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2010 (Gyo-Ke) 10121 [Natto Food] <Takizawa>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-06-07 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12908866363.html 2010 (Gyo-Ke) 10121 [Natto Food] <Takizawa> *Different standards apply to whether something is an “invention” eligible to serve as

2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10127 [Laser Processing Apparatus] <Takabe>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-12 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12902299027.html 2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10127 [Laser Processing Apparatus] <Takabe> Difference 1: “There is no motivation to re

2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10122 [System for Dermatological Treatment] <Takabe>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-13 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12902639393.html 2015 (Gyo-Ke) 10122 [System for Dermatological Treatment] <Takabe> “It is natural to understand the ‘liquid water filter’ of Cited

[Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Usefulness and Non-Public Status of Trade Secrets: The Tin Alloy Composition Case (Chen Keyu, 2018)

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Unfair competition law, Patents Topics: Inventive step, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-16 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12903508011.html [Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Usefulness and Non-Public Status of Trad

2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10084 [Therapeutic Agent for Severe Heart Failure] <Honda>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-24 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12896667332.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10084 [Therapeutic Agent for Severe Heart Failure] <Honda> *It is permissible to assess

2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10039 [Reservation Support Method] <Honda>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-07 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12892910857.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10039 [Reservation Support Method] <Honda> *The court identified an “inherent requiremen

2024 (Gyo-Ke) 10002 [Nonwoven Fabric for Civil Engineering Work] <Shoji> — Motivation to change a publicly worked product’s specifications

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Design choices First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-01 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12892137239.html 2024 (Gyo-Ke) 10002 [Nonwoven Fabric for Civil Engineering Work] <Shoji> *Motivation

A Revised Edition of the “Trade Secret Management Guidelines” Has Been Published.

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law, Patents Topics: Inventive step, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-01 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12892193335.html A Revised Edition of the “Trade Secret Management Guidelines” Has Been Published. Numerous cr

2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10086 [Skin-Stimulating Brush] <Miyasaka>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-18 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12886913373.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10086 [Skin-Stimulating Brush] <Miyasaka> *An inhibiting factor exists ⇒ Inventive step

2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10016 [Wireless Scuff Plate] <Miyasaka>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Support requirement First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-19 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12887008237.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10016 [Wireless Scuff Plate] <Miyasaka> “…Modifying the invention

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

[Article] Supplementing Unfair-Competition Protection Through Civil Code Tort Law (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno)

[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)

[Article] Judicial Decisions on Infringement Warnings and Notification of False Facts Under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Patent Supplement, 2023; Professor Toshiya Kaneko)

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