2021.3.30 Trademark Appeal decision report – “cawaii” was allowed to be registered because “cawaii” and the cited trademark “KAWAII, and KAWAII written in Hiragana and Katakana” are dissimilar
2021.3.18 Patent Trademark Design Utility Model Remedy for the failure to file by the 30-month deadline for national entry in Japan
2021.2.25 Trademark Appeal decision report – “A3I” was allowed to be registered because it is unreasonable to say that it consists solely of a very simple and common mark
2021.1.29 Trademark Appeal decision report – “SMARTFARM” was allowed to be registered because it could be a distinguishing trademark
2020.12.24 Trademark Appeal decision report – “CURRENT+” and “CURRENT+ (written in Katakana)” was allowed to be registered because the trademark and cited trademarks “current” and “CURRENT” are dissimilar
2020.12.3 Patent The Japan Patent Office (JPO) will start a PPH with the National Industrial Property Institute (NIPI) of France as of January 1, 2021.