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| JPO to Help Smaller Firms, Start-Ups Protect Intellectual Property The Japan Patent Office (JPO) will take steps to enable small and medium-sized firms to register a patent at half the current cost, or about 200,000 yen, by fiscal 2019 starting April. It currently costs a total of roughly 400,000 yen to register a patent, including the cost for the application and examination fees. Small-and medium-sized firms possess unique technology, but it is believed that many have not taken steps to protect their intellectual property rights. The JPO is taking steps to make the cost for registering a patent the lowest among the main industrialized countries in a bid to strengthen the protective edge of domestic firms. In addition the JPO will take steps to back up startups to acquire intellectual property. It plans to launch a group of experts that will include lawyers to provide advice about how to apply and gain a patent. |
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---as of October thru December in 2017--- 22 Japanese Start-Ups have Value of Over 10 Billion Yen – Nikkei Survey FSA to Make Legal Changes to Help Boost Fintech Japan Unveils Quantum Computer, to Provide Technology Free Japan to Formulate New Strategic Vision for Intellectual Property Japan Launches Michibiki No. 4 Satellite JPO to Draft Guideline for Fee for SEPs Japan Makes Progress on Developing All Solid-State Battery Japan Firm Aims to Begin Production of First Surgical Robot Fujifilm to Invest in Regenerative Medical Start-Up Mazda to Release EV in U.S., European Markets in 2019 Fujitsu to Step Up Efforts to Develop Quantum Computers Kawasaki, ABB to Work Together on Robot Automation Japanese Researchers Discover 3 Drugs Combined May Provide Alzheimer Treatment Takeda to Lure Researchers to Its Shonan Research Center Tokyo Denki University Develops Scalpel that Safely Removes Tumor with Water --See the page "Recent News" in detail |
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