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日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents / Trademarks / Designs / Other Japanese law Topics: Border enforcement / Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] Current state, challenges, and responses in Customs' border enforcement against IP-infringing goods (Attorney Kei Iida) Current import-suspension results for IP-infringing goods China

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents / Trademarks / Designs / Copyright / Other Japanese law Topics: Border enforcement / Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] Intellectual property rights and Customs procedures (Attorney Reiko Tonomura) Customs determination procedures Customs receives written opinions from both the right holder

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: China / Other foreign jurisdictions Topics: Border enforcement First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] A surge during COVID-19! Online sales of counterfeits in Asia: Current situation and countermeasures (Patent attorney Tsuyoshi Masutani) Counterfeit sales have become a global business through cross-border e-commerce, rapidly expandin

Three expert advisers are selected for each case (for example, a mixture of university professors, attorneys and patent attorneys). Unless there is a clear factual error, Customs makes its decision respecting the expert advisers' majority opinion. The 2025 list includes four university professors, 20 attorneys and 20 patent attorneys.

1. Key points of the 2020 amendment to the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act: Introduction of export restrictions (1) Designated-country system (notification of export restrictions): The breeder’s right holder notifies in advance the countries to which propagating material may be taken. Taking it to other countries constitutes infringement in principle.