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IP/N/1/JPN/D/17  
 
7 June 2023  
(23-3893) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
JAPAN : DESIGN ACT (ACT NO. 125 OF 1959)  
Notifying Member  JAPAN 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Design Act (Act No. 125 of 1959)  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/JPN/23_10039_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP /JPN/23_10039_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/JPN/65, IP/N/1/JPN/D/16  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The revised act is to relax the requirements for reinstatement of rights which are lost due to the 
failure to comply with prescribed time -limits.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Japanese  
Entry into force  1 April 2023  
Other date   Adoption: 21 May 2021  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  22 May 2023  
Other information   IP/N/1/JPN/68 • IP/N/1/JPN/D/17  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  International Policy Division  
Japan Patent Office  
 
3-4-3 Kasumigaseki  
Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8915,  
Japan  
 
Telephone:  +81-3-3581-1101 
Fax:   +81-3-3581-0762 
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  