JAPAN MADRID E-FILING

Good news! From June 1, 2022, Japanese trademark holders looking to protect their marks internationally through WIPO’s Madrid System, can apply online using the Madrid e-Filing service directly via the website of the Japan Patent Office (JPO).

Adoption of Madrid e-Filing by the JPO brings the number of offices using the service to seventeen. Of the seventeen, the JPO has the highest volume of international applications (ranking #7 in 2021 among the top origin of international applications).

The Madrid e-Filing service enables Japanese users to electronically file international applications, by-passing a cost-and time-consuming development of our Office’s own IT system. In response to the growing need of transitioning from paper to digital communications driven by the pandemic, the Madrid e-Filing service provides a simple and quick solution to global businesses and IP Offices as well.

Junichi SUZUKI, Director of Office for International Design and Trademark Applications, Japan Patent Office, Japan

 Fuente: WIPO