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IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10019 [Rolling device] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka>

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) 10019 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10019 [Rolling device] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka> ★ The patentee lost for insufficient proof. ① Elements 1-A and 2-A: Satisfaction found

Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 6 (Wa) 70407 [Filling material for electronic cigarettes] <Presiding Judge Sugiura>

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): Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 6 (Wa) 70407 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 6 (Wa) 70407 [Filling material for electronic cigarettes] <Presiding Judge Sugiura> Element B—“cuts formed in the s

Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70393 [Foldable and stowable temporary protective fence] <Presiding Judge Nakashima>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Doctrine of equivalents, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70393 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70393 [Foldable and stowable temporary protective fence] <Presiding Judge Nakashima

IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10104 [Device formed from a very low resistance material…] <Judge Hibiki Shimizu>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Enablement, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10104 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10104 [Device formed from a very low resistance material…] <Judge Hibiki Shimizu> ⇒ Enablement requirement not satisf

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) 10124 [Moving-image decoding apparatus] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka>

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 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10124 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10124 [Moving-image decoding apparatus] <Presiding Judge Miyasaka> = Reiwa 5 (Gyo-Ke) 10125 * An element that merely changes the

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

IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10101 [Lighting apparatus] <Judge Shoji>

日本語版を読む / Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Claim interpretation, Doctrine of equivalents, Patent corrections First published on this website: October 2, 2026 Case number (as stated in the source): Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10101 Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis) IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Ne) 10101 [Lighting apparatus] <Judge Shoji> <Claim element A: Respective red, blue and green

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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

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

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