PATENTS
Patents/utility models
April Issue [Legal] Newsletter Japan Patent Office publishes Japan-Taiwan Similar Group Code Conformance Table The Japan Patent Office has published the Japan-Taiwan Similar Group Code Conformance Table (compatible with the Nice Classification [12th Edition] 2025). The Japan-Taiwan Similar Group Code Conformance Table is a list showing the correspondence between similar group codes used in trademark examinations in Japan and Taiwan.
April Issue [General] Newsletter The Japan Patent Office will exhibit at the Osaka-Kansai Expo The Japan Patent Office has set up a "Special Site for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo" on its website. The title above is a declaration that is prominently displayed there. More information will be posted in due course, and at present the planned dates (Thursday, October 2, 2025 - January 2, 2025) are as follows: