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日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Trademarks Topics: Licensing, Exhaustion and parallel imports, Abuse of rights First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-13 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12882329007.html [Article] Whether Previously Genuine Goods May Be Parallel-Imported after A

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Europe Topics: Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-08-28 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12865271332.html [Article] Exhaustion in the United Kingdom (Kumiko Yamada, Patent Supplement No. 30) 「UK+Regime」 Goods la

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents / Trademarks / Designs / Other Japanese law Topics: Border enforcement / Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] Current state, challenges, and responses in Customs' border enforcement against IP-infringing goods (Attorney Kei Iida) Current import-suspension results for IP-infringing goods China

日本語版 Article information Article type: Lectures and videos Categories: Patents / Trademarks / Designs / Copyright / Other Japanese law Topics: Border enforcement / Exhaustion and parallel imports First published on this website: 2026-10-07 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-07 [IP Practice Online] Intellectual property rights and Customs procedures (Attorney Reiko Tonomura) Customs determination procedures Customs receives written opinions from both the right holder

1. Definitions of use in Japan and Germany Japan's Patent Act uses the same term, use, for both product inventions (Article 2(3)(i)) and method inventions (item (ii)). German patent law, by contrast, strictly distinguishes its terminology according to the subject matter.

1. Key points of the 2020 amendment to the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act: Introduction of export restrictions (1) Designated-country system (notification of export restrictions): The breeder’s right holder notifies in advance the countries to which propagating material may be taken. Taking it to other countries constitutes infringement in principle.

[MAJESTY] (Presiding Judge Morisaki) <Sale of the defendant's products manufactured by another company, as they are> The first-instance defendant Marushu purchased them from Erimu Trading with hangtags bearing the defendant's mark attached, and that sale itself does not constitute trademark infringement.