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Japan

Category of IPR

Name of the law

Registration needed

Where to register

Copyright

Copyright Act of 1970

no

-

Patents

Patent Act of 1959

yes

Japan Patent Office

Utility models

Utility Model Act of 1959

yes

Japan Patent Office

Trade marks

Trademark Act of 1959

yes

Japan Patent Office

(Industrial) designs

Designs Act of 1959

yes

Japan Patent Office

Geographical Indications

Trademark Act of 1959

Unfair Competition Prevention Act of 1993

yes

Japan Patent Office

Know How

Unfair Competition Prevention Act of 1993

no

-

Plant Breeders Rights

Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act of 1998

yes

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Topographies of Semiconductor Products

Law on the Circuit Layout of a Semiconductor Integrated Circuits of 1985

yes

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

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