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Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513417554057510913-ja Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Claim construction Published on website: 2026-10-08 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-08 Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70393 [Foldable and stowable temporary protective fence] <Judge Nakashima> * The problem was to reduce weight and make the structure more compact. ⇒ A “pivoting plate-shaped member”

Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513390688059957249-ja Article information Article type: Case note Categories: China Issues: Generative AI Published on website: 2026-10-08 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-08 [China / Copyright] Guangzhou Internet Court, February 8, 2024 Case No. (2024) Yue 0192 Min Chu 113 The “Ultraman” case Images generated by entering “Ultraman” as a generative-AI keyword resembled Ultraman. ⇒ The generative

Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513415365901680640-ja Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Trademarks Issues: Trademark similarity Published on website: 2026-10-08 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-08 [Trademarks] IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10032 <Judge Miyasaka> * Contrary to Article 4(1)(xi) of the Trademark Act: the marks are similar and likely to cause confusion as to the source of the services. (Exc

Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513392417186791424-ja Article information Article type: Publication review Categories: Europe Issues: Inventive step, Enablement Published on website: 2026-10-08 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-08 [Article / European Patents] Decisions Relating to Plausibility After G 2/21 Review of Decisions Relating to Plausibility After Decision G 2/21 (Yoshinori Shimizu, Eisan Go, Rie Kawai, Patent, Novembe

日本語版 Article information Article type: Publication review Categories: Patents Topics: Licensing / Divisional applications / Export controls and foreign filing First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [Article / Contracts] Agreements concerning the handling of joint applications, etc. (Katsumi Sakurai, Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2011) Points to check • Existing agreements • Commencement of the agreement •

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents Topics: IP management First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] “A compass for succeeding in future markets: How to turn IP landscaping into a management tool” (Hiroshi Hirose, patent attorney, Ebara Corporation) * A must-watch video that examines, from an internal corporate perspective and with consultants' roles also in mind, t

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: United States Topics: Creators and inventors / AI and intellectual property First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [United States] HOOP v. HOOP (Fed. Cir., 279 F.3d 1004) (2002) Determining inventorship (design authorship) for U.S. design patents ⇒ The later design is similar to the earlier design and merely improves and completes it; it therefore is not a separate

日本語版 Article information Article type: Publication review Categories: United States Topics: Creators and inventors / AI and intellectual property First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [Article / United States] Determining inventorship (design authorship) for U.S. design patents (Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, AIPPI (2025), Vol. 70, No. 10) USPTO guidance α: A design created by a natural person is input into AI. ⇒ If the AI output is si

Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513031104174391298-ja Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Added matter / Divisional applications First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 IP High Court, Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10099 [Image processing system] * The divisional-application requirements were held to be violated even though the subject matter would have been obvio

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Claim interpretation First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70445 [Method for Producing Tea with a High γ-Aminobutyric Acid Content] <Presiding Judge Shibuya> Meaning of “repeating” in claim element B’s “after alternately repeating the operations of anaerobic treatment followed by aerobic treatment”: ⇒ In the specifica