Mar 6, 2023 Germany Deposits Ratification of the Agreement on the European Court of Unity (UPCA) UPCA to (be issued June 1, 2023) Germany deposited its ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court for Europe (UPCA) on February 17, 2023. The ratification was scheduled for late 2022, but…
Mar 6, 2023 Global Law Experts: Our Firm is Once Again a Recipient of a Prestigious Award We are pleased to announce that our firm has been selected for 4 consecutive years as a top trademark firm in Japan by the Global Law Experts. It is a testament to the strength of our IP…
Mar 3, 2023 Japan: Operation of suspension of examination for divisional applications in which the original application is pending trial (effective April 1, 2023) Regarding divisional applications for which the original patent application is pending preliminary examination or appeal against examiner’s decision of refusal and for which a request has been filed by the…
Feb 28, 2023 EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023) The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that it will revise its official fees effective April 1, 2023. Please note that this is a significant revision, with almost double of increase (4%-6%) compared to the previous revision (April 1, 2022). Normally fees are revised…
Feb 13, 2023 Our Firm Awarded Trademark Law Firm of the Year 2023 in Japan by the Global Law Experts We are pleased to announce that our firm has been once again selected as a top trademark firm in Japan this year, and Kazutaka Otsuka, Head of Trademark & Design Department, is also a…
Feb 9, 2023 Marks & Clerk LLP from UK visited our firm. From right to left : Ms Kiko Kondo, Mr Shinoda, Patent Attorney, Mr Jason Chester, Registered and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Mr Otsuka, Patent Attorney and Mr Matsumiya, Patent Attorney
Jan 26, 2023 The Cabinet Approves the Cabinet Order for Establishing the Effective Date for Partial Revision of the Patent Law and other related laws Enacted in the 204th ordinary Diet session, the Act for Partial Revision of the Patent Law was passed on May 14, 2021, and promulgated as Law No.42 on May…
Jan 23, 2023 Patent Attorney Kazutaka Otsuka Co-Publishes “Legal Practice of Trademarks: Analysis of Important Precedents and Promotion of Brand Strategy” Our firm’s Patent Attorney and Director of Trademark Dep Kazutaka Otsuka is the Editor and Co-Author of a new book published by Chuokeizai-sha, Inc. on Jan 19,2023, entitled Legal Practice of Trademarks: Analysis…
Jan 1,2023 Closed Dates – 2023– Japan Patent Office (JPO) and ASAMURA IP P.C. Closed dates of the JPO and ASAMURA IP P.C. in 2023 are as follows. Closed Weekly on: Saturday and Sunday Closed Additionally on: 1 January 2023 2 January 2023 9 January 2023 23 February 2023…
Dec 27, 2022 Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) The Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) system is a combination of the European Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Under the UPCA system, a European patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) is registered by filing an application under the…
