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Japan: International Application Fees Revised: January 1, 2025

Japan-U.S. Collaborative Search Pilot Program Completed

Japan: International Application Fees Revised: September 1, 2024

Japan: Summary of the IP Lump-sum Law to be enforced on April 1, 2024

Japan: Trademark Consent System

Japan: IP Lump-Sum Act Now in Effect

Japan: International Application Fees Revised

Japan: Act for Partial Revision of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (IP Lump-sum Act) promulgated and the Effective Date Decided

Japan: International Application Fees Revised

Japan: Act for Partial Revision of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (IP Lump-sum Act) promulgated

Japan: Relaxation of requirements for restoration of rights due to the expiration of a procedural period

Germany Deposits Ratification of the Agreement on the European Court of Unity (UPCA) , UPCA to (be issued June 1, 2023)

Japan: Operation of suspension of examination for divisional applications in which the original application is pending trial (effective April 1, 2023)

EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023)

The Cabinet Approves the Cabinet Order for Establishing the Effective Date for Partial Revision of the Patent Law and other related laws

Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA)

Japan: International Application Fees Revised

Japan: Copyright Decision on Octopus Slide

Japan: USPTO – JPO Collaborative Search Pilot Program Expansion and Simplified Procedure

Japan: prepayment will be only by cash (bank transfer, etc.) from June 1, 2023

Japan: International Application Fees Revised from November 1, 2022

Japan: Examination Criteria for Trademarks Consisting solely of Color, as Seen in the Opinion

Japan: Tighter controls on the influx of counterfeit goods and abolition of two-step payment of individual fees

Taiwan : Mandatory submission of sequence tables under the provisions of WIPO standard ST.26 from August 1, 2022

Japan: International Application Fees Revised

WIPO: Submission of Sequence Listings in accordance with the provisions of WIPO Standard ST.26

Singapore: IPOS introduces new filing system (IPOS Digital Hub) and fees

On April 1, 2022, a number of patent and other legal amendments went into effect

Multiple dependent claims depending on other multiple dependent claims will no longer be allowed in Japan

Japan April 1, 2022 Transitional measures for revision of patent, trademark registration, and renewal registration fees

Japan’s Patent Law Revised: Major Draft Amendments

Changes to fee rates for patent, trademark and renewal registration from April 1, 2022

Patent, trademark and renewal registration fees will be revised on April 1, 2022 (follow-up report)

Multiple dependent claims depending on other multiple dependent claims will no longer be allowed in Japan

Changes to fee rates for patent, trademark and renewal registration from April 1, 2022

The Cabinet Approves the Cabinet Order for Establishing the Effective Date for Partial Revision of the Patent Law and other related laws

Explanation of China’s Copyright Law coming into force in June 2021

The Diet passed a bill to amend the Patent Law on 14 May 2021

The JPO Appeal System Handbook: Japanese and English Editions are Available

The UK’s Brexit: Impact on Trade Marks and Designs in the European Union

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