The JPO announced that as of September 26, 2022, a copy of the original power of attorney will also be treated as a document proving the authority of representation in order to improve the convenience of administrative procedures.
After the promulgation date of September 26, 2022, in addition to the original power of attorney, a copy of the power of attorney will be required to prove the power of attorney.
On October 11, 2022, the Intellectual Property High Court will move from the Joint Court Building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo to a new building, The Business Court, in Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.
In addition to the Intellectual Property High Court, three divisions of the Tokyo District Court; Commercial Division, Intellectual Property Division, and Insolvency Division, will move to the Business Court.
Panasonic Corporation is the first Japanese company to announce its participation in the Low Carbon Patent Pledge, a global initiative for low carbon technology.
LCPP was launched on April 22, 2021 by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft, and Meta; formerly Facebook.
On August 12, 2022, the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT) publicly announced that it would temporarily suspend service of its patent information platform, J-Plat Pat, due to maintenance.
The service suspension period and details are as follows.
On July 27, 2022, the JPO published its Patent Administration Annual Report 2022.
According to the report, the number of patent applications in FY2021 was 289,200, up 728 from the previous year, and the number of requests for examination was 238,557, up 6,342 from the previous year.
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