Firm News

Firm News

2023/04/20

Ms. Ryang-eun KIM visited our office and shared with us updates on of Yaejune Patent and Trademark Law Firm, as well as explaining the newly adopted partial-refusal system in Korea, as well as the request for re-examination practice. She also shared with us the details of similarity judgement factors with respect to combination trademarks.

2023/03/16

Partners from Wilkinson & Grist (Hong Kong), Andrea Fong, Shireen So and Florence Lam visited our firm. They provided us with updates on Hong Kong’s progress towards joining the Madrid Protocol as well as the current post-covid economic trends. We also discussed the differences between Japan and Hong Kong with respect to the process of becoming patent agents/attorneys and related educational systems and services.

2023/03/03

Today we had the pleasure of having Ms. Fandy Ip to our office. Ms. Fandy Ip is a partner at Vivien Chan & Co. in Hong Kong. She shared with us some insights into how Japanese language, trademarks and brands are viewed and examined in Hong Kong, particularly with respect to distinctiveness. She also updated us on some of the more important facets of the potential revisions to the trademark laws in China.

2023/01/17

We had the pleasure of having Mr. Andy Leck and Ms. Yoko Inoue from Baker & McKenzie visit our office today. They were kind enough to give us a presentation highlighting the most recent information available pertaining to the situation in Myanmar as well as some recent revisions to the Trademark Laws and practices in Vietnam, along with an explanation of the SIPFAST examination system in place currently in Singapore. As the situation in Myanmar has had IP practitioners and clients alike holding their breath for years now, we are happy to be informed of the latest information.

2022/11/29

We had a virtual meeting with Jaime-Lynn Kraft and Kohji Suzuki from Smart & Biggar. They were kind enough to update us on some trending topics such as the newly passed Bill 96 pertaining to the use of French Language and how it will influence trademark usage and also the current state of affairs with examination times by CIPO. They also gave us some tips related to the examination of fast-track applications and divisional applications (with respect to pre-approved goods). We took the liberty of updated them on some process changes here at the JPO.