Heisei 25 (Gyo-Ke) 10209 [Agent for Suppressing Vascular Intimal Thickening] <Shimizu>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-31 Case number: Heisei 25 (Gyo-Ke) 10209 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 25 (Gyo-Ke) 10209 [Agent for Suppressing Vascular Intimal Thickening] <Shimizu> * The claim is not framed as an agent for suppressing vascular intimal thickening!! (Incorporating effects into the claim) ⇒ It
<New YouTube Video> [Patents] IP Strategy That Serves Business (Publicly Releasable Extracts from a Five-Hour Paid Lecture / Two Hours)
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Lectures and videos Classification: Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Copyright, Unfair competition law, Other Japanese law, United States, Other foreign jurisdictions Topics: IP management, Divisional applications, Added matter, Numerical limitations and parameters, Extraterritorial application First published on this site: 2023-12-30 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 <New YouTube Video> [Patents] IP Strategy That Se
Heisei 20 (Gyo-Ke) 10366 [Gastritis Treatment Agent] <Iimura>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-30 Case number: Heisei 20 (Gyo-Ke) 10366 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 20 (Gyo-Ke) 10366 [Gastritis Treatment Agent] <Iimura> * Criteria for assessing inventive step of second-medical-use inventions * Proof through post-filing literature and opinion letters counteracting a teach
Heisei 15 (Gyo-Ke) 405 [Substituted 1,3-Oxathiolanes with Antiviral Activity] <Sato>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-30 Case number: Heisei 15 (Gyo-Ke) 405 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 15 (Gyo-Ke) 405 [Substituted 1,3-Oxathiolanes with Antiviral Activity] <Sato> ‘Even if cross-resistance is likely ... there is strong motivation to conduct experiments to confirm the drug's efficacy ... and simp
Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10717 [... Siloxane ...] <Tsukahara>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-28 Case number: Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10717 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10717 [... Siloxane ...] <Tsukahara> * Planarization is essential in the primary reference, but the secondary reference is unsuitable for it. ⇒ A teaching away exists!! ‘The overcoat layer of Cit
Heisei 27 (Gyo-Ke) 10190 [Method for Reducing Environmental Pollutants in Oils or Fats] <Tsuruoka>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-27 Case number: Heisei 27 (Gyo-Ke) 10190 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 27 (Gyo-Ke) 10190 [Method for Reducing Environmental Pollutants in Oils or Fats] <Tsuruoka> * Replacing some steps of the cited invention with well-known technology would leave two of its three problems unsolv
[Article / Europe] Intermediate Generalization — A Special EPC Patent Procedure (Patent, No. 72, No. 13; Christian Koster)
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Publication review Classification: Europe Topics: Added matter First published on this site: 2023-12-23 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 [Article / Europe] Intermediate Generalization — A Special EPC Patent Procedure (Patent, Vol. 72, No. 13; Christian Koster) <Permitted examples> T2297/16 There is no reason to consider it closely related to other technical configurations or associated with particular properties
[Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Article 2(1)(iii)] Tokyo District Court, Heisei 29 (Wa) 21145 <Sato>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Unfair competition law Topics: Product configuration imitation First published on this site: 2023-12-22 Case number: Heisei 29 (Wa) 21145 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 [Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Article 2(1)(iii)] Tokyo District Court, Heisei 29 (Wa) 21145 <Sato> * ‘Goods’ under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act include intangible things The plaintiff's software has eco
Reiwa 4 (Gyo-Ke) 10125[Composition Containing 2,3-Dichloro-1,1,1-Trifluoropropane, 2-Chloro-1,1,1-Trifluoropropene, 2-Chloro-1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoropropane, or 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene] <Hibiku Shimizu>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Patent corrections, Added matter First published on this site: 2023-12-21 Case number: Reiwa 4 (Gyo-Ke) 10125 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Reiwa 4 (Gyo-Ke) 10125 [Composition Containing 2,3-Dichloro-1,1,1-Trifluoropropane, 2-Chloro-1,1,1-Trifluoropropene, 2-Chloro-1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoropropane, or 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene] <Hibiku Shimizu> Disclaimer Claims and Correct
[Design] Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10001 <Shoji> — Ease of creation denied
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Designs Topics: Cancellation of JPO decision First published on this site: 2023-12-20 Case number: Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10001 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 [Design] Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10001 <Shoji> — Ease of creation denied ‘The shapes of the upper end, opening end, and bottom face of the main body, and the shape of the handle of the design at issue ... are neither changes achievable by com
