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日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Trademarks Topics: Abuse of rights First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881039113.html [Article] The Defense of Abuse of Trademark Rights: Internal Disputes within Organizations under the Iemoto System and

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Design choices First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881046800.html 2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10205 [Vehicle Roof Antenna] <Shitara> *Orientation is a matter of design choice “The orientation in which antenna 2

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Trademarks Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881039203.html [Trademark] Tokyo High Court, 2002 (Gyo-Ke) 169, “Saikyo Miso” *Although the term was removed from dictionaries and encyclopedias after regis

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Motivation and teaching away, Numerical limitations and parameters, Design choices First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-28 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12880267810.html 2014 (Gyo-Ke) 10186 [Circular Knitting of Elastic Fabric Contain

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-26 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12880026268.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] 2019 (Ne) 10016, “Eyelash Extension Treatment Histories” ⇒ Secrecy

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Enablement First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-05 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881247875.html 2008 (Gyo-Ke) 10274 [Antibodies against HCV] <Iimura> *Enablement is required across the full scope of the claims. (The general princi

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Other Japanese law Topics: Design choices First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12881038971.html 2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10200 [Press-Through Pack] <Takabe> *Merely improving accuracy is a matter of design choice Even specifyi

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-24 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12879777167.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2009 (Wa) 47959, “Stroopwafel” *A business pa

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

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-25 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12879911911.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2016 (Wa) 26919, “Eyelash Treatment Know-How”