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- Revision of 2019 to the Design Act
- Case Study on Patent Examination of AI-related inventions
- Act of Partial Revision of the Patent Act, etc. (Act No. 3 of May 17, 2019)
- Office Actions in Japan regarding use of or intent to use trademarks
- Patent Eligibility of Business Model Invention
- Examination Guidelines in Life Sciences
- Legal Remedies of Expiry of Time Limit in PCT International Application
- One-Year Grace Period as Exception of Novelty-Destroying Disclosure, available from June 9, 2018 in Japan
- Examination Guidelines for IoT-related Technology
- Systems for early obtaining of patents in Japan
- Foreign language application system
- Revised Examination Guidelines for Trademarks (13th Edition) of the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- IP trends and Judicial Precedent on the Extended Patent Right of a Medicament
- Reduction/Exemption Systems of Patent Fees and Other Fees
- Provisions introduced upon joining the Patent Law Treaty
- Use Invention of Foods
- Revised Examination Guidelines for Design expand registrable "design including a graphic image on a screen"
- Computer Software-related Invention in Japan
- Product by Process Claim
- Point of Attention in filing an International Design Application designating Japan
- Reconsideration by Examiner before Appeal
- Revision of the Trademark Act
- Patent Opposition will come into force next year
- IP Trends and Expansion of Legal remedies