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日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Enablement, Clarity, Working of inventions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-09-14 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12930045439.html 2005 (Gyo-Ke) 10645 [Method for Inspecting Sealed Packages] <Tsukahara> *The mechanism described in the

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: South Korea Topics: Working of inventions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-07-06 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12914775015.html [South Korea] Patent Court, February 3, 2024 <2023 Na 10914> Unless processing or assembly abroad is extremely minor or

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Unfair competition law, Patents Topics: Working of inventions, Misleading indications of quality First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-06-17 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12911048143.html [Article] The Scope of “Quality” in Acts Causing Misappre

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Working of inventions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-11-15 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12875069072.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10003 [Method of Preventing Attachment of Marine Organisms] <Kann

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Creators and inventors, Working of inventions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: July 1, 2024 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858278372.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10057 [Spray Products] <Honda> Examples were added at the time of filing Priority App

Unlike the first-instance judgment, the court found that the appellee had prepared and administered a drug containing components ①, ②, and ③ simultaneously. ⇒ Claim limitations satisfied: the patentee won on reversal. * The closely watched issue of whether separate administration

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. Metaverse space and the current IP system JPO guidance: Protection may extend to “programs that function similarly in both real and virtual environments (games, etc.),” but in principle does not extend to merely imitating, in virtual space, an article characterized by its shape.