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日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: United States Topics: Claim interpretation / Added matter First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [United States] FMC v. Sharada (CAFC, August 1, 2025) During prosecution, a provisional application was first filed containing several teachings that the disclosed compositions were stable. In one of the subsequent nonprovisional applications, all references to stabilit

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents Topics: AI and intellectual property / IP management / Patent drafting and translation First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-14 [Video introduction] Generative AI and prompt-driven reform in Shimadzu's IP operations [Koji Akutsu] [Samaria webinar] Annual cost savings exceeding JPY 100 million As with the move to paperless operations, reform was push

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents Topics: AI and intellectual property / IP management First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] “Analysis” is changing: The world of patent analysis evolving with generative AI (Yutaro Uemura, LeXi/Vent Co., Ltd.) (1) AI output depends heavily on the quality of the instructions (prompts) it receives, making prompt-engineering skil

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: China Topics: Enablement / Litigation procedure First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] “Counterfeits defeated even at China's Supreme Court! A thorough explanation of the keys to victory with the actual inventor” (Denka Company Limited / Yasuki Ito and Shunichi Sugawara, patent attorney) The inventor and the IP department's section ma

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Claim interpretation First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 Osaka District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 8403 [Ventilation structure beneath a coping] <Takemiya> * For a person skilled in the art, the natural construction of “ventilation member” is that the member itself has “ventilation performance and waterproofing performance.” This is also consistent with

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Claim interpretation / Proof of infringement First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 Osaka District Court, Reiwa 4 (Wa) 11025 [Porous air-permeable bag containing food for mites] * The invention has a structure capable of retaining the attractant inside. ⇒ In the defendant's product, the mite attractant is merely sandwiched between two superposed non

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents / Trademarks / Designs / Other Japanese law Topics: Border enforcement / Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] Current state, challenges, and responses in Customs' border enforcement against IP-infringing goods (Attorney Kei Iida) Current import-suspension results for IP-infringing goods China

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Creators and inventors First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 Osaka District Court, Reiwa 4 (Wa) 9696 [Method for producing active GcMAF] * A claim seeking registration of the transfer of a share in the patent right under Article 74(1) of the Patent Act or under the agreement was denied. ⇒ If the other party to joint research is filing an applicatio

日本語版 Article information Article type: Legal and examination updates Categories: Patents Topics: Inventive step / Added matter / Clarity / AI and intellectual property / Examination and appeal practice First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 November 17, 2025 Industrial Structure Council, Intellectual Property Committee, Patent System Subcommittee 18th Meeting of the Working Group on Patent Examination Standards <Document 1> Rece

日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Priority First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 IP High Court, Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10420 [Information supply system using a communication line] <Shinohara> * Even if obvious, domestic priority was denied. (Excerpt from the judgment, translated) ... The matter need not necessarily be expressly stated in the specification. However, the purpose of the p