The trademark system for retail services or wholesale services1 was introduced on April 1st, 2007, and a mark that is used for retail services or wholesale services can be registered as a service mark.
1Retailers or wholesalers provide a wide variety of services such as bringing together a variety of goods, providing explanations to customers, and arranging goods to enable customers to view the goods conveniently. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) regards these services as a whole as retail services or wholesale services.
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[Last updated 25 July 2007]
