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[Copyright] Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70125 <Presiding Judge Takahashi>

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Explore existing articles on AI and intellectual property, including rights relating to voice and IP strategy in the AI era.

[Article / Personality rights, etc.] On the legal protection of voiceprints (Michihiko Otsuka, Patent, May 2025)

1. Personality rights and “voiceprint rights” Under current law, portrait rights are recognized on the basis of the right to pursue happiness under Article 13 of the Constitution. 2. Publicity rights

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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