Related

Release of Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2022

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has compiled trends surrounding intellectual property (IP) at home and abroad, as well as its own initiatives into the Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2022, with the aim of deepening public interest in IP systems and understanding of them.


The following are some of the key points explained in the 2022 report.

  • The number of applications for patents and requests for patent examinations in 2021 increased from the previous year.
  • Regarding patent applications submitted to Japan from abroad, the number of applications from China, the United States, and Europe increased from the previous year.
  • The number of primary examination notifications (FAs: First Actions) for trademark examinations showed a large increase of 23.3% from the previous year as a result of strengthening and streamlining the examination system.

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
 

EU-Japan Centre's News

More
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has pre-announced a call for applications for the 2024…
The Horizon Europe call for EU-Japan collaboration projects (Topic: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01…
The EU-Japan Centre’s office in Tokyo is regularly publishing "Industry and Policy News”. By…
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology invites you to apply to their one-of-a-kind,…
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the…

Events

More
Online and in Japan
17/06/2024 - 12/07/2024
17-21 June 2024, → mandatory week online (open to SMEs and large companies) 08-12 July 2024, → optional week in Japan (open only to SMEs who have completed the first online week) PROGRAMME…
Japan
01/08/2024 - 31/03/2025
  The organization of the Vulcanus Programme is pending reception of a grant by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation for the Japanese fiscal year 2024-2025: Please note that this call is…
Subscribe to
our newsletters

The EU-Japan Centre currently produces 5 newsletters :

  • EU-Japan NEWS - our flagship newsletter covering the Centre's support services, information about EU (or Member States) - Japan cooperation
  • Japanese Industry and Policy News
  • “About Japan” e-News (Only available for EU companies / EU organisations)
  • Japan Tax and Public Procurement Weekly Tender Digest (Only available for EU companies / EU organisations)
  • Tech Transfer Helpdesk Newsletter
Subscribe