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[Copyright] IP High Court, 2010 (Ne) 10029 <Takizawa>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-22 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12904952235.html [Copyright] IP High Court, 2010 (Ne) 10029 <Takizawa> A research report prepared under a joint-research agreement between a university and an

[Copyright] 2021 (Ne) 10048 <Otaka>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: Copyrightability First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-27 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12897705229.html Also published with identical text on Ameblo: 2025-04-30 https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12898624143.html [Copyright] 20

[Freedom to Choose One's Occupation] 2022 (Ne) 10059 <Honda>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Trademarks, Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-26 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12897551043.html [Freedom to Choose One's Occupation] 2022 (Ne) 10059 <Honda> *Post-contract restrictions imposed by a talent agency were held cont

[Article/Portrait Rights] Copyrightability of Snapshot Portrait Photographs and Whether They May Be Freely Used: The Tokyo Outsiders Case (2010

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: Copyrightability First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-23 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12896288084.html [Article/Portrait Rights] Copyrightability of Snapshot Portrait Photographs and Whether They May Be Freely Used: The To

[Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Ownership of Rights concerning Unknown Methods of Exploitation (Kazuhiro Ando, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, 2010)

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright, Unfair competition law Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-21 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12895752550.html [Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Ownership of Rights concerning Unknown Methods of Exploitation (Ka

[Copyright] 2022 (Ne) 10044 <Honda>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-20 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12887128482.html [Copyright] 2022 (Ne) 10044 <Honda> *A screenshot of another person's social-media post was attached. ⇒ This constitutes a “quotation”!! (1)

[Copyrightability (of Photographs)] 2005 (Ne) 1009, “Smell Get Case/Appeal” <Tsukahara>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: Copyrightability First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-22 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12887424323.html [Copyrightability (of Photographs)] 2005 (Ne) 1009, “Smell Get Case/Appeal” <Tsukahara> The photographs are copyrightable, but

[Article/Copyright] Comprehensive Implied Consent to Modification and the Right of Integrity (Yukari Hira, … 2019)

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-18 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12886913483.html [Article/Copyright] Comprehensive Implied Consent to Modification and the Right of Integrity (Yukari Hira, Intellectual Property Law a

[Article] The Limits of the Concepts of “Publicly” and “the Public” under Copyright Law: The Happy Science Prayer Scripture Case (Takuto Hirasawa, 2015

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-13 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12882328852.html [Article] The Limits of the Concepts of “Publicly” and “the Public” under Copyright Law: The Happy Science Prayer Scripture Case (Taku

[Commercial Code/Copyright] 2023 (Ne) 10060 <Hibiku Shimizu>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-09 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881740000.html [Commercial Code/Copyright] 2023 (Ne) 10060 <Hibiku Shimizu> Publishing-contract negotiations broke down ⇒ A claim for remuneration under Arti

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Tokyo District Court, 2013 (Wa) 33070 [Agricultural-Produce Sorting Apparatus] <Hasegawa>

[Article] Supplementing Unfair-Competition Protection Through Civil Code Tort Law (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno)

[Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2014 (Wa) 1397, the Shoe Last case

[U.S. Patents] November 6, 2023, CAFC <ACTELION v. MYLAN> — Interpretation of Numerical Limitations and Rounding

[Design / Estoppel] Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10067 <Honda>

[Article] The Relationship Between ‘Confusion’ and ‘Business Interests’ Under Article 2(1)(i) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Professor Hisayoshi Yokoyama)

[Article] Judicial Decisions on Infringement Warnings and Notification of False Facts Under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Toshiya Kaneko)

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