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The Necessity of Investment Agreements in Seed Rounds

The Necessity of Investment Agreements in Seed Rounds

When a venture company is in the seed round, the management team of the venture company often has many things to prioritize other than legal matter...

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What are the Methods of Fundraising for a Corporation? Comprehensive Explanation Including Methods Other than Third-Party Allotment of New Shares

What are the Methods of Fundraising for a Corporation? Comprehensive Explanation Including Metho.

When considering how corporations, such as startups, raise funds, it is often imagined that they receive investments from investors like venture ca...

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The Relationship between Investment Contracts and Shareholder Agreements

The Relationship between Investment Contracts and Shareholder Agreements

When dealing with venture companies and the like, there are instances where only an investment contract is concluded when a venture capitalist (VC)...

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What is a Deemed Liquidation Clause in an Investment Agreement?

What is a Deemed Liquidation Clause in an Investment Agreement?

In investment contracts, there may be a provision called a deemed liquidation clause. There are many factors to consider regarding the deemed liqui...

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What is the Investment Agreement Required When Investing in a Venture Startup? Explaining the Preferred Dividend Clause

What is the Investment Agreement Required When Investing in a Venture Startup? Explaining the Pr.

In Japan, there has been a surge in the number of startups and venture companies. When starting a business, there are various methods available, fr...

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What are the Impacts of Litigation on Public Listing Reviews?

What are the Impacts of Litigation on Public Listing Reviews?

Many IT and venture companies may be considering going public (Initial Public Offering, IPO) in the future. The listing examination is conducted in...

General Corporate

Analyzing Toshiba's Accounting Scandal: What is Crisis Management to Prevent Brand Image Damage?

Analyzing Toshiba's Accounting Scandal: What is Crisis Management to Prevent Brand Image Damage?

"The damage to Toshiba's brand image, arguably the greatest in its 140-year history, cannot be recovered overnight."This is a quote from a press co...

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Interim Judgment in the 'Mario Kart' Case and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

Interim Judgment in the 'Mario Kart' Case and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

Nintendo filed a lawsuit against the public road kart rental company "Maricar" (now MARI Mobility Development) seeking an injunction and 50 million...

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What are the Cases and Reasons for a Lawyer to Decline a Case? An Explanation by a Lawyer

What are the Cases and Reasons for a Lawyer to Decline a Case? An Explanation by a Lawyer

Have you ever found yourself in a predicament and thought about consulting a lawyer?However, it's important to understand that lawyers are not obli...

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How to Write a Warning Letter When You Discover a Trademark Infringement

How to Write a Warning Letter When You Discover a Trademark Infringement

If there are products or services infringing on your company's trademark rights, the rights holder can demand the cessation of its use and claim da...

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What is Trademark Infringement? Explaining the Framework for Determining Illegality

What is Trademark Infringement? Explaining the Framework for Determining Illegality

By obtaining trademark rights for your company's products and materials, you can prevent so-called "Ripoffs".However, a trademark right is not, for...

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'What is the Abolished (Former) 'Japanese Attorney Fee Standard'? An Introduction to the Specific Calculation Method'

'What is the Abolished (Former) 'Japanese Attorney Fee Standard'? An Introduction to the Specifi.

When engaging a lawyer, it is naturally of great concern how much the cost will be.In fact, previously, each bar association to which a lawyer belo...

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Understanding the Criteria and Penalties (Imprisonment & Fines) for 'Trademark Infringement' Through Case Studies

Understanding the Criteria and Penalties (Imprisonment & Fines) for 'Trademark Infringement'.

Once you have registered your company name, product name, etc. as a 'Japanese Trademark Right', if someone else is using that trademark without per...

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'Points to Note When Using Free Materials with Limited Usage such as 'Personal Use OK''

'Points to Note When Using Free Materials with Limited Usage such as 'Personal Use OK''

When creating a website for your company, you might consider using free materials for buttons and icons.However, even though they are referred to a...

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'What is 'Japanese Job-Related Works'? Explaining the 4 Requirements and How Corporations Can Obtain Copyrights'

'What is 'Japanese Job-Related Works'? Explaining the 4 Requirements and How Corporations Can Ob.

Under the Japanese Copyright Law, the principle is that the person who actually created the work is the author. And this author holds the copyright...

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Legal Insights on Design Right Infringement Cases in Japan

Legal Insights on Design Right Infringement Cases in Japan

Once you acquire a design right, you can exclusively use the registered design, and against infringements of the design right by similar products, ...

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