[Article / Patents] Examination of the limits of claims with disclaimers (Kenji Tanaka et al., Patent, June 2025)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511584712189022208-ja Article information Content type: Publication review Categories: Patents Issues: Disclaimer claims / Inventive step / Added matter / Clarity / Support requirement First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Article / Patents] Examination of the limits of claims with disclaimers (Kenji Tanaka et al., Patent, June 2025) 1. Analysis of JPO decision trends
Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) 70141 [Inactivated Vaccine Preparation and Method for Preventing Infectious Disease] <Presiding Judge Nakashima>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511585358439104512-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Inventive step / Support requirement First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) 70141 [Inactivated Vaccine Preparation and Method for Preventing Infectious Disease] <Presiding Judge Nakashima> ① It would have been easy for a person skilled in the
[United States] In re Butler (CAFC, September 17, 2025)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511585179316969472-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: United States Issues: Disclaimer claims / Written description First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [United States] In re Butler (CAFC, September 17, 2025) To support a negative limitation (a disclaimer) in a claim, the specification needs to explain, in some form, a reason for excluding the
<IP Practice Online> “The forefront of standard-essential patents (SEPs): Practice in light of global litigation trends” (Akiko Araki, Attorney at Law, Patent Attorney and California Attorney)
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[Trademarks / Article] “Onomatopoeia as trademarks: Current conditions in Japan and other countries” (Masako Nishimura, AIPPI (2025), Vol. 70, No. 11)
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[Article] Protection of avatar names and likenesses under intellectual property and other laws (Yasuyuki Echi, Patent, 2025 Special Issue No. 31)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511585067928907776-ja Article information Content type: Publication review Categories: Copyright / Trademarks / Unfair competition law / Other Japanese law Issues: Copyrightability / Neighboring rights / Image rights / Publicity rights First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Article] Protection of avatar names and likenesses under intellectual property and other laws (Y
[EPO decision] T 0070/23 (Immunogenic compositions/GSK)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511585585791381504-ja Article information Content type: Administrative decision note Categories: Europe Issues: Claim interpretation / Inventive step First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [EPO decision] T 0070/23 (Immunogenic compositions/GSK) <Issue> Whether “therapeutic efficacy,” which is not expressly stated in the claim, should be included in claim construction as
[Article / Trademarks] Recent court cases on trademark similarity, focusing on Article 4(1)(xi) of the Trademark Act (Tomohiko Yamada, Patent, October 2025)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511584405119827968-ja Article information Content type: Publication review Categories: Trademarks Issues: Trademark similarity / Composite marks / Trading circumstances First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Article / Trademarks] Recent court cases on trademark similarity, focusing on Article 4(1)(xi) of the Trademark Act (Tomohiko Yamada, Patent, October 2025) 1. The
[Contracts] IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10058 [Development of green-laver seeding technology using a waterwheel] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511582347021008896-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Other Japanese law Issues: Contracts / Joint research / Patent acquisition First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Contracts] IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10058 [Development of green-laver seeding technology using a waterwheel] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu> 1. Whether the joint research agre
IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10035 [Gaming machine] <Presiding Judge Honda>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511583628208914432-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Inventive step / Motivation First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10035 [Gaming machine] <Presiding Judge Honda> The invention is characterized by providing, in an “image displacement effect” where an image moves, a “normal mode” without vibrati
