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Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Unfair Competition Prevention Act / Notification of false facts] IP High Court, Case No. 2024 (Ne) 10043 [R badge] (Presiding Judge Masuda) ⇒ Does not constitute notification of false facts. 1. The portions conveying the fact itself that separate litigation was filed and conveying a request for reexamination do not notify any false facts. 2. The portion said to point out patent infringement also does not refer definitively to the fact of i

Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Copyright] Case No. 2025 (Ne) 10063 "Mark Gonzales / Angel" (Presiding Judge Moritomi) (= First instance: Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2023 (Wa) 70127, Presiding Judge Shibuya) <Applicable law> Japanese law applies to copyright protected in Japan, and U.S. law applies to copyright protected in the United States. <Work made for hire under U.S. law denied> The works constitute neither works made for hire under U.S. copyright law nor works