update 02/15/2019 
更新日 2019/02/15 - The JPO is working on revision of the Japanese Design Law, which will newly allow for registration of architectural structures/branding exteriors and interiors of architectural structures-aiming at publication in Spring of 2019 and enforcement in Spr
- Total value of counterfeit goods, seized for infringement of intellectual property rights, increases by 188％ in Philippines
- Apple filed with the USPTO a patent application for continuous glass keyboard-which produces "click" feeling as well
- Color trademarks barely registered in Japan-only seven of five hundred applications
