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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

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

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10144 [Ultra-high-voltage DC power supply for a food electric-field treatment apparatus] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira>

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) 10144 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10144 [Ultra-high-voltage DC power supply for a food electric-field treatment apparatus] <Presiding Judge Nakadai

IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10132 [Soil consolidation material] <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 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10132 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10132 [Soil consolidation material] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu> ⇒ Inventive step affirmed; the patent cancel

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10100 [Hand-pushing member] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10100 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10100 [Hand-pushing member] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu> Ko 8 is attached to th

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10148 [Sales system] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10148 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10148 [Sales system] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira> Motivation to combine the primary

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10103 [Optical ferrule] <Judge Honda>

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) 10103 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10103 [Optical ferrule] <Judge Honda> The claimed “parting-line artifact” means a parting line (a step or flash)

IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10010 [Women's clothing] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Claim interpretation, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10010 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10010 [Women's clothing] <Presiding Judge Nakadaira> * The first-instance judgment finding patent i

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10107 [Induction heating coil unit] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Claim interpretation, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10107 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10107 [Induction heating coil unit] <Presiding Judge Hibiki S

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10110 [Intraoral OCT with color texture] <Judge Honda>

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) 10110 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10110 [Intraoral OCT with color texture] <Judge Honda> * No inventive step; the JPO appeal decision was upheld. F

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Tokyo District Court, 2013 (Wa) 33070 [Agricultural-Produce Sorting Apparatus] <Hasegawa>

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[Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2014 (Wa) 1397, the Shoe Last case

[U.S. Patents] November 6, 2023, CAFC <ACTELION v. MYLAN> — Interpretation of Numerical Limitations and Rounding

[Design / Estoppel] Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10067 <Honda>

[Article] The Relationship Between ‘Confusion’ and ‘Business Interests’ Under Article 2(1)(i) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Professor Hisayoshi Yokoyama)

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