Internet Law - Japan’s Trademark Law

Intellectual property laws, particularly copyrights and trademarks, became a fundamental topic for Internet dealings. Fortunately, most countries around the world are signatories to the major intellectual property treaties that uniformly address these legal issues, making it simple for international and Internet transactions. Indeed, Japan is signatory to the Nice Agreement and the Trademark Law Treaty, and a contracting party to the Madrid Agreement Protocol concerning the International Registration of Marks of March 14, 2000. As signatory to the major international trademark treaties, Japan's trademark laws are fairly consistent with those in other countries. [More..]