Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70607 [Remotely operated unmanned boat] <Presiding Judge Sugiura>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Patents
Topics: Patent corrections
First published on this website: October 2, 2026
Case number (as stated in the source): Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70607
Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis)
Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70607 [Remotely operated unmanned boat] <Presiding Judge Sugiura>
★ Element J specifies a first controller that automatically returns the boat to its initial position when at least one of the following is determined: ① no signal has been received from the remote controller for a specified period or longer; or ② remaining battery power is half or less.
⇒ To solve the invention's problem of preventing loss, a mechanism must be capable of addressing both critical situations: loss of communication and insufficient power.
⇒ The defendant's return condition is remaining power in the 20% range of a full charge or the like. The element was not satisfied.
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