[Notice] Our facsimile machine will stop from 14:00 of February 24, 2024 to 8:30 of February 26, 2024 Japan time
[Notice] Our facsimile machine will stop from 14:00 of February 25, 2023 to 8:30 of February 27, 2023 Japan time
We are delighted to announce that we have established an incorporated firm and will begin operating as a registered firm under the Japanese Patent Attorney Laws from January 2023.
[Notice] Our facsimile machine will stop from 14:00 of February 26, 2022 to 8:30 of February 28, 2022 Japan time
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Japan Patent Attorney Association recently announced a critical error with "J-Platpat" (Official Japanese IP database). Due to an internal systematic error, some trademark cases were not properly picked up when a trademark search was conducted.
[News Flash] Supreme Court’s Decision Relating to Product-By-Process Claims
A new edition of the examination guidelines of similar goods/services has been published by the Japan Patent Office, on December 18, 2018. The Japan Patent Office will apply the new edition of the examination guidelines to all trademark applications filed after January 1, 2019.