April 1, 2023 marks an important shift for those who might realize, with dread, that a key patent deadline in Japan has been missed. The standard for Reinstatement (Revival with a late filing) is softening from “Justifiable” to “Unintentional” Delay….
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I want to know when a Japanese translation needs to be filed. Should it be filed with or without a PCT application at the time of the Japanese national phase entry? Do not miss the deadline to file! According to…
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* Please refer to: our updated summary of the Japan Patent Office’s COVID-19 policies The Japan Patent Office announced, in accordance with the Japanese government’s new stance toward wearing of masks outside and in public places, that it will make…
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The Japanese people have developed a variety of highly valued plant and animal varieties, appreciated worldwide for flavor, size, and more. Much of this took place before or without corporate involvement (agribusiness), but the Japanese government has been trying to…
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According to the Japan Patent Office (JPO), methods for treatment of the human body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on the human body fall outside the scope of “industrially applicable inventions” and are, therefore, unpatentable. In only…
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Do you want more IP seeds to meet your needs? Panasonic Holdings, a premier electronics company based in Osaka and with over 100,000 live registered intellectual properties worldwide, has clearly shifted its policies for IP from closed to open strategy….
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Greetings! Today we look back on 2022 and bring up some items that may have greatest impact for the future of IP prosecution and protection in the years to come. Policy and Program Changes April 1 The end of “multi-multi”…
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Last year, we noted that the “fast movie” (ファスト映画, fast-eiga), edited abbreviations with story spoilers of full-length movies, had caused huge damage to movie companies in Japan recently. And we reported that some people had been arrested on charges of…
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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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On October 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Japan issued its decision to dismiss the appeal against the IP High Court’s March 2021 ruling regarding the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)’s trying to force music…
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