2022.7.15. ／ Trademarks including names can be registered.

2022.7.15. ／ Trademarks including names can be registered.

On June 30, 2022, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) published "The State of the Intellectual Property System for the Promotion of Intellectual Property Utilization - Summary.
From April 2022, the JPO has established a JPO Policy Promotion Roundtable consisting of experts to study ways to improve the system, focusing on issues related to intellectual property legislation, and the report is a summary of those discussions.

The report includes reports on the introduction of the Consent System and the easing of requirements for registration of trademarks that contain the names of others, and a draft amendment to the Trademark Law will be compiled in the future.

The State of the Intellectual Property System for the Promotion of IP Utilization (Report):.
ttps://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/shingikai/kenkyukai/kondankai/document/index/hokoku.pdf
Japan Patent Office
https://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/shingikai/kenkyukai/kondankai/index.html
Japan Trademark Association:.
https://www.jta.tokyo/english/

 

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