager
Minoru Fujiki, IP Bridge, Inc., CEO and COO
Mr. Fumihiko Moriya, Nokia Solutions & Networks, Head of Nokia Technologies Japan

 

■ Topic
Technology transfer from universities: start-up companies from universities will open the future of Japan. I witnessed how serious Japan is.
■ Presenter:
Takeo Yoshimura, IP Bridge, Inc., Licensing director
 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

IP Prizm magazine (issued by Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) August 2019 edition contains an interview article between Takeo Yoshimura (Director) from IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) and Ms. Mika Okada, attorney a law in City-Yuwa Partners, written by Mr. Hiromoto Kashima at Maxwell International IP Law Firm.

This award was given to a company which was recognized to have potential technology and products to be implemented in Japan to contribute the super-aging society.

 

The title of this interview is “the reality of academic-industrial collaboration from the viewpoint of the intellectual property” and the interview discusses deeply on the current situation of academic-industrial collaboration in Japan to understand why universities in Japan are serious to create start-up company. The interview also includes keys for successful academic-industrial collaboration from the viewpoint of companies. Please check “IP Prizm magazine” for more details on the interview.

■ The following is a link to a web site for intellectual property information members
　　http://www.chosakai.or.jp/intell/newpage.htm

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”), announced that it joined the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) patent pool administrated by Via Licensing Corporation (“Via”) as a licensor of its own 4G LTE standards essential patents.

Via’s LTE patent pool provides transparent and nondiscriminatory access to LTE essential patents in a fair and cost-effective license that is designed to encourage growth and development of this important technology and related wireless markets. IP Bridge believes in contributing to the healthy growth of these markets by joining Via’s LTE patent pool that brings together the essential LTE patents of multiple innovators into a single offering. IP Bridge is dedicated to promoting and exploring fair, reasonable, and efficient licensing platforms, such as patent pools, in addition to bilateral licensing in the ever expanding wireless communication and related industries.

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.

IP Bridge, Inc (IP Bridge) proudly announced that three members from IP Bridge were named to the IAM Strategy 300: Minoru Fujiki (Co-CEO and COO), Satoshi Konno (Director, Innovation) and Koichi Kishida (Director, Licensing). IAM Strategy 300 is the list of 300 “World’s Leading IP Strategists” selected by IAM each year based on a plurality of nominations and criteria. This is the third consecutive year that Konno has been named to the IAM Strategy 300, and the second consecutive year for Fujiki. “We are honored that our members are named as ‘world-class IP strategists,’ said Fujiki. “We appreciate that our contributions to IP have continued to be recognized globally and we hope to continue leading the way in the development and implementation of IP strategies.”

 

【About IP Bridge】

At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.

We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.

Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.