This blog post summarizes latest updates of relief measures made available by the Japan Patent Office, during the times of COVID-19 pandemic.
Our office will be closed for year-end and new year holidays.
A new page "Speed Up Trademark Examination Process in Japan" has been added to our website.
The Japan Patent Office publishes a yearly report that contains more than 250 pages of the statistics data. Let's look at what the data suggests.
These days, trademark examination takes much longer than it used to in Japan. Accordingly, the article "How Long Does it Take to Register a Trademark in Japan?" has been updated.
A new page "Trademark Renewal Period in Japan" has been added to our website.
This blog post is about trademark examination guidelines for similar goods and services edited by the Japan Patent Office.
We are pelased to inform you that our office has moved.
April is a start of something new in Japan.
This explains when and how first and second part of the Individual Fees have to be paid when Japan is designated in an application for the International Registration under the Madrid Protocol.