intellektus.com trademark registration

National legislation

English:

Basic Law on Intellectual Property (Law No. 122 of 2002)

Trademark Law (Law No. 127 of 13 April 1959, as last amended by Act No. 75 of 29 June 2005)

Trademark Law 1999 (Law No. 127 of April 13, 1959, as amended by Laws Nos. 140 and 161 of 1962, 148 of 1964, 81 of 1965, 91 of 1970, 46 of 1975, 27 of 1978, 89 of 1978, 45 of 1981, 23 and 24 of 1984, 41 of 1985, 27 of 1987, 30 of 1990, 65 of 1991, 26 of 1993, 89 of 1993, 116 of 1994, 68 of 1996 and 220 of 1999)
 

International legislation

Japan is membership of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties as part of:
- WIPO Convention since April 20, 1975;
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883;
- Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989;
- Trademark Law Treaty adopted at Geneva on October 27, 1994;
- Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of June 15, 1957;

As member of World Trade Organization (WTO), Japan is part of Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) since 1 January 1995.