Act Amending the Patent Act and Other Acts: Design Act Update

这是该更新的中文摘要，并非完整法改解读；请同时核实日文官方原文。

摘要

《专利法等部分修正法》（2021年第42号法律）修订了《外观设计法》（1959年第125号法律）。该列表记载的修订公布日期为2021-05-21，生效日期为2023-04-01。

对企业的影响

外观设计申请人及外观设计权人可能受到《外观设计法》修订的影响，但该列表未说明实质性变更。

建议采取的措施

查阅日文官方来源或可明确经修订的《外观设计法》条款，以及与所述生效日期相关的任何过渡安排。

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

The Act Partially Amending the Patent Act and Other Acts (Act No. 42 of 2021) amends the Design Act (Act No. 125 of 1959). The listing gives a promulgation date of 2021-05-21 and an effective date of 2023-04-01 for the amendment.

Business Impact

Design applicants and design right holders may be affected by the Design Act amendment, but the listing does not describe the substantive changes.

Recommended Action

Review of the official Japanese source could clarify the amended Design Act provisions and any transitional arrangements associated with the stated effective date.

Timeline of related official records

Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.

1. 2021-05-21 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 特許法等の一部を改正する法律（令和三年法律第四十二号） (this update) Original Japanese source
2. 2022-10-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 意匠法 Dashboard page Original Japanese source
3. 2023-04-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 意匠法 (this update) Original Japanese source