[Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Article 2(7)]
Osaka District Court, Case No. 2025 (Wa) 7894 (Presiding Judge Matsukawa) 1. Pachinko machine payout data (machine data) does not constitute "data for limited provision."
[Copyrighted works] Osaka District Court, Case No. 2023 (Wa) 9267
"Yamashiron" (Presiding Judge Matsukawa) *Regarding the requirement of "specific reference" under Article 61(2) of the Copyright Act, the court held that a comprehensive statement or agreement is insufficient and that an express agreement specifically identifying the rights under Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act as rights to be transferred is necessary.
Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 70478
[Monitoring system] (Presiding Judge Takahashi) Inventive step denied, with "GPS BoT," the plaintiff's own publicly worked invention, as the primary reference. (Translation of the quoted judgment)
The Supreme Court's Product-by-Process Judgments
An English translation of Hideki Takaishi's 2015 commentary on the Supreme Court's PBP judgments and consistent claim construction.
Legal Update (Items Posted in January 2026)
A review of 34 articles published in January 2026 by attorney Hideki Takaishi, covering divisional applications, invalidity arguments, claim interpretation, international jurisdiction, standard-essential patents and employee inventions.
Legal Update (Items Posted in February 2026)
A review of 34 articles published in February 2026 by attorney Hideki Takaishi, covering claim interpretation, inventive step, inventorship, employee inventions, pharmaceutical patents, standard-essential patents and copyright.
