Intending to assist developing countries primarily in Asia and the Pacific Region to establish and improve their industrial property systems, the Japan Patent Office is promoting and conducting cooperative activities in various fields including human resource development, the digitization of patent application procedures, and the examination of applications.
As part of these cooperative activities, this site provides the texts (both in English and Japanese) of the industrial property laws and regulations in effect in various industrialized and developing countries.
We hope that the governments of developing countries use this site to refer to the legal systems of other countries in order to establish, revise, or contribute to their own industrial property laws. At the same time, we hope that those who apply for the acquisition of industrial property rights in other countries profit from the information contained in this site.
Please note that the translations of the texts and of the other information contained in this site are not official and are not always the latest. Please refer to the original texts of the laws of the countries concerned.
*1 BENELUX :Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in these pages is correct. However, every detail of the laws is not covered. The contents are for information only and we can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions.
*2 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY :Source of these Regulations and Directives is WIPO's web.
| 4 Mar. 2010 |
Singapore(Trade Marks International Registration Rules) |
| 15 Jan. 2010 |
Germany(Patent Act) |
| 25 Dec. 2009 |
United Kingdom(Trade Marks Act,
Trademarks Rules),
Norway(Patents Act,
Patents Regulations),
Hungary(Patent Act,
Trademark Act),
Finland(Patents Act,
Patents Decree),
Bulgaria(Industrial Design Law,
Trademark Law,
Trademark Regulations),
Latvia(Patent Law),
Canada(Industrial Design Regulations,
Trade-marks Act),
Sri Lanka(Intellectual Property Regulations),
India(Designs Rules),
European Patent Office(Implementing Regulations to the Convention on the grant of European Patents),
Eurasian Patent Office(Patent Regulations under the Patent Convention)
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| 16 Oct. 2009 |
Chinese Taipei
(Patent Regulations,
Trademark Regulations),
Vietnam
(Decree of Industrial Property,
Decree of IPR Protection and Management,
Decree of Providing for Sanctioning of Administrative Violations,)
Lao PDR
(Intellectual Property Laws,
Decree of Prime Minister on Trademarks) |
| 27 Apr. 2009 |
Bulgaria
(Patent Law),
Latvia
(Industrial Design Law),
Lithuania
(Patent Law,
Industrial Design Law,
Trade Marks Law),
Philippines
(Intellectual Property Regulations),
Saudi Arabia
(Trade Marks Law,
Trade Marks Rules),
Switzer Land (Industrial Design Law),
United Kingdom
(Patent Rules,
Registered Design Rules,
Trademark Act,
Trademark Rules),
United States of America (Patent Law,
Patent Regulations,
Trademark Law,
Trademark Regulations),
European Patent Office
(Rules Relating to Fees) |
| 26 Dec. 2008 |
Australia
(PatentRegulation,
DesignRegulation,
TrademarksRegulation),
Canada
(PatentRules,
IndustrialDesignRegulations,
Trade-markRegulations),
Denmark
(UtilityModelsAct),
Finland
(UtilityModelAct,
TrademarksAct),
India
(PatentRules),
New Zealand
(PatentRegulations,
DesignAct,
TrademarksRegulations),
Republic of Korea
(PatentActEnforcementDecree,
TradeMarksAct),
Singapore
(Patents Act,
Patents Rules) |
| 14 Oct. 2008 |
Brunei
(Inventions Law,
Trademarks Law,
Trademarks Rules)
New Zealand (Patent Regulations,
Design Act,
Trademarks Regulations) |
| 12 Sep.2008 |
India
(Designs Rules) |
| 25 July.2008 |
Belarus
(Patent Law,
Trademarks Law,
Bulgaria
(Industrial Design Law,
Trademark Law),
Finland
(Patents Act,
Patents Decree,
Registered Designs Act),
Hong Kong(Patents (General) Rules,
Patents (Transitional Arrangements) Rules,
Registered Design Rules,
Trade Marks Ordinance,
Trade Marks Rules),
Latvia
(Trademark Law),
Malaysia
(Patents Act),
New Zealand
(Trade Marks Act),
Republic of Korea
(Patent Act,
Utility Model Act,
Desighn Protection Act),
Republic of South Africa
(Patents Regulations,
Designs Regulations,
Trademark Regulations),
United Kingdom
(Registered Design Act,
Registered Design Rules),
Vietnam
(Intellectual Property Law,
Industrial Property Detailing on Industtrial Desighns ) |
| 3 Mar.2008 |
Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating Thereto |
| 27 Dec.2007 |
Ukraine
Estonia,
Australia,
Canada,
United Kingdom,
European Patent Office |
| 17 Aug.2007 |
Australia,
France,
Indonesia,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sudan |
| 27 Jul.2007 |
Japan |
| 12 Jun.2007 |
United Kingdom,
Republic Of Korea,
Ukraine,
Saudi Arabia,
Germany,
Norway,
Hong Kong |
| 11 Jun.2007 |
United States Of America |
| 18 May.2007 |
Japan |
| 26 Mar.2007 |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| 1 Feb.2007 |
Japan |
| 26 Dec.2006 |
Finland,
Republic Of South Africa,
Lisbon Agreement |
| 22 Dec.2006 |
India,
Ireland,
Liechtenstein,
Ukraine,
Vietnam,
Budapest Treaty |
| 11 Dec.2006 |
Latvia,
Eurasian Patent Office,
European Patent Office,
Romania |
| 04 Dec.2006 |
Brazil,
Russia,
Estonia,
European Patent Office |
| 28 Nov.2006 |
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
European Communities |
| 30 Oct.2006 |
Republic Of Korea,
New Zealand,
United Kingdom,
Chinese Taipei,
Spain,
Norway,
Turkey |
| 07 Sep.2006 |
China,
Malaysia,
Belgium,
Greece,
Finland |
| 20 Jul.2006 |
Thailand |
| 05 Jul.2006 |
India |
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