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IP NEWS LETTER From Japan(2008)

• FPB Circular No.08-01 January 2008
  "FAIL-SAFE & CONTINUATION TYPE DIVISIONALS IN JAPAN"
• FPB Circular No.08-02 March 2008
  "AMENDMENT & DIVISIONAL IN JAPANESE PATENT APPLICATION"

Revisions(2006)

• PATENT LAW REVISION
• DESIGN LAW REVISION
• TRADEMARK LAW REVISION

Revisions(2003)

• REVISION OF JAPANESE PATENT LAW

Revisions(2002)

• Clarification of the phrase "working of an invention"
• Expanded definition of what constitutes indirect infringement
• Separationof the claims from the specification
• Introduction of requirement for disclosure of prior art information
• Revision regarding the procedure for entering into the Japanese national phase of a PCT application