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I : General Provisions |
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Article 1 Purpose
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Persons Entitled to Register a Trademark
Article 4 Persons Entitled to Register a Business Emblem
Article 5 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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II : Requirements for Trademark Registration and Trademark Applications |
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Article 6 Requirements for Trademark
Registration
Article 7 Unregistrable Trademarks
Article 8 First-to-File Rule
Article 9 Application for Trademark Registration
Article 9bis According the Filing Date etc
Article 10 A Single Application for a Single Trademark
Article 11 Deleted
Article 12 Transfer and Partial Assignment of an Application for Trademark
Registration etc
Article 13 Amendment of Procedure
Article 14 Amendment before Decision of Publication of Application
Article 15 Amendment after Decision of Publication of Application
Article 16 Material Change of Application
Article 17 Rejection of Amendment
Article 18 Division of Application for Trademark Registration
Article 19 Conversion of an Application
Article 20 Priority Claim under Treaty
Article 21 Special Provisions on the Time of Filing an Application |
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III : Examination |
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Article 22 Examination by Examiner
Article 22bis Request etc for Inspection of a Trademark by a Specialized
Searching Agency
Article 23 Decision to Refuse Trademark Registration and Notification
of Reasons for Refusal
Article 24 Publication of an Application
Article 24bis Right to Demand Compensation for Loss
Article 25 Opposition to a Trademark Registration
Article 26 Amendment of Reasons for an Opposition to a Trademark Registration
Article 27 Decision on an Opposition to Trademark Registration
Article 28 Decision of Refusal to Register a Trademark Made Ex Officio
after Publication
Article 29 Concurrent Oppositions to Trademark Registration
Article 30 Decision to Grant Registration of a Trademark
Article 31 Method of Decision to Grant or Refuse Trademark Registration
Article 32 Suspension of Examination or Litigation Proceedings
Article 33 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent |
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IV : Trademark Registration Fees and Registration of Trademarks |
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Article 34 Trademark Registration Fees
Article 34bis Abandoning Some or All Designated Goods When Paying
Trademark Registration Fees
Article 35 Extension of Payment Period for Trademark Registration
Fees
Article 36 Abandoning an Application for Trademark Registration as
a Consequence of Nonpayment of Trademark Registration Fees
Article 36bis Supplementary Trademark Registration Fees
Article 36ter Recovery of an Application for Trademark Registration
by Paying Trademark Registration Fees etc
Article 37 Official Fees
Article 38 Refund of Trademark Registration Fees
Article 39 Trademark Register
Article 40 Issuance of a Trademark Registration Certificate |
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V : Trademark Right |
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Article 41 Registration of Establishment
of a Trademark Right
Article 42 The Term of a Trademark Right
Article 43 Application to Renew the Term of a Registered Trademark
Article 44 Division of an Application to Renew the Term of a Registered
Trademark
Article 45 Refusal of Registration for Renewal of the Term and Notification
of Reasons for Refusal
Article 46 Effects of an Application to Renew the Term of a Registered
Trademark etc |
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VI : Protection of Owner of a Trademark Right |
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Article 46bis Application to Register
the Reclassification of Goods
Article 46ter Division of an Application to Register the Reclassification
of Goods
Article 46quater Decision to Refuse Registration of the Reclassification
of Goods and Notification of the Reasons for Refusal
Article 46quinquies Registration of the Reclassification of Goods
Article 47 Application for Supplementary Registration of Designated
Goods
Article 48 Decision to Refuse Supplementary Registration of Designated
Goods and Notification of Reasons for Refusal
Article 49 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act
Article 50 Effects of a Trademark Right
Article 51 Limitations of a Trademark Right
Article 52 Extent of Protection of a Registered Trademark etc
Article 53 Relationship with Another Design Right etc
Article 54 Assignment and Joint Ownership of a Trademark etc
Article 54bis Division of a Trademark Right
Article 55 Exclusive License
Article 56 Effects of Registration on Trademark Right and Exclusive
License
Article 57 Nonexclusive License
Article 57bis Right to Use a Trademark after the Term of a Patent
Right Expires etc
Article 58 Effects of Registration of a Nonexclusive License etc
Article 59 Abandonment of a Trademark Right
Article 60 Restriction on Abandonment of a Trademark Right etc
Article 61 Effect of Abandonment
Article 62 Pledge
Article 63 Subrogation for Right of Pledge
Article 64 Extinguishment of a Trademark Right
Article 64bis Extinguishment of a Trademark Right in the Absence of
Registration of the Reclassification of Goods |
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VII : Trial |
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Article 65 Injunction etc against an
Infringement
Article 66 Acts Considered to be an Infringement
Article 67 Presumption etc of the Amount of Damages
Article 68 Presumption of Intent
Article 69 Measures for Recovering the Business Reputation of the
Owner of a Trademark Right etc
Article 70 Submission of Documents |
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VIII : Retrial and Litigation |
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Article 70bis Trial against Decision
of Refusal
Article 70ter Trial against a Decision to Reject an Amendment
Article 71 Invalidation Trial of a Trademark Registration
Article 72 Invalidation Trial for Renewal of the Term of a Registered
Trademark
Article 72bis Invalidation Trial of a Registration for the Reclassification
of Goods
Article 73 Trial for the Cancellation of a Registered Trademark
Article 74 Trial for the Cancellation of the Registration of an Exclusive
or Nonexclusive License
Article 75 Trial to Confirm the Scope of a Trademark Right
Article 76 Statute of Limitation
Article 77 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act
Article 78 Deleted
Article 79 Formal Requirements for Requesting a Trial against an Examiner's
Decision to Refuse or Reject an Amendment
Article 80 Deleted
Article 81 Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions Concerning Examination
in the Trial against the Decision of Refusal
Article 82 Special Provisions of a Trial against the Decision to Refuse
or the Decision to Reject an Amendment |
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VIIIbis : International Applications under the Protocol |
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etc Article 86bis International Applications |
Article 86ter Entitlement to File
Article 86quater Procedure for an International Application
Article 86quinquies Examination of the Particulars of an International
Application etc
Article 86sexies Subsequent Designation
Article 86septies Renewal of Term
Article 86octies Recording a Change of Ownership of an International
Registration
Article 86novies Payment of Official Fees
Article 86decies Amendment concerning Nonpayment of Official Fees
Article 86undecies Invalidation of a Procedure
Article 86duodecies Recording a Change in International Registration
Matters
Article 86terdecies Exclusion of Business Emblems |
| Part II Special Provisions
on an International Application for Trademark Registration |
Article 86quaterdecies International
Application for Trademark Registration
Article 86quindecies Special Provision on Business Emblems
Article 86sedecies Special Provisions on an International Application
for Trademark Registration
Article 86septiesdecies Effect of an International Application for
Trademark Registration of a Domestically Registered Trademark
Article 86duodevicies Special Provisions for the Transfer and Partial
Assignment of an Application for Trademark Registration etc
Article 86undevicies Special Provisions for Amendments
Article 86vicies Special Provision for the Division of Applications
Article 86unvicies Special Provision for the Conversion of Applications
Article 86duovicies Special Provision for a Priority Claim under the
Paris Convention
Article 86tervicies Special Provision on the Time of Filing an Application
Article 86quatervicies Special Provision for Publication of an Application
Article 86quinvicies Special Provision for the Right to Demand Compensation
for Losses
Article 86sevicies Special Provisions for an Opposition to a Trademark
Registration
Article 86septiesvicies Special Provisions for a Decision to Register
a Trademark
Article 86duodetricies Special Provisions for Trademark Registration
Fees
Article 86undetricies Special Provision for Refunding Trademark Registration
Fees etc
Article 86tricies Special Provisions for Registration in the Trademark
Register
Article 86untricies Special Provision for Registering the Establishment
of a Trademark Right
Article 86duotricies Special Provisions for the Term of a Trademark
Right
Article 86tertricies Special Provision for an Application for Supplementary
Registration of Designated Goods
Article 86quatertricies Special Provision for the Division of a Trademark
Right
Article 86quintricies Special Provisions for the Effects of a Trademark
Right
Article 86setricies Effects of Canceling an International Registration
Article 86septiestricies Special Provisions on Abandoning a Trademark
Right
Article 86duodequadragies Special Provision on an Invalidation Trial
for Renewal of the Term of a Registered Trademark |
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on an Application for Trademark Registration |
Article 86undequadragies Special Provisions
on an Application for Trademark Registration after Cancellation of
an International Registration
Article 86quadragies Special Provisions on an Application for Trademark
Registration after Denunciation of the Protocol
Article 86unquadragies Special Provision on Examinations
Article 86duoquadragies Special Provision on the Statute of Limitation
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IX : Supplementary Provisions |
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Article 87 Inspection of Documents
etc
Article 88 Prohibition of Opening or Removing the Trademark Register
and Documents Related to an Application for Trademark Registration,
Examination, Trial or Retrial
Article 89 Trademark Gazette
Article 90 Indication of Trademark Registration
Article 91 Prohibition of False Indication
Article 91bis Special Provision on a Trademark etc that is Similar
to a Registered Trademark
Article 92 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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X : Penal Provisions |
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Article 93 Offense of Infringement
Article 94 Offense of Perjury
Article 95 Offense of False Marking
Article 96 Offense of Fraud
Article 97 Dual Liability
Article 97bis Confiscation
Article 98 Administrative Fine |
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