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Mrz 18, 2015 (Newsletter Issue 4/15)
Japan
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Examination Guidelines Announced


The JPO announces that responding to the new revision of Nice Classification (NCL10-2015) based on Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for Registration of Marks, the Examination Guidelines for Similar Goods and Services has been revised.

The examination guidelines for similar goods and services is applied to the applications on or after January 1st, 2015.

For more information on the guidelines, please click here

Source: www.jpo.go.jp