Category: Trademarks – FAQ

Trademarks - FAQ

Japan: Protection of new types of trademarks Changes to Japanese Trademark Law – April 2015 From April 2015, in addition to the conventional word mark and figure mark etc. new types of trademarks such as motion mark, hologram mark, position mark, color
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Trademarks - FAQ

Trademark Search in Japan Why would the search be necessary? In Japan, an examination will be conducted not only for the absolute reasons for refusal, but also for the relative reasons for refusal. The reasons for refusal that a trademark is similar
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Trademarks - FAQ

What can be protected as trademark in Japan? In Japan, only the “word”, “figure”, “sign” and “three-dimensional configuration” and a combination thereof used to be protected as “trademark” in Japan, but since April 2015, the “motion”, “hologram”, “position”, “color” and “sound” have
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