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- Category: AIPPI 2025 Yokohama
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- Unique Structural Characteristics of Japanese Patent Firms
- Understanding Japan’s IP Firm Landscape: Insights for Global Practitioners
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- Announcement: Merger of Suruga Patent Firm with Takaoka IP
- Kenichi Nagasawa on Evolving IP Strategies and Global Challenges
- LES Japan Annual Conference to Be Held in Kanazawa
- Canon Tops the List of Patent Registrations in Japan for 2024
- Takaoka IP Advisor Kenichi Nagasawa Attends WIPO Meeting on WIPO GREEN
- Takaoka IP Concludes 2024 with Outstanding Performance and Sustained Growth
- The Transfer of Pending Applications to Takaoka IP is Free of Charge
- Takaoka IP’s PR Staff and Interns Visit JPO
- Ms. Mika Shibata Recognized by the JPO as an Active Woman in IP
- Takaoka IP Responds to Increased Workload with Strategic Expansion
- New Member – Kenichi NAGASAWA
- New Member – Mitsuru Suzuki
- Takaoka IP’s 2022 Growth
- New Members – Mika Shibata and Kaori Sasaki
- TAGAMI, MOCHIZUKI and NOBUHARA join TAKAOKA IP
- 2022 Takaoka IP’s Reception Postponed
- Takaoka IP’s 2021 Growth
- Takaoka IP Elects New Vice President and Managing Partner
- Takaoka IP’s 2020 Growth
- Announcing Our Brand New Logo
- Takaoka IP’s Reception during INTA 2020
- TAKAHASHI merges into TAKAOKA IP
- Category: IP News
- AI-Generated Inventions and Legal Challenges under Japan Patent Law
- Cases in which relief by way of request for restoration may not be granted
- Links to news articles on Japanese patents that you should not miss
- Trademark Statistics
- Procedures for Seeking the Application of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention
- Recent Patent Appeal Trends in Japan
- Guide to using J-PlatPat
- Translation Requirements for PCT National Phase Entry
- Flow of Japanese Patent Examination
- Five Points to Consider When Entering PCT Applications into the National Phase in Japan
- Addressing the Imbalance: The Urgent Need for Young Patent Attorneys in Japan
- The Impact of Weakening Yen on Patent Strategies in Japan
- Japanese Patent Office Releases 2024 Status Report
- Japanese Trademark Consent System Finally Begins
- Surge in Patent Applications Filed in Japan Revealed by Japan Patent Office
- Your Key to Success for Obtaining a Design Right in Japan
- Trademark Updates in Japan
- Specific Examples of Japanese Enablement Requirements and Points to Consider
- Specific Examples of Violations of Support Requirements and Suggested Responses
- Treatment of Medical-Related Inventions in Japanese Patents
- Japan-Specific Notices That Limit the Scope of Amendments That May Be Made to Divisional Applications
- Restriction of Multi-Multi Claims in Japan and Asia
- How to expedite the examination of your patent application
- JPO Announces Suspension of Examination for Divisional Patent Applications
- [Revision of Japanese Patent Law] Relaxation of restoration requirements after the period has lapsed.
- Appeal against decision of refusal for patents
- Response to Provisional Refusal under the Madrid Protocol
- Claim and Examination Fees for JP Patents
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- Patent Law Basics: Examination Procedure
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- Patent Law Basics: First to File (Art. 39)
- Trademark Law Basics: Examination Procedure
- Required Information for Japanese Trademark Application
- Trademark Law Basics: Registrable Trademark (Art. 2)
- Trademark Law Basics: General Grounds for Refusal (Art. 4)
- Trademark Law Basics: Similarity (Art. 4(1)(10) and (11))
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