Trademarks

About Keisen

Keisen Associates is situated to help protect your reputation with trademarks in one of the world’s most important markets, Japan. International clients can communicate with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Japanese courts through our Philadelphia office as well as our Tokyo office. Our Japanese practice group in the Philadelphia office is the largest one outside Japan, equipped to process and file your trademark promptly. Our Philadelphia and Tokyo offices cooperate to provide timely results even in urgent cases.

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Trademark Search & Filing a Trademark Application in Japan

When you choose to make a trademark application directly with the JPO, we offer comprehensive services in timely matter. Especially, claiming priority in last minutes, you could communicate with our Philadelphia office. We are able to accommodate to your urgent needs and to file an application even in the middle of the night at Japan Time.

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Madrid Protocol Provisional Refusal in Japan

If a Madrid Protocol international application receives a provisional refusal from Japan Patent Office (JPO), you must find a Japanese Trademark Attorney who can represent you or your client before JPO in order to respond to the rejection. In this case, Keisen offers services to help you overcome the issues and proceed to registration. Our attorneys and trademark specialists in Philadelphia and in Tokyo can advise on how to overcome the issues and the best solution to protect your trademark in a cost-effective method in Japan. Skilled in both English and Japanese, our trademark team can work with you to prepare explanations and responses suited to winning positive results before the JPO.

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Our Trademark Services

As for a Madrid Protocol application, even if you have missed the deadline to file a response to the Provisional Refusal, we may be able to file a response if within a certain timeframe. Please contact us before you decide to abandon the case.

Keisen Associates is also situated to help you reach out a number of Asian markets like China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan, using our expertise and local networks to protect your trademarks.

Trademarks News / Information

Keisen to attend INTA 2024

Attendees from Keisen Our attorneys Taro Yaguchi and Yoshiko Osawa will be attending the INTA (International Trademark Association) 2024 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on May 18-22, 2024. This page has been created to facilitate arranging meetings with us.

Trademarks, What's New

“GODZILLA”(r) Chomps Up Demolition Cutter Trademark “GUZZILLA” in Japan IP High Court

Japan’s famous monster “Godzilla,” that is, its trademark, rampages again. On July 19, 2023, Japan’s IP High Court judged in favor of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) Invalidation of Registration for another trademark, “GUZZILLA.” What’s GUZZILLA? GUZZILLA is the name…
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Japan IP: Stricter Trademark Import Rules, Looser Late Filing Standards

In 2021, the Japanese Diet (parliament) passed various amendments to intellectual property law. Two major changes were made, and this month, Prime Minister Kishida’s Cabinet issued executive ordinances to implement the amendments. Here is a summary of the two major…
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IP and International Relations: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Keeps Fighting Korean Orders to Sell Its IP

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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