Japan’s IDS system
Keisen’s Recommendations For Filing an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) in Japan (December 20, 2007)
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has implemented an information disclosure system whereby applicants have a duty to disclose prior art that they know of at the time of filing a patent application. However, the requirement is not widely recognized so that many applicants do not follow it. This is because negligence of the duty to [...]