Topic guide: Inventive step

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Explore existing articles on inventive step, design choices, motivation and teaching away. The collection includes case notes, reviews of publications and lecture materials. See each article for its discussion and sources.

Articles

[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)

[Article / Patents] A study of design choices in inventive-step assessment (鈴木守, 長嶺浩之, Patent, September 2024)

Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10056

Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2023 (Wa) 70402

Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10037

Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10027

Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10054

Case No. 2025 (Ne) 10049

Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10051

A Draft Revision of the Examination Guidelines on Inventive Step Has Been Published

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