Japan - Commencement of filing for new types of Trademarks

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In Japan the law to register new types of trademarks, which are Sound mark, Color mark without delineated contours, Position mark, Motion mark and Hologram mark, came into force on April 1, 2015. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) began receiving applications for the new types of trademarks on the same day.

The J-PlatPat has enabled users to search trademark information by type since May 19. The users are able to narrow down the result list to specific types of trademarks by clicking on the checkboxes to select the types of trademarks. More

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