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Sep 02, 2014 (Newsletter Issue 13/14)
Japan
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More Entities Entitled to Register Regional Collective Trademarks


On 11 June 2014, the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) announced that a “Cabinet Order Specifying the Effective Date of Part of the Act of Partial Revision of the Patent Act” was made public.

The Cabinet Order specifies the effective date of revised provisions of Japan Trademark Act, Article 7-2 (i), (expansion of entities entitled to resister regional collective trademarks). It came into force on 1 August 2014.

According to the revision, in addition to cooperative associations covered by the existing Trademark Act, associations commerce and industry, chambers of commerce and industry, and specified non-profit corporations (NPO) were newly added as entities entitled to register “regional collective trademarks”.

Source: www.harakenzo.com