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「Japan Patent & Trademark Update Issue 12」
2019.03.28
1. Great Chance of Success Even When Receiving an Examiner’s Final Decision:Patent (Koichiro Yamashita)
The Japan Patent Office (“JPO”) recently revealed its amazing statistics showing that, even if an applicant receives a Decision of Rejection as the Examiner’s final decision, there is still a good chance ...Read more >>>
2. Overview of Examination of Healthtech-related Patent Applications in Japan (Tadashi Takeuchi)
In recent years, the number of patent applications related to artificial intelligence has increased rapidly around the world. In this paper, we introduce the situation regarding the examination of fusion ... Read more >>>
3. Claims for Damages for Infringement on Design Rights (2) (Rikiya Sato, Miwa Hayashi, Koji Akanegakubo)
In the previous article, we briefly described the overall trends in claims for damages based on infringement of design rights, along with a discussion of the related provisions ... Read more >>>
4. Trademark Case 2018 -Parallel Import of Goods- (Gen Yamaguchi)
About sixteen years back, in the “Fred Perry” case of 2003, the Supreme Court provided very important criteria for determining whether the import of goods bearing registered trademarks is permissible ... Read more >>>
5. About TMI
Since our establishment on October 1, 1990, TMI Associates has grown rapidly to become a full-service law firm that offers valuable and comprehensive legal services ... Read more >>>