Japanese trademark registration process

Japan Profile

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is located in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, north to the Sea of Okhotsk, south to the East China Sea and Taiwan Island. Japan is an archipelago consisting of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, accounting for approximately 97% of Japan's landmass. Japan's population ranks tenth in the world, with a population of 126 million.

Japanese Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "Utility Model Law"
• "trademark law"
• "Designs Act"

International Organization/Agreement

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Origin of Goods
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property