3月 - 2014

Report on the Results of the Patent Committee (2012)

Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む It was published in the March 2014 issue of Patent. As sub-leader, I compiled the third category. Please refer to it to check the trends in recent court decisions concerning the assessment of inventive step. English translation of the Japanese article.

Tokyo District Court, 2013 (Wa) 33070 [Agricultural-Produce Sorting Apparatus] <Hasegawa>

[Article] Supplementing Unfair-Competition Protection Through Civil Code Tort Law (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno)

[Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2014 (Wa) 1397, the Shoe Last case

[U.S. Patents] November 6, 2023, CAFC <ACTELION v. MYLAN> — Interpretation of Numerical Limitations and Rounding

[Design / Estoppel] Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10067 <Honda>

[Article] The Relationship Between ‘Confusion’ and ‘Business Interests’ Under Article 2(1)(i) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Professor Hisayoshi Yokoyama)

[Article] Judicial Decisions on Infringement Warnings and Notification of False Facts Under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Toshiya Kaneko)

Tokyo District Court, 2012 (Wa) 12351 [Rice Cake]

Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Ne) 10088 and 2022 (Ne) 10014 [Information Communication Unit]

[Trademark / Contract] Osaka District Court, 1996 (Wa) 6700 — Abuse of the right to terminate

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