Our patent lawyers, Makoto Ono participated in the "Comparative Intellectual Property Law Symposium" sponsored by American Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, AIPPI Canada and FICPI, which was held on April 4, 2012 in Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Ono participated as a speaker in a session entitled "Statutory Basis for and Judicial Application of a Utility Requirement in Japan" and a panelist in a session entitled "International Harmonization - Common Standards yet divergent results".