[Article / International Jurisdiction] The Motor Case: Japanese Jurisdiction over a Foreign Corporation (Zhang Peng, 2011)
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Patents Topics: Injunctions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-07-17 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12916968725.html [Article / International Jurisdiction] A Case Recognizing Japanese International Jurisdiction Based on a Foreign Corporation's
[Article/Europe] Have Standard-Essential Patents Become Useless in Europe Too after the Long-Awaited Decision? (Christoph, 2016
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Europe Topics: Injunctions, Licensing, Abuse of rights First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-06-20 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12911615875.html [Article/Europe] Have Standard-Essential Patents Become Useless in Europe Too after the Long-Awaite
[Article/Trade Secrets] Can a Company Enjoin an Employee’s Use or Disclosure of Trade Secrets the Employee Developed or Acquired Personally?
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Injunctions, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-25 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12905722262.html [Article/Trade Secrets] Can a Company Enjoin an Employee's Use or Disclosure of Trade Secrets th
[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2015 (Wa) 4169, “Alumina Fiber”
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Injunctions, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-19 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12879193975.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2015 (Wa) 4169, “Alumina Fiber”
Two Judgments Specifying the End Date of an Injunction: Both Until Patent Expiration
⇒ In both, the injunction runs until the patent’s expiration date (these are not partial claims). * Could this reduce the value of the subject matter of the action and save filing-stamp fees!? IP High Court, 2014 (Ne) 10082 — Method for Producing 4H-Type Single-Crystal Silicon Ca
Tokyo District Court, 2024 (Yo) 30028 — Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Kokubu, Civil Division 29)
(Issued around the same time as Tokyo District Court, 2024 (Yo) 30029 (Nakashima, Civil Division 40).) ⇒ Without deciding whether there was patent infringement, the court, in light of the circumstances, began with “negation of unlawfulness as a lawful act.” It adopted a framework
Tokyo District Court, 2024 (Yo) 30029 — Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Nakashima, Civil Division 40)
★ Application for a provisional injunction based on violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act: a case denying patent infringement by finding that the medical-use invention was not worked under an “exclusively” standard and that, on the patentee’s argument that a certain
[Copyright] Osaka High Court, Heisei 19 (Ne) No. 713 — Peter Rabbit
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Copyright Topics: Injunctions First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 [Copyright] Osaka High Court, Heisei 19 (Ne) No. 713 — Peter Rabbit Manufacturer X planned to sell towels using parts of illustrations from picture books whose copyright term had expired. Against Y, the company managing copyright in the picture books, X alleged that Y had its licensees use indications sugg
[Unfair Competition / Indication of goods or business] Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) No. 70036 — Catheter connector (Judge Kokubu)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Injunctions First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 [Unfair Competition / Indication of goods or business] Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) No. 70036 — Catheter connector (Judge Kokubu) The court recognized dimensions compared with similar products as an “indication of goods or business.” → Injunction granted! *It is unusual for a likelihood
[Unfair competition / Misleading representations of quality] IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Ne) No. 10061 — “High-penetration nanoe” (Judge Nakadaira)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Misleading quality indication, Damages, Injunctions First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 [Unfair competition / Misleading representations of quality] IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Ne) No. 10061 — “High-penetration nanoe” (Judge Nakadaira) *The party bringing the action bears the burden of pleading and proving that a representation is misleading as
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