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5th year revision of the Design Act: Relaxation of requirements for application procedures for exceptions to loss of novelty

From January 6, the requirements for applying the exceptions to loss of novelty will be relaxed. See below for details. Applicable to: Design applications after January 1, 6 Contents of relaxation: Regarding the certificate to receive the application of the provisions of Article 1, Paragraph 1, if the design is published due to the act of a person who has the right to receive design registration. Publication of designs at the earliest possible date

What is semiconductor integrated circuit layout method?

IntroductionIn the field of intellectual property law, there is a law called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout Act (official name: Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout Act), which is not well known. This law was enacted on May 31, 1985, and came into effect on January 1, 1986, the following year. Therefore, it is surprising that the law

What is intellectual property rights?

What is intellectual property rights? Intellectual property rights, as shown in the diagram below, is a general term for rights that include industrial property rights, which consist of patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, as well as copyrights, etc. Furthermore, unlike land, buildings, jewelry, etc., intellectual property is intangible. For this reason, intellectual property rights are also called "intangible property rights." Such intellectual property rights

A study on microbial patents

May 2003, 5 Patent Attorney Corporation HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK (Written by: Kiyooka) Deposit of microorganisms Among inventions related to biotechnology, inventions related to microorganisms cannot be easily obtained by a person skilled in the art. , the relevant microorganism before application

Human cloning, the topic

On December 27, 2002, a religious group in the United States officially announced the birth of the first human clone, a girl. Although it has not been scientifically verified whether this cloned baby is actually a cloned human, judging from the life technology that has been accumulated over half a century, there is a possibility that the appearance of cloned humans is a fact. That means it's expensive. This group

Unity of inventions in major countries

United States According to the United States examination standards, (a) independent (not related to each other), and (b) distinct (relationships that can be patented independently, such as manufacturing process and product, method and device, etc.) ), it is not possible to obtain rights for multiple inventions in one application (MPEP 802). However,

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