On June 7, 2023, a plenary session of the House of Representatives passed a revised law that brings together six intellectual property-related laws, including the Unfair Competition Prevention Law and the Trademark Law.
On June 8, 2023, the JPO published "Making Your Startup a Success.
The aim is to support new businesses from an IP perspective and enable them to develop their own business strategies.
On April 7, 2023, the JPO announced that it will end its handling of new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections as they will be moved to category 5 infections effective May 8, 2023.
Accordingly, the operation of the existing remedial measures will be restored.
On May 16, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a preliminary report on the results of its FY202 survey on university-launched ventures.
As of October 2022, the number of university-launched ventures was 3,782.
This is an increase of 477 firms from the 3,305 firms in FY2021, a record number of firms in both number of firms and increase in number of firms.
On April 14, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry sent out information about a new product, a bonito shaver, jointly developed by "Ibusuki Katsuobushi" of Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and "Miki Hardware" of Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture, with the cooperation of a regional collective trademark.
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