Upcoming japan technology licensing fair 2004 - japan technology group to showcase biotech and life science needs and seeds information for North american universities and corporations at the largest technology transfer event in japan

Japan Technology Group (JTG) is proud to announce that it will be the first and the only U.S.-based technology licensing company exhibiting at the Technology Licensing Fair 2004 in Japan.  JTG will showcase both biotech and life science needs and seeds information on behalf of North American research universities, university spinouts as well as corporations seeking to access innovative technologies in Japan.

Japan Technology Group was formed in the fall of 2003 as an agent for non-Japanese companies who seek to transfer Japanese innovative technology into the U.S. market, as well as for non-Japanese universities and spinouts seeking Japanese corporations interested in licensing untapped innovations.

This year, the showcase will be held in eight major cities throughout Japan, beginning September 29 in Tokyo and ending December 1 in Hiroshima.  More than 195,000 people attended the showcase last year, which was held in nine cities in Japan, and more than 670 companies exhibited their technology seeds as well as needs.

The Technology Licensing Fair, originally called Tokkyo Ryutsu Fair in Japanese, was first held in 1997 to provide marketplace for patent owners and potential technology buyers, specifically for corporations, academic and research institutions, ventures and technology consultants.  It has become one of the largest trade shows in Japan promoting technology transfer between business cultures and research universities.

Universities and spinouts interested in presenting their untapped innovations to Japanese bio-life corporations attending the Fair, are encouraged to forward seeds information to JTG, whose contact information is provided below.

Similarly, non-Japanese companies interested in Japanese technologies available from universities and spinouts in Japan, may send their needs information to JTG, which will help search untapped promising innovations developed by Japanese universities, research institutions as well as venture companies.  To efficiently collect a company's needs and distribute them to appropriate individuals within Japanese universities, independent research centers and venture-backed biotech companies, JTG has built an easy-to-use Web-based tool where a needs provider such as a large pharmaceutical company can send and receive important information.  Those wishing to post their needs on JTG's Seeds/Needs exchange system, please click here.  Signing up is simple and free.

Lastly, JTG and its affiliate, Omori & Yaguchi -- a Tokyo-based intellectual property law firm -- assist companies and universities worldwide acquire and protect patents in Japan.  Organizations which currently have an international patent application, and are interested in entering into the Japanese national phase, would do well to choose Omori & Yaguchi as a representative of their cases.

(Posted September 9, 2004)