1996年6月12日日本以第68号法令公布了修改后的商标法，该法于1997年4月1日起施行，而新的商品分类将于1998年4月回日起施行。日本此次修改商标法的主要目的是：1．日本政府已在《商标法条约》签字，不久将成为该条约成员国。为此，要履行该条约所规定的义务，必须修改现行法的 On June 12, 1996, Japan promulgated the amended Trademark Law by Decree No. 68, which came into force on April 1, 1997, and the new classification of commodities will come into operation on April 1, 1998. The main purpose of Japan to amend the Trademark Law is: 1. The Japanese government has signed the “Trademark Law Treaty” and will soon become a member of the treaty. Therefore, in order to fulfill the obligations stipulated in the treaty, the existing law must be amended