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Taro Isshiki’s 12-part series of articles on “Essentials of Information Management in Global Business: Risk Management in View of U.S. Trade Secret Law” appeared in the Japan CHRO Association’s online magazine between August 2019 and July 2020.

Taro Isshiki’s article entitled “Japan as a venue for settlement of international commercial disputes” appeared in the November 2019 edition of Japan Business Law Review (Vol.19 No.11 pp. 4-5).

Taro Isshiki’s article entitled “Defining Patent Troll: What Debates on Patent Troll Reveal about Patent System” appeared in the May 2019 edition of “Intellectual Property Management”, a monthly periodical of the Japan Intellectual Property Association.

Taro Isshiki worked with David J. Kappos (former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) in publishing the Japanese version of Kappos’ article titled “The Standards Innovation Ecosystem: Past, Present and Future” in the July 2018 edition of the A.I.P.P.I Journal.

Taro Isshiki’s article, “Privilege Protection in U.S. Patent Disputes and Japanese Attorneys” appeared in the January 2017 edition of Patent magazine.

Taro Isshiki’s article entitled “Current State of U.S. Patent Protection: Recent Developments in U.S. Patent Rights and the Impact on ‘Patent Trolls'” appeared in the September 2016 edition of “Intellectual Property Management,” a monthly periodical of the Japan Intellectual Property Association.

Taro Isshiki’s comments appeared in an article titled “U.S. Reduces Duty to Disclose Evidence: Companies to Reduce Burden of Litigation” in the morning edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun on December 21, 2015.

An article authored by David J. Kappos (former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) titled “Seeking Balance: Promising Developments in U.S. Patent Litigation Reform” was published in the July 2015 edition of the A.I.P.P.I Journal. Taro Isshiki worked with Mr. Kappos in publishing the Japanese version of the article.

Taro Isshiki authored a series of articles summarizing the steps that the U.S. government and courts have taken over the past 10 years in part to deal with the “patent troll” issue and how they have significantly weakened the U.S. patent rights in the process. His 8-part series appeared in the Business Law Journal (December 2014 – July 2015), a leading legal publication in Japan.

Taro Isshiki’s article entitled “Effectively Managing Risks in Dispute Resolution: Using Early Case Assessment to Reduce U.S. Litigation Costs” appeared in the March 2013 edition of Business Law Journal (published by LexisNexis Japan).