IPWatchdog alert
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/07/26/7-things-filing-patents-japan/id=71227/
1. Japan is a first-to-file system;
2. Unless your offices are in Japan, you must hire a foreign patent agent;
3. Translating into—and from—Japanese is difficult;
4. You must submit a Request for Examination within three years—no exceptions;
5. Japan has unique prior art requirements;
6. Japan’s grant rate has declined—but it’s still high;
7. Japan reintroduced its Post-Grant Opposition System in 2015
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/07/26/7-things-filing-patents-japan/id=71227/
1. Japan is a first-to-file system;
2. Unless your offices are in Japan, you must hire a foreign patent agent;
3. Translating into—and from—Japanese is difficult;
4. You must submit a Request for Examination within three years—no exceptions;
5. Japan has unique prior art requirements;
6. Japan’s grant rate has declined—but it’s still high;
7. Japan reintroduced its Post-Grant Opposition System in 2015
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