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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Apr 17, 2012 (Newsletter Issue 6/12)
Japan
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Revision of the Trademark Practice


The Japanese Patent Office has revised the domestic rule for judging the similarity of goods and services according to the 10th edition of the Nice Classification.

Some example of the revision of the judgement of similarity of goods can be seen here

Source: Shiga International Patent Office, Japan