New Trademark Law

Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(3), Article 3(2), Color marks, JPO Announcement, New Trademark Law, Non-Traditional trademark, Trademark Appeal, Trademark Examination Guideline 11/15/2020

Less than 1.5% Success Rate for Getting Color Mark Registration in Japan

Japan opened the gate to Non-Tradit…

Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(vi), Article 3(2), Distinctiveness, IP High Court, New Trademark Law, Non-Traditional trademark, Position mark, Trademark Appeal 09/13/2020

Japan IP High Court Ruling on Distinctiveness of Position Mark

On August 27, 2020, the Japan IP Hi…

Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(3), Article 3(2), Color marks, Distinctiveness, IP High Court, New Trademark Law, Non-Traditional trademark, Trademark Appeal 07/12/2020

Japan IP High Court Refuses Trademark Protection for Orange Color Mark

On 23 June 2020, the Japan IP High …

Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(3), Distinctiveness, IP High Court, New Trademark Law, Non-Traditional trademark, Position mark 02/29/2020

First ruling by IP High Court on New Type of Trademark in Japan

On February 14 2020, the Japan IP H…

Article 31, Article 4(1)(vi), Article 4(2), Famous mark, New Trademark Law 05/26/2019

Partial revision of the Japan Trademark Law in force on May 27, 2019

Partial revision of the Japan Trade…

Division of trademark application, examination, New Trademark Law 04/14/2019

WTR report: The first individual in history to have filed over 100,000 trademark applications

A notorious and incredibly prolific…

examination, New Trademark Law, Trademark Examination Guideline 02/10/2019

Japan: trademark registration of era names will be banned

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) revis…

Division of trademark application, New Trademark Law 06/17/2018

Japan: Trademark Law Revision Act of 2018 in force on June 9

The Japan Trademark Law Revision Ac…