Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) and Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand (DIP) are extending their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) trial arrangements with the Japan Patent Office 3 years and 2 years, respectively, from the start of…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is again on the defensive trying to avoid loss of multiple patents and trademarks in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), against victims of MHI’s forced labor up to 1945 Korean Daejeon District Court approved seizure…
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The US-JP Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP), started in 2015, enables patent applicants for the United States and Japan to seek synchronized and speedier search and office action results. The USPTO and JPO recently announced their continuation of the program…
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If you are hoping to get quick patent results and have Japan in mind, keep in mind that applicants from a number of states are able to have the Japan Patent Office (JPO) examine their PCT international patent applications. Saudi…
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The Japan Patent Office (JPO) is following the Japanese government and much of the world, it seems, to punish Russian economic power. Applicants in the Russian Federation and EAPO party states will need to go through the standard patent examination…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Korean litigants keep wrestling over how to put to rest the accounting for past colonial wrongs done to forced laborers. The collateral: intellectual property. As reported last year, the regional Daejeon Court tried to wrest reparations…
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Japan Patent Office (JPO) made a joint statement posting their goals to issue office actions in response to Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) requests, making it easier for applicants to plan a…
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The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) reported recently that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) will become the world’s first Patent Prosecution Highway (pilot) program partner with France from January 1, 2021, ahead of any other country. The…
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In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom and Japan have concluded a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that covers cooperation and fair treatment for each other’s intellectual property. The agreement, signed on October 23, 2020, replaces for dealings between…
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* December 3, 2021 update: the JPO and INPI are extending their PPH trial through November 30, 2026, as December 2, 2021 update to JPO page on PPH with Brazil states. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) continues to open up…
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