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Mai 27, 2015 (Newsletter Issue 8/15)
Japan
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International Design Registration System Now Available


On May 13, 2015, the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement officially entered into force in Japan.

The Geneva Act is an international treaty aiming to simplify applicants’ registration procedures for industrial designs in multiple countries and to reduce their costs for such procedures. It enables applicants to file a design application in multiple countries by filing a single international application directly or via a domestic office to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The Geneva Act also enables integrated control of the design rights that were granted in multiple countries.

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Source: www.meti.go.jp