The Globalization of Japanese businesses has involved large and small companies alike, and has become one of the inevitable missions to accomplish in the interest of Japanese society. It is considered that patent strategies of Japanese companies have been through qualitative transitions along with the changes of the times, and these transitions are difficult to define merely by the number of patent applications.
However, under the recent economic circumstances, Japanese companies are beginning to see limitations being put on their investment capacity. Far-sighted and pain-staking patent strategies, which correspond not only to macroscopic globalization but also to market conditions in target countries, would be the key to the successful future of Japanese businesses.
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