Effective October 1, 2025, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has been elevated to full ministry status, and will now be known as the Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP) under the Prime Minister’s Office. … The elevation of KIPO to MOIP signifies a strategic reorganization, positioning the agency as the central authority for intellectual property policies. A key reform is the establishment of the “Intellectual Property Dispute Response Bureau,” upgraded from a division to a bureau-level entity. This bureau is tasked with providing timely and coordinated national responses to intellectual property disputes.
情報源: The Korean Intellectual Property Office Elevated to Full Ministry Status – Kim & Chang |金・張法律事務所
Ant Group has quietly filed a trademark for “AntCoin” in Hong Kong, signaling renewed interest in blockchain and stablecoins despite regulatory hurdles from mainland China.… The move comes just weeks after Beijing reportedly ordered Ant Group and JD.com to halt their stablecoin initiatives in Hong Kong.
情報源: Ant Group Files AntCoin Trademark in Hong Kong, Hinting at Web3 Revival
青森県が開発したリンゴに使われていた商標「彩香」の使用契約が切れるのに伴い10月28日から、流通上の呼び名が品種名「あおり9」に変わる。「彩香」は、青森県産業技術センターりんご研究所（青森県黒石市）が2001（平成13）年に品種登録したリンゴ「あおり9」に使ってきた商標。「キユーピー」（東京都渋谷区）が所有していたため生果実にのみ使用を許可してもらい、青森県が使用契約を結んでいた。
情報源: 青森のリンゴ・彩香は「あおり9」に 商標更新せず、品種名に呼び名を変更
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) have successfully collaborated to make UANIPIO’s trade mark data available in TMview. As of 22 October 2025, nearly 600,000 trade marks from the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) are now accessible through TMview — the EUIPO’s flagship tool offering free-of-charge, global trade mark search capabilities. This achievement, carried out in the context of the EU-funded #EU4IP project, marks a key step in aligning Ukraine’s IP infrastructure with EU standards and reinforcing its cooperation within the European Union Intellectual Property Network (#EUIPN). After the integration of Ukraine, TMview connects over 134 million trade marks from 80 participating offices.
情報源: Ukrainian trade marks now available in TMview
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On 26 September 2025 the Court of Appeal of Tanzania handed down a pivotal judgment confirming that African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) trademark registrations designating mainland Tanzania are not enforceable. In its decision, the Court held that the Banjul Protocol on Marks, which provides for the regional registration of trademarks under ARIPO, has not been ratified or incorporated into Tanzanian law through the Trade and Service Marks Act, Cap. 326. As a result, the Protocol has no legal force or effect in mainland Tanzania.
情報源: Legal Update: Court of Appeal of Tanzania Rules on Enforceability of ARIPO Trademarks | Inventa
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