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Japan Patent & Trademark Update Issue24
2023.07.27
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1. Cellular Agriculture and Intellectual Property (Ryota Kaji)
As the G7 Presidency, Japan hosted the G7 Hiroshima Summit from May 19 to 21, 2023, in Hiroshima. In conjunction with the Hiroshima Summit, the G7 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting was held in Miyazaki from April 22 to 23, 2023 ... Read more >>>
2. Relaxation of Requirements to Register Trademarks Containing the “Name of Another Person” (Nao Kobayashi)
A new bill is paving the way for designers to register their names as brand names with trademark protections in Japan. On June 7, 2023, the National Diet of Japan enacted the Bill for Partial Revision of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc. (“Bill”) ... Read more >>>
3. Design: Relaxation of Requirements for Exception to Lack of Novelty (Miwa Hayashi, Koji Akanegakubo and Koji Miyake)
Contents of the Amendment; This article introduces a relaxation of procedural requirements for the exception to lack of novelty of a design which was a part of an amendment of the laws (hereinafter referred to as the "Amendment") and, ... Read more >>>
4. Important Judgment by the Grand Panel of the IP High Court Regarding Calculation of Damages Based on Patent Infringement (Moeha Hosonuma)
In patent infringement cases seeking compensation for damages, it is quite difficult to verify the causal relationship between the infringing act and the damage suffered, as well as the amount of damage, ... 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 >>>
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