Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 70225

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Display and classification checked: 2026-09-30

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Topics: Claim interpretation

Published on this website: 2026-09-29

Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 70225

[Unsecured funding system for credit card merchants through the purchase of undetermined future credit receivables]

(Presiding Judge Takahashi)

● Meaning of "credit card company" (element A)

The specification at issue clearly distinguishes between credit card companies and credit card payment processing companies.

⇒ Credit card payment processing companies and their service divisions are not included.

● "Connected by a communications network" means connected by a communications line so that the redemption management unit of the funding provider's server can notify the credit card company's server.

⇒ Not satisfied

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