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A Draft Revision of the Examination Guidelines on Inventive Step Has Been Published
A 2015 update introducing a draft revision of the examination guidelines on inventive step and the proceedings of the relevant Japan Patent Office working group.
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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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