From jjdj@free.fr Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:31:46 +0000
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:31:46 +0000
From: Jean-Jacques de Jong jjdj@free.fr
Subject: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Race To The Registry

Peter Smith wrote:
> 
> Does Japan still follow the race to the registry procedure where the
> first one to register the patent is considered the owner? (Please reply
> to hgh@earthlink.net)
> 

The only country where there is no "race to the registry" is the US.
I.e. the US apply the "first to invent" principle, whereas all the other
countries apply the "first to file" principle.

JJJ




