Overview: Please be aware that the documents and costs required to record an assignment of a patent application or a registered patent before the Japa
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) released an annual report 2024 on the recent situation of Japanese intellectual property trends. We have picked up some
Overview: On or after May 1, 2024, procedures such as application publication, decision to grant, and decision of rejection will be withheld for paten
Overview: On or after January 1, 2024, even if a DAS code is not available, it is no longer necessary to file a certified copy of priority document wi
Overview: On or after April 1, 2024, several documents, including a Certificate of Patent and a Certificate of Trademark Registration, will be availab
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) released an annual report 2023 on the recent situation of Japanese intellectual property trends. We have picked up some
Suspension of Examination for Divisional Application filed after Decision of Rejection against Parent Application: Overview: For a divisional applicat
Overview: The JPO will change the payment of individual fees for international trademark registrations from a “two-step” remittance to a “lump-sum” re
Overview: For applications filed on or after April 1, 2023, the requirement for restoration of patents/applications which have lapsed due to missing d
Overview: For applications filed on or after April 1, 2022, “Multiple-Multiple Dependent Claims”* are restricted in Japan. *Please note that the
Japanese practice regarding submission of Power of Attorney will soon be revised again, scheduled to come into effect late September 2022: The Japan P
Extension of Patent Term as Compensation for Curtailment of Term: Overview: Under the new practice, which is applied to applications filed on or after
Trends in numbers of Japanese patent & trademark applications – Annual Report 2022 released by the Japan Patent Office (JPO): Japanese domes
On or after April 1, 2022, Multi-Multi Claims will be Restricted in Japan Japanese Examination Guidelines regarding Multi-Multi Claims was Revised; Ja
Filing Requirements – Paris Route For overseas applicants, there are basically two ways to file a patent application in Japan, that is, the Pari