From April 2023, Article 54, Paragraph 1 of the Japan Patent Act applied to some divisional applications filed by applicants or agents. Under this regulation, the Japan Patent Office will start the procedure of suspending the examination of the divisional application until the result of a preliminary examination or trial of the original application is clarified.
The country’s first dedicated Business Court will offer more collaboration on IP cases, state-of-the-art facilities for use in lawsuits and access to expert advice, says Ryo Maruyama of Kyosei International Patent Office.
As of April 1, 2022, “Multi-multi claims“ are restricted by a Ministerial Order amendment referring to “claims that selectively cite two or more other claims and claims that selectively cite the citations of two or more other claims.“ Multi-multi claims are no longer allowed in patent and utility model applications filed in Japan. The purpose is to pursue the goal of international harmonisation and reduce the burden of examination processing and monitoring by third parties.
Keeping in step with the recent growth of e-commerce, there has been a rapid increase in the number of cases where foreign business entities directly sell and send by mail a small amount of counterfeit goods to individuals residing in Japan.
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