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[Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2023 (Wa) 12731

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-12-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12948829828.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2023 (Wa) 12731 *Merely signing a confident

[Criminal/Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Acquittal: Nagoya District Court, March 18, 2022, 2017 (Kei-Wa) No. 427

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-06-30 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12913607755.html [Criminal/Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Acquittal: Nagoya District Court, March 18, 2022, 2017 (Kei

[Article/Trade Secrets] Can a Company Enjoin an Employee’s Use or Disclosure of Trade Secrets the Employee Developed or Acquired Personally?

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Injunctions, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-25 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12905722262.html [Article/Trade Secrets] Can a Company Enjoin an Employee's Use or Disclosure of Trade Secrets th

[Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Usefulness and Non-Public Status of Trade Secrets: The Tin Alloy Composition Case (Chen Keyu, 2018)

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: Unfair competition law, Patents Topics: Inventive step, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-16 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12903508011.html [Article/Unfair Competition Prevention Act] Usefulness and Non-Public Status of Trad

[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] 2017 (Ne) 10007 <Takabe>

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-30 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12898624499.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] 2017 (Ne) 10007 <Takabe> ⇒ Although the documents were marked “Conf

[Article/China and Trade Secrets] Trade Secret Protection in China: Focusing on Academic Views and Court Decisions concerning the Secret-Management Requirement

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Publication review Category: China Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-11 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12893422734.html [Article/China and Trade Secrets] Trade Secret Protection in China: Focusing on Academic Views and Court Decisions concerning

A Revised Edition of the “Trade Secret Management Guidelines” Has Been Published.

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law, Patents Topics: Inventive step, Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-01 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12892193335.html A Revised Edition of the “Trade Secret Management Guidelines” Has Been Published. Numerous cr

[Unfair Competition] 2022 (Wa) 19400, NHK v. an Individual — “Smash NHK!”

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-09 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12885745697.html [Unfair Competition] 2022 (Wa) 19400, NHK v. an Individual “Smash NHK!”Along with that slogan, the individual stated t

[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] 2019 (Ne) 10016, “Eyelash Extension Treatment Histories”

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-26 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12880026268.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] 2019 (Ne) 10016, “Eyelash Extension Treatment Histories” ⇒ Secrecy

[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2009 (Wa) 47959, “Stroopwafel”

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Unfair competition law Topics: Trade secrets First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-24 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12879777167.html [Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Tokyo District Court, 2009 (Wa) 47959, “Stroopwafel” *A business pa

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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)

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