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

please find our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 5 / November, 2012), covering the court decision relating to Partial Design Right, Heisei 23 (Wa) 9476. 
The Court concludes that Accused products A and B infringe the Registered partial design right and Accused product C does not infringe the Registered partial design right..

Attached please find our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 4 / September, 2012), covering the current situation of Design Registration in Japan according to Annual Report 2012 about IP affairs in 2011 issued by Japan Patent Office (JPO) on August 8, 2012. 
This newsletter covers following topics: 
 1. Statistics on Design Applications in Japan
 2. Statistics on Design Examination
 3. Statistics on Applications Filed by Foreigners
 4. Outcome of Trials for Invalidation

Attached please find our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 3 / September, 2012), covering the current situation of Utility Model Registration in Japan according to Annual Report 2012 about IP affairs in 2011 issued by Japan Patent Office (JPO) on August 8, 2012. 
This newsletter covers following topics: 
 1. Statistics on applications in Japan
 (1) Changes in the number of applications for utility model registration in Japan
 (2) Changes in the number of preparations for registrability report
 2. Structure of the applications for utility model registration in Japan, China, and Korea

Attached please find our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 2 / September, 2012), covering the current situation of trademark registration in Japan according to Annual Report 2012 about IP affairs in 2011 issued by Japan Patent Office (JPO) on August 8, 2012. 
This newsletter covers following topics: 
 1) Statistics on Trademark applications in Japan;
 2) Statistics on applications filed by foreigners;
 3) Statistics on prosecution in Japan;
 4) Outcome of oppositions and trials for invalidation;
 5) Outcome of cancellation trials for trademark registration

Attached please find our Newsletter / IP Japan (No. 1 / August, 2012), covering the current situation of patent in Japan according to Annual Report 2012 about IP affairs in 2011 issued by Japan Patent Office (JPO) on August 8, 2012. 
This newsletter covers following topics: 
 1) Statistics on applications in Japan;
 2) Statistics on applications worldwide;
 3) Statistics on prosecution in Japan;
 4) How to accelerate examination? ;
 5) Outcome of trials for patent invalidation and judgment on the decisions of the trials