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[IP Practice Online] “20 inventive-step issues, 3 min each” (Authors; supervisor: Hideki Takaishi)
[Article / Patents] Same patent and reference, but different novelty findings in IP High Court judgments by the same division on the same day (a trial-decision revocation action and an…
[Article / Patents] Double standards in inventive-step assessment (Hideki Takaishi, Patent, June 2024)
[IP Practice Online] Introduction of important patent judgments newly included in "Patent Case Law Encyclopedia, 4th edition" (Chizai Juku)
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Deletion of All Claims Is Permitted in the JPO’s Q&A
The JPO’s “Toward Strategic Intellectual Property Management” (2007)
Osaka District Court, 2022 (Wa) 3344 — Method for Producing a High-Purity PTH-Containing Lyophilized Preparation (Takemiya)
Compilation Copyright — Legal Protection for Works Distributed in Parts over the Internet (Takuto Hirasawa, 2009)
IP High Court, 2024 (Ne) 10010 — Women’s Clothing: A Late Invalidity Defense (Nakahira)
Article — Scope of Review in Patent Trial-Decision Revocation Actions: New Arguments on Well-Known Technology
Trademark Appeal 2024-278 — “AONO” Does Not Fall Under Article 3(1)(iv)
Copyright Article — Identifying the Author of a Compilation (Katsuyuki Izumi, 2013)
JPO Status Report 2025
IP High Court, 2024 (Ra) 10003 — Restricting Access to Settlement Terms and Litigation Records
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