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Services Offered
Japanese Patent Translation
Japanese Patent Translation
Japanese Patent Translation
- Bullet-proof translation for filing and for litigation.
- Translation of office actions.
- Japanese-English translation of prior art documents, and other documentation in patent litigation.
- Japanese-English translation of contracts and other legal documentation.
- Japanese-English translation of patents in a variety of technical fields.
- "Sight translation" -- Ability to translate sensitive documents aloud to an attorney who then writes "impressions" of the translation, thereby generating non-discoverable translations.
Expert Witness Work
Japanese Patent Translation
Japanese Patent Translation
- Analysis of existing translations and identification of impeachable defects.
- Analysis of Japanese claim construction and prior art, and creation of arguments (based on source language) regarding similarities and differences between claimed technologies in prosecution and litigation.
- Ability to defend my translations and quality control processes during hostile cross-examination.
- Additional credibility from doctorate from Harvard (in addition to studies at MIT, experience as an engineer, status as most experienced in the industry, etc.)
Discovery Services
Japanese Patent Translation
Deposition Services
- Identification of relevant documentation using a highly efficient process.
- Ability to organize and manage a team of document triage linguists for large "warehoused" projects.
- Assistance in on-site discovery work.
- Use of the ISO-9001 quality control system during discovery to instantly locate relevant documents.
Deposition Services
Japanese Prior Art Searching
Deposition Services
- Logistical support for depositions of Japanese nationals and Japanese-speaking witnesses.
- Assistance to attorneys regarding the unwritten bilateral agreement with the Japanese government regarding rules governing depositions.
- Assistance in witness preparation and coaching.
- Preparation of lead interpreter (including suggesting favorable terminology choices).
- Assistance in formulating interpretation-friendly interogatories (to get desired results even through an interpreter).
- Off-record language consulting (real-time guidance to interrogating attorney to overcome linguistic issues, and reading of nuances that are lost in the on-record interpretation)
- Check interpretation based on knowledge of the art
Japanese Prior Art Searching
Japanese Prior Art Searching
Japanese Prior Art Searching
- Searching for relevant prior art in the Japan Patent Office, industrial conference proceedings, etc.
- Based on past experience as an engineer, ability to identify and evaluate relevance of Japanese-language prior-art documents without requiring a full translation.
Other Linguistic Assistance
Japanese Prior Art Searching
Japanese Prior Art Searching
- Assistance in identifying and hiring interpreters.
- Assistance in identifying linguists for other language pairs (including English-Japanese translators).