2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10123 [Tableware] <Otaka>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Patents
Topics: Inventive step, Novelty
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-12 (Japan time). Full English translation.
2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10123 [Tableware] <Otaka>
*The court held that detailed dimensions could not be read from the catalog photographs.
⇒ Novelty and inventive step: satisfied
“In light of … the angles, resolution, and the like of the photographs … in Exhibit Ko 4 (see Attachment 2), it is difficult to recognize even the angle ‘between the upright surface and the bottom surface’ or the dimension of the ‘radius.’”
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