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Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 70225
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 70225 [Unsecured funding system for credit card merchants through the purchase of undetermined future credit receivables] (Presiding Judge Takahashi) ● Meaning of "credit card company" (element A) The specification at issue clearly distinguishes between credit card companies and credit card payment processing companies. ⇒ Credit card payment processing companies and their service divisions are not in
Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10076
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10076 [Vehicle guidance system] (Presiding Judge Masuda) *Divisional requirements satisfied (no addition of new matter) (Excerpts from the judgment — translated) It should be said that there is no basis for prohibiting consideration of the common general knowledge of a person skilled in the art when interpreting the claims in identifying the gist of an invention. Further, even if there are examples in which a tollboot
The Supreme Court's Product-by-Process Judgments
An English translation of Hideki Takaishi's 2015 commentary on the Supreme Court's PBP judgments and consistent claim construction.
Legal Update (Items Posted in January 2026)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Scope: Articles published in January 2026 by attorney Hideki Takaishi (Nakamura & Partners) Number of items included: 34 List page: https://www.nakapat.gr.jp/ja/legal_updates_jp/ <Highlights of This Month> Key Points in the January 2026 Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs Update This month’s legal update addresses 34 court decisions and commentaries spanning a broad range of intellectual-property practice, including chains of divisional
Legal Update (Items Posted in February 2026)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Scope: Articles published in February 2026 by Attorney Hideki Takaishi (Nakamura & Partners) Number of Articles Included: 34 Index Page: https://www.nakapat.gr.jp/ja/legal_updates_jp/ <Highlights of the Month> Key Points in the February 2026 Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs Update This month's legal update addresses 34 judicial decisions and commentaries across a broad range of intellectual property practice, from claim construction,
