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Okt 26, 2016 (Newsletter Issue 19/16)
Japan
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Trademark Examination Guidelines in English Now Available


The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has published the "Examination Guidelines for Trademarks" in English for overseas users in order to standardize and uniform the examination of trademark applications.

The Office informs that some examples have been changed partly from the original Japanese version for a better understanding.

To access the Examination Guidelines for Trademarks, please click here

Source: www.jpo.go.jp