[Design] Tokyo District Court, 2021 (Wa) 30281 and Other Cases, “Protective Member and Push Handle” <Kokubu>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Designs, Patents Topics: Divisional applications, Indirect infringement, Partial designs First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-18 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12904118561.html [Design] Tokyo District Court, 2021 (Wa) 30281 and Other Cases, “Protectiv
[Designs] A case recognizing indirect infringement of a partial design
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Designs Topics: Indirect infringement、Partial designs First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 [Designs] A case recognizing indirect infringement of a partial design Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 3 (Wa) No. 30281 — Hand-pushing member for a transport cart (Judge Kokubu) 1. Comparison of the articles “The articles relating to the registered designs and the article relating to th
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[Article / Designs] The boundary of similarity assessment between partial and whole designs (Design Committee, Patent, April 2025)
1. Four requirements for a whole design and a partial design to be found similar (Design Examination Guidelines) (1) Common use and function: The uses and functions of the articles, etc. of both designs must be identical or similar. (2) Correspondence between the part and the whole: The use and function of the whole design and those of the “claimed part” of the partial design must be identical or similar.
[Design] IP High Court, Case No. 2024 (Gyo-ke) 10108
[Packaging container / Partial design] (Presiding Judge Masuda) ★ A judgment clarifying whether a partial design and an overall design can be registered as related designs, and the difference in the scope of comparison in assessing novelty!! <Comparison with the principal design: related design, Article 10(1)>
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