On August 8, Hakkai Jozo, headquartered in Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, held a press conference in Tokyo to announce the release of sake and a new corporate logo to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding.
UKIPO launches new digital services for trade marks
In July, the government concluded its first transformation consultation. The new consultation focuses on specific trade marks and designs issues, but also includes some proposals on patents and tribunals.
New online document inspection service
The government is proposing to introduce a new digital service that will allow the public to view documents relating to trade mark and design applications online for the first time. This will remove the archaic requirement for members of the public to attend the IPO’s offices in person or order copies of documents to view this information. This proposal will make it easier for the public to access information about IP. (from UKIPO’s website)
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The UKIPO transformation programme The UKIPO launched a transformation programme to modernise their trade mark and design services by the end of 2025. The aim is to replace their existing processes
Twitter is an SNS that has been used by administrative agencies for public relations and disaster prevention information transmission. Although the name of the service has changed to X, the official website of the central ministries still retains the “blue bird” logo from the Twitter days.
