IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10050 [Information processing apparatus] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511581303738101760-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Patent eligibility / Software-related inventions First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10050 [Information processing apparatus] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka> Patent valid. <Whether it constitutes an “invention” (utilization of laws of nature)> The
[Contracts] Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70680 <Presiding Judge Nakashima>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511582614906929153-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Other Japanese law Issues: Contracts / Licensing / Joint and several guarantee First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Contracts] Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70680 <Presiding Judge Nakashima> Claim for royalties and other payments under a patent license agreement ⇒ Granted (joint and se
Osaka District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 12280 [Seawall] <Presiding Judge Takemiya>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511582746431975425-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Claim interpretation / Infringement / Proof First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 Osaka District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 12280 [Seawall] <Presiding Judge Takemiya> In view of the specification and the meaning of the terminology, “packing for watertightness between the transparent
<IP Practice Online> “Generative AI and intellectual property rights, etc.” (Attorney Taichi Kakinuma)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511584108058206208-ja Article information Content type: Lectures and videos Categories: Copyright Issues: Generative AI / Copyright limitations / Copyright infringement First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 <IP Practice Online> “Generative AI and intellectual property rights, etc.” (Attorney Taichi Kakinuma) 1. “Development/training” and “generation/use” stages Legal e
[Article / Trademarks] Current conditions and issues in recent appeal decisions against refusals concerning trademark distinctiveness (Rui Asada and Tomohiko Yamada, Patent, October 2025)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511583860409835521-ja Article information Content type: Publication review Categories: Trademarks Issues: Distinctiveness / Appeal decision revocation actions First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 [Article / Trademarks] Current conditions and issues in recent appeal decisions against refusals concerning trademark distinctiveness (Rui Asada and Tomohiko Yamada, Patent,
<IP Practice Online> “The umbrella theory has also returned! But should claims with disclaimers really be so unrestricted? A horizontal and vertical overview of amendment practice” (Kazuo Shibata)
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511581786443771905-ja Article information Content type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents Issues: Disclaimer claims / Added matter / Inventive step First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 <IP Practice Online> “The umbrella theory has also returned! But should claims with disclaimers really be so unrestricted? A horizontal and vertical overview of amendment practice
IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10105 [Electronic money remittance method] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira>
日本語版: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7511583271411982336-ja Article information Content type: Case note Categories: Patents Issues: Inventive step / Claim interpretation First published on this site: 2026-10-03 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-03 IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10105 [Electronic money remittance method] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira> = Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10106 * Inventive step affirmed. (1) Inventive step (primary reference: a Chine
Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70619 [Apparatus for measuring the difference between port and starboard vessel drafts] <Presiding Judge Nakashima>
日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Patent corrections, Employee inventions First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70619 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70619 [Apparatus for measuring the difference between port and starboard vessel drafts]
IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10044 [Hair iron] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira>
日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10044 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10044 [Hair iron] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira> * The appellant sought transfer-registration procedures under Article 74(1) of the Patent A
IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10139 [Gaming machine] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu>
日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10139 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10139 [Gaming machine] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu> The invention: In “partial auto mode,” less important eff
