Legal Updates

2024/08/22 Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others

Acceleration of Scientific Research by AI and Intellectual Property Systems in the Era of Superintelligence (Need for Superintelligence Legal Science)

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2023/10/05 Japan Patents Laws、Others

Purposes of the Patent System in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Environmental Conservation (Global Warming, Climate Change and Patent Law)

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2023/05/12 Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others

AI Strategy Council in Japan: The Need to Promote the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Clarify Laws

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2023/04/26 Japan Intellectual Property Laws、Others

Utilization and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: Discussions on Prohibiting Chat GPT

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2021/11/17 Japan Trademarks Laws、Others

Revision of Official Fees Relating to Trademarks and Designs (effective from April 1, 2022)

NAKATA, Kazuhiro

2021/09/08 Japan Patents Laws、Others

Online Participation in Oral Proceedings Will be Possible as of October 1, 2021

Japan Patent Information Committee

2021/09/02 Japan Patents Laws、Others

Affixation of Seal or Signature Is No Longer Required for Most Procedures as of June 12, 2021

Japan Patent Information Committee

2021/08/19 Japan Patents Laws、Others

Patent Registration and Maintenance Fees Raised as of April 1, 2022

Japan Patent Information Committee

2019/12/27 Japan Patents Laws

New Patent Fee Reduction/Exemption Program Including Academic Discount Has Been launched since April 1, 2019

Japan Patent Information Committee

2018/06/18 Japan Patents Laws

Period of Exception to Loss of Novelty is expanded from six months to one year

IZUMIYA, Reiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee

2023/05/23 Japan Trademarks Cases

Judgement about the case whose issues contain the recognition of the concept of the Japanese word listed in the Japanese Dictionary was presented

SETO, Kazuki

2018/10/18 Japan Patents Cases

Case in which the support requirement was denied regarding a “Parameter Invention” in the field of food – Case in which the court rescinded a JPO decision (2016 (Gyo-ke) 10147)

ICHINOMIYA, Masayuki (Ph.D.)、Japan Patent Information Committee

2018/06/25 Japan Patents Cases

Case in which the defendants’ products have been judged not to infringe a medicinal use invention characterized by a dose

TERACHI, Takumi、Japan Patent Information Committee

2018/06/21 Japan Patents Cases

Case in which the inventive step of a pharmaceutical invention characterized by the time necessary for intravenous administration was admitted

TERACHI, Takumi、Japan Patent Information Committee

2018/05/24 Japan Patents Cases

Grand Panel Decision regarding standing to sue and inventive step of pharmaceutical invention

SUEYOSHI, Tsuyoshi、Japan Patent Information Committee

2017/12/05 Japan Patents Cases

“Case in which a judgment about the interpretation of “can be carried out” concerning the Enablement Requirement was presented”

Japan Patent Information Committee

2017/03/10 Japan Patents Cases

Judgment made by the grand panel of the Intellectual Property High Court concerning the effects of a patent right whose term has been extended

NAKAHAMA, Akiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee

2016/11/17 Japan Patents Cases

Judgment concerning the scope of the effects of a patent right whose term has been extended – Oxaliplatin Case-

NAKAHAMA, Akiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee

2016/07/21 Japan Patents Cases

Judgment in relation to the doctrine of equivalents made by the large collegiate body of the Intellectual Property High Court

Japan Patent Information Committee

2016/03/10 Japan Intellectual Property Cases

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