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2026.06.15IP NEWS
Revised Trademark Examination Guidelines (Revised 17th Edition) Released
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) published a revised version of the Examination Guidelines for Trademarks (revise […]
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2026.06.10IP NEWS
Annual Objectives for the Japan Patent Office
Annual Objectives for the Japan Patent Office The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) publishes th […]
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2026.06.02SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2025 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10056 – Intellectual Property High Court (December 23, 2025)
“Women’s Garment” Overview: This case relates to a court decision upholding a JPO trial decision that rejected […]
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2026.05.21SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2025 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10076 – Intellectual Property High Court (January 22, 2026)
“Vehicle Guidance System” Overview: This case relates to a court decision to uphold a JPO trial decision to di […]
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2026.04.15SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Wa) No. 70064 – Tokyo District Court (December 17, 2025)
“Aerosol for Mosquito Control and Method of Mosquito Control” Overview: This case concerns a patent relating t […]
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2026.04.07SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Utility Model Case Summary: 2025 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10003 – Intellectual Property High Court (September 30, 2025)
“Bed” Overview: This case reversed a trial decision on a registered utility model invalidation trial in which […]
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2026.02.03SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Gyo-ke) No. 10039 – Intellectual Property High Court (December 25, 2024)
“Bag with Emboss” Overview: This case is one in which the trial decision in an appeal trial against an examine […]
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2026.02.02SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Gyo-ke) No. 10099 – Intellectual Property High Court (November 13, 2025)
“Information Network System Including Massage Machine” Overview: A case in which an opposition decision that, […]
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2026.01.23SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Gyo-ke) No. 10076 – Intellectual Property High Court (October 16, 2025)
“Fuel and Its Formulated Combination” Overview: In an action seeking cancellation of a JPO Trial and Appeal Bo […]
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2026.01.21SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Ne) No. 10038 – Intellectual Property High Court (January 15, 2025)
“Motorcycle Brake Control Apparatus and Behavior Analysis Apparatus” Overview: In an appeal of a suit for rest […]
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