Amendment of the Patent Acts related to the extension of the term of a patent right

Inventions concerning specific use of food

We are pleased to provide you with the latest edition of our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 2 / April 2015).  In this issue, we introduce new opposition system for granted patents which comes into effect on April 1, 2015.

This newsletter covers the following topics:

 – A comparison of the new opposition system with the patent invalidation trial system

 – flow-chart of the process of the new opposition system

We are pleased to provide you with the latest edition of our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 1 / March 2015). In this issue, we introduce the outline of the revised Japanese Trademark Act which will come into effect on April 1, 2015.
This newsletter covers the following topics:
– Overview of introduction concerning non-traditional trademarks
– Details of non-traditional trademarks;
1) Color marks
2) Position marks
3) Sound marks
4) Movement marks
5) Hologram marks