2021.11.19 Design Amendments to Design Law related to International Design Applications designating Japan
2021.11.11 Patent Trademark Design The JPO announced a rule change for Change of Ownership documents as of January 1, 2022
2021.10.28 Trademark Appeal decision report – “THEMICRONEEDLE (MICRONEEDLE is written in Katakana)” was allowed to be registered because it is unreasonable to say that it consists solely of a mark indicating quality in the fields of the designated goods in a common manner
2021.9.30 Trademark Appeal decision report – “Ethical Diamond” was allowed to be registered because it is unreasonable to say that the mark indicates quality and other such characteristic
2021.8.31 Trademark Appeal decision report – “Quick Warmer” was allowed to be registered because it is unreasonable to say that it indicates quality and other such characteristics in fields of the designated goods
2021.7.28 Trademark Appeal decision report -“AI EXPO” was allowed to be registered because it is unreasonable to say that it consists solely of a mark indicating quality and other such characteristics in the fields of the designated services in a common manner
2021.7.12 Others Makoto Onda (president of ONDA TECHNO) was recognized as one of The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021 in the IAM Patent 1000, published by IAM.