The Japan Trademarks Dataset: An Open-Access Resource

This Article discloses a new comprehensive dataset on the trademark registration system of Japan. The dataset includes all data preserved by the Japan Patent Office on applications, registrations, and administrative proceedings (including data on parties, examiners, prosecution history events, and interactions with the international trademark system) from the inception of Japan’s trademark system in the late 19th century through September 25, 2019. The Japan Trademarks Dataset–the first of its kind on the trademark system of an Asian country–is being made available on open access terms. This Article concludes with several demonstrative descriptive analyses illustrating the types of uses to which this new data resource may be put.