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