Copyright: Including tweets in a book held to be lawful quotation under Copyright Act Article 32(1) — #KuToo case (Takuto Hirasawa, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 66, 2022)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: Quotation, Moral rights, Defamation First published on this website: 2026-10-16 Display and classification checked: October 17, 2026 Case information: Tokyo District Court, 2020 (Wa) No. 19351 [Article / Copyright] Including tweets in a book held to be lawful quotation under Copyright Act Article 32(1) — #KuToo case (Takuto Hirasawa, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 66, 202
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[Article] Copyrightability of two-dimensional patterns — Appeal in the Futon Pattern case (李遠杰, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 69, 2024)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: Copyrightability, Applied art First published on this website: 2026-10-16 Display and classification checked: October 17, 2026 [Article] Copyrightability of two-dimensional patterns — Appeal in the Futon Pattern case (李遠杰, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 69, 2024) These three cases all denied copyrightability of utilitarian articles bearing two-dimensional patterns: • Futo
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[Article / Copyright] Copyrightability denied for makeup, hairstyling, and the selection and coordination of clothing and accessories in a fashion show, Parts 1–2 (橋谷俊, Vol. 47, 2015)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: Copyrightability, Applied art First published on this website: 2026-10-16 Display and classification checked: October 17, 2026 [Article / Copyright] Copyrightability denied for makeup, hairstyling, and the selection and coordination of clothing and accessories in a fashion show, Parts 1–2 (橋谷俊, Vol. 47, 2015) IP High Court, August 28, 2014 (appeal); Tokyo District Court, July 19, 2013 Both c
Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 5 (Designs)
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Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Case 3 (Chemistry 2)
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Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 6 (Trademarks)
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[US patents] CAFC, January 2025 — Honeywell v. 3G Licensing
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Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 3 (Chemistry 2)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Reports and activities Category: Patents, Europe Topics: Inventive step, Examination and appeal practice First published on this site: 2026-10-11 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-11 Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 3 (Chemistry 2) [Consideration of experimental results submitted after filing: inventive step] Regarding experimental results submitted after filing (post-filed data), the practice is estab
Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Case 6 (Trademarks)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Reports and activities Category: Trademarks Topics: Distinctiveness, Examination and appeal practice First published on this site: 2026-10-11 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-11 Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Case 6 (Trademarks) [Application of Article 3(1)(iv) of the Trademark Act to a mark combining a common surname and a customary name] IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10031 — Ikegami Seimensho Wher
