[Article] A Case Rejecting Preparation for a Business because the Content of the Business Had Not Been Determined (Ye Peng, 2022)

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Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-24 (Japan time). Full English translation.

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[Article] A Case Rejecting Preparation for a Business because the Content of the Business Had Not Been Determined (Ye Peng, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 62 (2022))

Numerous decisions have rejected an “intent to practice immediately” where a prototype had been completed but was subsequently improved.

⇒ Some decisions have nevertheless recognized preparation for a business where improvements were made because of defective-product problems!!

https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/84916/1/62_06.pdf

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