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[Copyright/Copyrightability of Photographs] 2023 (Ne) 1384 — Copyrightability recognized in photographic composition!
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: 2025-01-06 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881384383.html [Copyright/Copyrightability of Photographs] 2023 (Ne) 1384 *Copyrightability was recognized in the composition of the photograp
[Copyright] Tokyo District Court, 2023 (Wa) 70422 <Sugiura>
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: 2024-11-01 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12873372809.html [Copyright] Tokyo District Court, 2023 (Wa) 70422 <Sugiura> “For the video …, the photograph was used as a thumbnail after mosaic processing …
[Copyright/Work Made for Hire] 2010 (Ne) 10081 — Work-Made-for-Hire Status Denied (“Initiative of a Corporation or Other Employer” Denied)
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: 2024-09-10 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12866999188.html [Copyright/Work Made for Hire] 2010 (Ne) 10081 (1) The publisher asked individual employees to write. (2) The company's minutes contained no
[“Justifiable Grounds” under Article 16 of the Act on Management Business of Copyright and Neighboring Rights] 2021 (Ne) 10047 <Kanno>
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: 2024-08-23 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12864657700.html [“Justifiable Grounds” under Article 16 of the Act on Management Business of Copyright and Neighboring Rights] 2021 (Ne) 10047 <Kanno> A live-
Compilation Copyright — Legal Protection for Works Distributed in Parts over the Internet (Takuto Hirasawa, 2009)
* IP High Court judgment of June 23, 2008 The images were not distributed as a daily tear-off calendar. Instead, once a week, images for nearby dates were excerpted and distributed. ⇒ No infringement of the right to integrity of the compilation work. Infringement of an “expectati
Copyright Article — Identifying the Author of a Compilation (Katsuyuki Izumi, 2013)
A compilation work = one “that is creative by reason of the selection or arrangement of its materials” (Article 12(1) of the Copyright Act). Author of a compilation work = a person who was creatively and substantively involved in the selection or arrangement of the materials. A p
IP High Court, 2024 (Ra) 10002 — Jurisdiction over a Taiwanese Provider (Miyasaka)
Immediate appeal against a decision dismissing an application for an order to disclose sender information. A Taiwanese provider supplied services within Japan. ⇒ Japanese courts have jurisdiction!! (The first-instance court had held that jurisdiction could not be found. Reversed!
Contract — Tokyo District Court, 2023 (Wa) 70422: Copyright Assignment Without a Written Agreement (Sugiura)
* An assignment of copyright was found despite the absence of a written agreement. “In light of the relationship between the plaintiff association and Plaintiff A, … the absence of documentation … cannot be regarded as unreasonable. … Even if the consideration paid was considerab
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
