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[Article / Designs] Relaxation of procedures for applying the exception to loss of novelty of designs (Takuma Sasano, Yuki Mori, Patent, April 2025)

1. Background to the amendment Previous problem: Identifying and proving every disclosure within 30 days of filing was difficult. Cases occurred in which a slight omission of proof led to rejection based on the applicant’s own disclosed design. Outline of the amendment: Proof of one disclosure on the earliest day dispenses with proof of later disclosures of identical or similar designs.

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)

Tokyo District Court, 2012 (Wa) 12351 [Rice Cake]

Intellectual Property High Court, 2021 (Ne) 10088 and 2022 (Ne) 10014 [Information Communication Unit]

[Trademark / Contract] Osaka District Court, 1996 (Wa) 6700 — Abuse of the right to terminate

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