SME Assembly 2020 – Intellectual Property Rights for SMEs, 58:18
The SME Assembly is the most significant event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. The conference takes place once a year during the European SME week.
Notice of 7 September 2021 – concerning the Second Act to Simplify and Modernise Patent Law (Zweites Gesetz zur Vereinfachung und Modernisierung des Patentrechts) of 10 August 2021 and the Act on Further Duties of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and to Revise the Patent Costs Act (Gesetz über weitere Aufgaben des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts und zur Änderung des Patentkostengesetzes) of 30 August 2021 – Contents of the notice
情報源: DPMA | Notice of 7 September 2021
ドイツ特許商標庁（DPMA）、特許法等公布に併せ今後の業務の変更点などを公表 
– JETRO デュッセルドルフ事務所
Absolute deadline for filing corresponding UK Applications expires on 30 September 2021 If you are the owner of an EU Trade Mark Application or Registration that was pending on 1 January 2021, and if the UK is a territory of interest to you, then please sit up and take note. The deadline to take action and to file corresponding UK Applications will expire on 30 September 2021. This deadline is absolute. If you don’t take action, your EU Mark will no longer have effect in the UK.
情報源: Deadline for Filing EU Trademark Filings in UK Approaches
Brexit:2021.1.1時点で出願中であったEUTMをUKでも権利化する場合は、今月30日が手続の期限となります。
As of 13 August 2021, the Namibian Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) will be included in TMclass. BIPA will join with the alphabetical list of the Nice classification.The inclusion of BIPA in TMclass brings the total number of participating national and regional IP offices, including ARIPO, OAPI, WIPO and the EUIPO, to 86.
ICYMI, a new Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) was released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last month. The July 2021 revision replaces and supersedes the October 2018 version, and it incorporates final rules, examination guides, and Supreme Court decisions that have issued since then.
情報源: New USPTO Trademark Manual | Fox Rothschild LLP – JDSupra
Change Summary (INDEX TO CHANGES IN TMEP July 2021)
At present, the Fiji Trademarks Act was implemented in 1933 and was based on the UK Trademarks Act of 1905. It has broadly remained unchanged ever since. The biggest issue for modern practitioners is Fiji not being a member of the Nice Agreement, meaning it does not use the International Classification of Goods and Services. Instead, it uses a version of the 1938 British Classification system – a system that is particularly dated in 2021 (it has only 50 different goods classes and 10 subclasses, no service classes, and some archaic categorisations, such as Fijian class 22 being for ‘carriages’ and Fijian class 8 being for ‘philosophical instruments’).That is now set to change. At the end of August 2021, the new Fijian Trademarks Act 2021 was gazetted, with a commencement date set to be announced soon. It is understood the new law is similar to the New Zealand Trademarks Act 2002 (which itself is similar to the Singapore Trademarks Act 1998 and the United Kingdom Trademarks Act 1994), although differences are expected when the full act is published in due course.
「アウト、セーフ、ヨヨイノヨイ」の掛け声でじゃんけんをする松山市発祥の「野球拳おどり」の商標登録が６日までに、特許庁に認められた。松山市と松山商工会議所が「名称が勝手に使われ、ブランドイメージを下げることを防ぎたい」として昨年９月、商標登録を出願していた。
情報源: 「野球拳おどり」商標登録 松山市が発祥 – 産経ニュース
皆さんおなじみの、松山市が発祥のお座敷芸「野球拳」をもとにした「野球拳おどり」。この「野球拳おどり」について、松山市と松山商工会議所が出…
情報源: 「野球拳おどり」松山市と商工会議所の商標出願を認める｜NHK 愛媛のニュース
登録番号：第6434383号
登録日：令和3(2021)年 8月 26日
出願番号：商願2020-119011
出願日：令和2(2020)年 9月 25日
商標(検索用)：野球拳おどり
標準文字商標
権利者
氏名又は名称：松山市
氏名又は名称：松山商工会議所
【商品及び役務の区分並びに指定商品又は指定役務】
41 祭りの企画・運営又は開催
本家野球拳の踊り、1:25
岩下食品（栃木市沼和田町、岩下和了（いわしたかずのり）社長）は、主力商品「岩下の新生姜（しんしょうが）」のパッケージデザインと袋の形態をリニューアルする。自社製品と類似品を区別し、「消費者を守るための対応」（同社）。８日から新包装による商品を出荷する。
情報源: 「岩下の新生姜」定番パッケージを変更 類似品との違い強調｜県内主要,経済｜下野新聞「SOON」ニュース｜下野新聞 SOON(スーン)
「岩下の新生姜」のパッケージが変わります！類似品対策として、巾着タイプから平袋に変更
なるほど！しんしょうが！～岩下の新生姜が出来るまで～, 3:02 
Iwashita Foods will renew the package design and bag shape of its main product, “Iwashita Shinshoga.” Distinguish our own products from similar products and take measures to protect consumers.
