Recently, clients have been asking us about reinstatement or other procedures to save cases that were delayed due to restrictions brought about by the novel coronavirus COVID-19. We want to share information on this pressing matter. As you may know,…
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Like you, we continue to be concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak. The Japan Patent Office continues to be open and has not extended deadlines. We are regularly monitoring the situation and assessing the best way for our team to avoid…
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March 10, 2020 marked the implementation of revised rules that allow for new Japanese patents in any field to be given extensions in protection, if they are allowed and registered unduly late. New filers may want to keep this change…
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Back in 2017, a number of music schools in Japan banded together to file a case against the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) for demanding that they pay royalties for songs music teachers demonstrated to…
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The Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Matsunaga Akira, gave the annual New Year’s greeting online. In it, he presents a pressing (if in some ways, late) call for Japan to press into more information-based innovation and how the…
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Holiday greetings from Keisen Associates! Happiness and sorrow visited Japan in 2019. The imperial dynasty was handed down to the present Emperor Naruhito on May 1, bringing in the new imperial calendar age of Reiwa. Major typhoons damaged much of…
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The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan has been concerned about abuse of power relationships by large corporations of smaller research partners such as startup companies, as being investigated by the Fair Trade Commission of Japan. It…
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Those accused of conspiracy in the Mangamura digital pirated manga website are being brought to justice (at least for many, it seems so) under the Copyright Act of Japan (see a recent related article here), one by one. Adachi Wataru,…
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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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Japanese beef cows (wagyu) are world-renowned for the care that goes into the nurture of the animals as they head for the table. Massages, beer drinking, and other practices make the meat exceptionally tender and widely favored. However, after a…
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