[Copyright] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2023 (Wa) 70626
更新日：9月29日
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Article type: Case note
Display and classification checked: 2026-09-30
Categories: Copyright
Topics: Copyrightability / Limitation periods
Published on this website: 2026-09-29
[Copyright] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2023 (Wa) 70626
(Presiding Judge Takahashi)
1. The text of articles prepared by Kyodo News (the plaintiff) and distributed to newspaper companies does not fall within "miscellaneous news and reporting of current events that are merely communications of facts" (Article 10(2) of the Copyright Act), and qualifies as copyrighted works.
The plaintiff's distributed articles show an inverted-pyramid structure and choices in expression (selection, summarization, etc.), reflecting the individuality of their creators.
2. Negligence of the company (Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company) that uploaded the articles to its intranet without authorization
⇒ Established.
3. Extinctive prescription: not completed
The plaintiff first actually recognized the infringement at issue when it inspected the records of separate litigation.
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