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To: Don Green who wrote (47753)	7/25/2000 12:38:58 AM
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Top Firms Move To Boost Protection For Intellectual Property Monday, July 24, 2000 TOKYO (Nikkei)--Major companies are dedicating more resources to divisions managing patents and other intellectual property rights, in a trend that reflects the global race to develop new technology. Hitachi Ltd. (6501) will make its intellectual property rights division operate on a self-supporting basis from October. In fiscal 1999, the company generated revenue of 44.5 billion yen from technology licensing, one of the highest levels among Japanese firms. At the core of the plan is a greater emphasis on cost-efficiency. The number of patent applications made in Japan will be reduced, while the total made annually in the U.S. will reach 1,500 within two years, marking a 50% increase from 1999. Sony Corp. (6758) will lift the number of employees in its intellectual property rights division to about 300, from 250, in three years. Canon Inc. (7751) has major change in mind for overseas patents, as it plans to transfer partial authority for them from a domestic division to units in Holland and San Jose, California. The subsidiary in Holland oversees operations in Europe, while the San Jose unit manages U.S. operations and also runs an R&D facility. Employees will be sent from Japan to both of the units by the end of the year. Top 10 Patent Registrants in U.S. in 1999 1. International Business Machines 2. NEC 3. Canon 4. Samsung Electronics 5. Sony 6. Toshiba 7. Fujitsu 8. Motorola 9. Lucent Technologies 10. Mitsubishi Electric 11. Matsushita Electric Industrial 12. Hitachi 13. Eastman Kodak 14. Micron Technology 15. Hewlett-Packard Source: U.S. Department of Commerce (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tuesday morning edition)