Notice regarding Trademark System for Retail and Wholesale Services

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.

For the main points for filing an application regarding retail services or wholesale services, please click this.(PDF:119KB)

• 1 Retailers 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.

[Last updated 11 March 2014]