[PIUG List] JPO to cut patent & trademark fees

In an effort to support small business, the Japan Patent Office (a patent
office that is not at war with its constituency) announced that it is
lowering patent-related fees 12% and trademark-related fees 43%. The
biggest cuts are for long term maintenance fees.

 

Patent application- 15,000 yen from 16,000 yen

Maintenance fees

Years 1-3: 2,300 yen per patent + 200 yen/invention from 2,600 + 200

Years 4-6: 7,100 + 500 from 8,100 + 600

Years 7-9: 21,400 + 1,700 from 24,300 + 1,900

Years 10+: 61,600 + 4,800 from 81,200 + 6,400

 

Trademarks:

Application: 3,400 yen per application + 8,600 yen per class from 6,000 +
15,000/class

Registration: 37,600/class from 66,000/class

Renewal: 48,500/class from 151,000/class

 

Subject to Diet approval, the new fee structure is expected to be
implemented in June 2008.

 

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 6 January 2008, p. 1

 

 

 

Alan Engel

Paterra, Inc.

5-9-4, Tokodai, Tsukuba

Ibaraki 300-2635 Japan

Email: aengel_at_paterra.com

 

 

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