On March 15, 2023, the JPO announced that it will suspend fast-track examination of trademarks as of March 31, 2023, due to the shortened examination period.
However, applications filed prior to March 31, 2023 that meet the requirements for fast-track examination will be subject to fast-track examination.
An intellectual property drama in which a subordinate who is an intellectual property novice and his boss who is an intellectual property elite team up and struggle to deal with various problems related to intellectual property began on April 12 on commercial TV.
On December 28, 2022, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) announced that it will conduct a patent application technology trend survey by selecting technological themes that are expected to develop in the future, focusing on fields that are expected to create new markets and that should be promoted as national policy.
On February 7, 2023, the JPO announced trends in the number of design registration applications for images, buildings, and interiors, which are newly protectable under the revised Design Law that will take effect on April 1, 2020.
On March 3, 2023, Osaka Customs released information on the status of the seizure of counterfeit brand goods and other intellectual property infringing goods at Osaka Customs in fiscal year 2022.
The number of import suspensions increased for the third consecutive year to 9,391 (106% over the previous year), while the number of suspended items increased for the second consecutive year to 313,757 (111.1% over the previous year).
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