In spring 2018, Japan implemented a Revision to Unfair Competition Prevention Act that includes a change to the disclosure grace period (exception to lack of novelty of invention period) for filers of Japanese patent, utility model, or industrial design applications….
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Patent applications have to be filed before a prior art disclosure in Japan. But what if the disclosure is the inventor’s own? Can he or she lose novelty by that self-disclosure? What If I Disclose My Invention Before Applying for…
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*Note: A newer article published in February 2017, summarizing the content below, is available here. Requirements Then and Now: Patent applications have to be filed before a prior art disclosure. But what if the disclosure is the inventor’s own? Can…
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