IP Valuation ＆ Dispute Resolution
Today’s businesses are built on countless advanced technologies and tangled with complex web of intellectual property rights, increasingly making Japanese companies facing domestic and international lawsuits on patent infringement. Our experts have served as damage expert in patent infringement litigation and other lawsuits related to misuse of trade secret and trade marks. For non-litigation purposes, we have advised clients in licensing negotiations on reasonable royalty or for risk assessment before product launch. We also provide expert services in tax audit or litigation when intellectual property is an important consideration in international transfer pricing taxation.
Our experts’ case examples include;
- Expert consulting services to a Japanese manufacturer on its licensing negotiation of reasonable royalty under FRAND conditions
- Expert consulting services on damage quantum for a electronics retail company on alleged misuse of trade secret
- Expert consulting services on damage quantum due to alleged misuse of trade secret by the competitor of a Japanese semi-conductor manufacturer
- Expert consulting services on damage quantum due to alleged misuse of trade secret by the competitor of a Japanese steel company
- Expert witness report on damage due to alleged infringement of patent by a consumer electronics manufacturer
- Expert witness report in litigation on damage due to alleged misuse of trade mark of a Japanese electronics manufacturer
- Expert witness report on fair value of invention by an ex-employee of a semi-conductor manufacturer
Transfer Pricing Service
Our experts have offered services such as transfer pricing policy structuring, APA support, transfer pricing audit support, litigation support, and transfer pricing advisory on reorganization. Our services are highly acclaimed especially for our expertise in valuation of intangible assets that is always a principal issue in planning transfer pricing policies, communicating with tax authorities, preparing expert witness for dispute or litigation cases, etc.
Our experts’ case examples include;
- Transfer pricing advisory for a major financial institution on the inter-group pricing and profit sharing scheme related to its reorganization
- Transfer pricing audit support for multiple organizations including a major general electric company and a major auto-parts company
- Transfer pricing policy setting and related reorganization advisory for a multinational consumer products company
- APA support – economic analysis and related advisory on negotiation with authorities for a Japanese auto OEM
- Advisory for a major auto parts company on assessing the reasonable royalty from overseas subsidiaries and introducing effective royalty collection system
- Expert witness report on the transfer pricing analysis of a major shipbuilding company in tax litigation (Matsuyama High Court)
- Research report commissioned by National Tax Agency ”Transfer Pricing and Intangible Asset Valuation”