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IP/N/1/JPN/D/15  
 
16 June 2022  
(22-4680)  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)  
Latest revision: Act No. 42 of May 21, 2021  
 
Notifying Member  JAPAN 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Design Act (Act No. 125 of 1959) - Latest revision: Act No. 42 of 
May 21, 2021 
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/2022/IP/JPN/22_4091_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/JPN /22_4091_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/58, IP/N/1/JPN/D/14  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
1. The revised act is to remove the requirement for licensers to gain consent from parties 
(licensees) that have received their non -exclusive licen ces when patent rights are corrected.  
 
2. The revised act is to review the structures of patent and other fees i n order to address the 
growing burden on examinations and digitalized procedures and to attempt to balance revenue and 
expenditure.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Japanese  
Entry into force  1 April 2022  
Other date   Adoption: 21 May 2021  IP/N/1/JPN/64 • IP/N/1/JPN/D/15  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  27 May 2022  
Other information   
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.  