Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70219 [Commercial transaction system] <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) 70219
Display and classification checked: October 2, 2026 (not a re-review of the legal analysis)
Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) 70219 [Commercial transaction system] <Presiding Judge Sugiura>
Element D: “Obtaining advance customs-clearance information, including information concerning customs duties, from a customs certification apparatus.”
The only information concerning duties in the program is the HS CODE, which in principle the seller must enter.
It was established that the entered product information is reviewed by the authentication server and that a “registration completed” status is received. However, there was insufficient evidence of receiving any other information concerning duties.
Under the specification, such information means duty rates or amounts, or information for calculating duties, such as an HS code. The “registration completed” status itself is not information concerning duties.
⇒ Element not satisfied.
Element E: “Notifying the commercial transaction apparatus of advance customs-clearance information.”
The evidence does not necessarily clarify what specific information the program sends to the EC server, the commercial transaction apparatus.
⇒ Element not satisfied.
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