damage, infringement 01/28/2017 New statutory damages for trademark infringement The Japanese Government promulgated…
Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1), Descriptive mark 01/22/2017 How to avoid a descriptive mark from being refused by JPO The trademark law prohibits any mar…
Unfair Competition Law 01/14/2017 IP High Court ruled a commonly used shape of package is incapable of serving as a source indicator On December 22, 2016, the IP High C…
Standard character 01/08/2017 New Standard Characters in trademark registration When applying to register a tradema…