Over at the World Intellectual Property Office, we have another potential clue about Honda’s electric future. On July 22, 2022, Honda registered the trademark EM le: (colon included in that trademark designation) in multiple regions, including Australia, China, the European Union, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Turkey, and Viet Nam.
There is a “local product standard” for return gifts of hometown tax. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications requests that this local product standard be met. To be offered as a gift, it must be produced within the area of the local organization concerned.
[コメント]諸外国の手続きでは、委任状(Power of Attorney)については、フォームを電子メールで送り、出願人などの依頼者が署名して、それのコピーをPDFなどの形式のファイルを電子メールで返信して手続を進めることが可能でしたが、日本だけは原本の提出が必要なことから、従前はフォームを電子メールで送っても、実際に署名した原本の配達を待って手続することが必要でした。しかし、今回の改正でその手続きの緩和がなされています。
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A copy of the original power of attorney (hereinafter referred to as a “copy of the power of attorney”) will also be accepted as a document certifying the power of attorney.
EUIPO Image search solution will further increase usefulness of the flagship tool.As of July 2022, the Office has incorporated an in-house image search function into TMview that will further increase the usefulness of the flagship tool. The image search includes trade marks filed in EU IP offices, allowing users to automatically compare images to trade mark applications in those countries.