The Supreme Court of Japan made a historic decision on Product-By-Process (PBP) claims on June 5, 2015 (Case Nos. Heisei 24 (Ju) 2658 and Heisei 24 (Ju) 2658.) Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision, the Grand Panel of Intellectual Property…
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The Japan Patent Office (JPO) appeal board functions as the court of first instance, and appeal decisions made on an appeal against a Final Decision of Rejection made by the JPO are subject to review by the Intellectual Property High…
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As you may recall, the JPO started this Program in April 2009 aiming to alleviate applicants’ financial burden under the global economic recession begun in 2008. Under this program, applicants could defer the examination fee payment for approximately one year….
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Our senior partner Taro Yaguchi will present as a speaker at the 2011 Patent Information Fair & Conference in Tokyo on November 11, 2011. Based on his experience and actual cases, he will speak about the reality of international licensing…
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Following the fist anouncement made on March 14, 2011, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) made the second announcement regarding the special emergency safeguard measures on March 18, 2011.According to the Article 3 Section 3 of the Special Measures Concerning the…
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