[Article] Individual Directors' Liability for Damages to Patentees in Patent-Infringement Cases (Keijiro Miwa and Kazunari Sugimitsu)
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Article type: Publication review Categories: Patents, Other Japanese law Topics: Damages First published on this website: 2026-11-14 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-15 Factors for assessing the duty of due care of a prudent manager (1) Duty to investigate, including obtaining an opinion from an impartial expert (2) Cessation of working acts and reserving an amount equivalent to damages ⇒ At the time of the article’s
Intellectual Property High Court, 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10099 [Laser Processing Apparatus] <Honda>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-14 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-15 Motivation to apply well-known technology denied ⇒ Inventive step upheld ‘A person skilled in the art encountering the description in Ko 1 cannot be said to understand that ... would cause ... a deterioration in quality. Accordingly, motivation
Tokyo District Court, 2021 (Wa) 29388 [HFO-1234yf] <Sugiura> — Fourth generation of the patent in 2019 (Wa) 30991
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Divisional applications, Added matter, Novelty, Support requirement First published on this website: 2026-11-14 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-15 Fourth generation of the patent in 2019 (Wa) 30991 The original application's initial specification neither describes nor suggests the technical significance of the ‘additional compounds’ incorporated into the claim!! ⇒ It
Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10090 [Spray Product and Spraying Method] <Otaka>
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Patent corrections, Public prior use First published on this website: 2026-11-14 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-15 * Even if a purpose is not manifested in a publicly used product, an objectively ascertainable product effect is a point of identity. ⇒ Inventive step denied Whether the ‘water’ in the publicly used product corresponds to the ‘volatilizat
Osaka District Court, 2020 (Wa) 3473 [Lighting Fixture] <Matsuami> <Damages> Rebuttal of the presumption under Article 102(2): rebutted by 80%
日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Categories: Patents Topics: Damages First published on this website: 2026-11-14 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-15 <Damages> Rebuttal of the presumption under Article 102(2): rebutted by 80% <Grounds for rebutting the presumption> (1) Significance 1 at issue—preventing deformation and damage to the exterior portion—is a function and element that a product should naturally ensure. ⇒ It can also
Tokyo District Court, 2025 (Wa) 70002 [Nanocomposite Having Quantum Dots and Method for Manufacturing the Same] <Takahashi>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-15 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12950128756.html Tokyo District Court, 2025 (Wa) 70002 [Nanocomposite Having Quantum Dots and Method for Manufacturing the Same] <Takahashi> *No objection was ra
2025 (Ne) 10025 [Spindle Motor] <Nakadaira> ⇒ Claim for Compensation for an Employee Invention
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Employee inventions, Creators and inventors First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-28 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12951545162.html 2025 (Ne) 10025 [Spindle Motor] <Nakadaira> ⇒ Claim for compensation for an employee invention. Dismis
2025 (Ne) 10032 [Rod-Shaped Light] <Honda>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-16 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12950237053.html 2025 (Ne) 10032 [Rod-Shaped Light] <Honda> *Under the principle, based on the Regulations under the Patent Act, that claim terminology should be
2025 (Ne) 10035 [Vehicle Guidance System] <Honda> (PXZ v. East Nippon Expressway Company Limited)
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-30 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12951727893.html 2025 (Ne) 10035 [Vehicle Guidance System] <Honda> (PXZ v. East Nippon Expressway Company Limited) *Non-satisfaction of the claim requirements w
[IP Practice Online] Abductive Reasoning as an Axis of Logic and Thought in Patent Prosecution Practice—Focusing on Chemical Inventions (Patent Attorney Masanori Tomatsuri)
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Support requirement, Creators and inventors, Patent drafting and translation First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-09 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12949482882.html [IP Practice Online] Abductive Reasoning as
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