New Publications

2026/07/15 Publications Intellectual Property、Trademarks Cases

Trademark Case Note No. 86: The Sky Lantern Case — On the Applicability of Article 3(1)(iii) of the Trademark Act in Japan

SUMITANI, Yuji

2026/07/15 Publications Intellectual Property、Unfair Competition Cases

Q&A Practice for Prevention and Treatment of Intellectual Property Troubles Book Titles and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act

SUMITANI, Yuji

2026/07/15 Publications Intellectual Property、Unfair Competition Laws

Q&A Practice for Prevention and Treatment of Intellectual Property Troubles Similarity in Product Form and Applicability of Product Labeling Between Brand-Name Drugs and Generic Drugs under Unfair Competition Prevention Act

SUMITANI, Yuji

2026/07/15 Publications Intellectual Property、Copyright Law Cases

Q&A Practice for Prevention and Treatment of Intellectual Property Troubles “Copyright and Tort　― The Copyrightability of the Band Score”

SUMITANI, Yuji

2026/07/15 Publications Intellectual Property、Trademarks Cases

Case Note：”Nepal Tiger” Case, An Action for Rescission of a Trademark Trial Decision(Intellectual Property High Court, April 11, 2024, 2023 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10115) — Application of Article 3(1)(iii) under the Trademark Act in Japan

SUMITANI, Yuji

2026/07/09 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Cases

Japan at a crossroads: pharmaceutical patents and generic entry

YAMAMOTO, Osamu

2026/03/19 Publications Others

AI Agent Society and AGI Certification

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2026/03/12 Publications General Corporate、Intellectual Property Laws

Preliminary Injunctions: Requirements for compensating damage suffered by Defendant

SUEYOSHI, Tsuyoshi

2026/03/12 Publications Others

A Data Protection System for Democratic Sovereign AI

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2026/02/24 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

The Fifth Requirement of the Doctrine of Equivalents – Intentional Exclusion

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2026/01/26 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents、Designs、Trademarks、Copyright Law、Unfair Competition Laws

Basics of Measures against Counterfeit Goods－Legal Grounds and Concrete Methods for Injunctive Relief

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/12/10 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

Official Filing Fees for Patent Infringement Litigation

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/12/03 Publications Others

Factors Hindering Data Sharing and Circulation and Institutional Designs to Promote Them

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/12/03 Publications Others

Certification and Rights of AGI

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/12/03 Publications Patents Cases

“Breach of a restriction under a license agreement and its impact on whether patent infringement is affirmed” in “Leading 100 Cases in Patent Act” (Ed. Yoshiyuki TAMURA, Yasuyuki ECHI, Ken MAEDA, Toshiya KANEKO) (YUHIKAKU, 2025）p.212-213

SUEYOSHI, Tsuyoshi

2025/10/16 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

Future of the Patent Attorney Industry and Use of AI – Joining the magazine discussions (considering the viewpoints on AI’s technological future) –

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/10/10 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

The Amount of Damages Recoverable by Joint Patentees for Patent Infringement

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/09/24 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Cases

The gray area between patent rights and physician practice

YAMAMOTO, Osamu

2025/08/20 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

Article 102(2) of the Patent Act – The Necessity of Sale of Competitive Products by Patentees

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/08/01 Publications Others

Legal Norms and Ethics for Humans and AGI

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/06/17 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

The Effect of an Invention

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/05/28 Publications Unfair Competition Laws、Cases

Likelihood of Confusion as aTolerable Limit－Relationship among Requirements in Art.2（1）（i）of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and Actual Role/Function of Likelihood of Confusion

SUEYOSHI, Tsuyoshi

2025/04/21 Publications Intellectual Property、Trademarks

Trademark Case No.83 The “Nepal Tiger” case（Consideration of Descriptive Trademarks, Comparison with the “Tibet Tiger” and “hololive Indonesia” Cases)

SUMITANI, Yuji

2025/04/21 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents、Trademarks、Copyright Law

Q&A Practice for Prevention and Treatment of Intellectual Property Troubles　“Cross License Agreements – Strategic Use and Legal Considerations “

SUMITANI, Yuji

2025/04/11 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

Damage Claims for Patent Infringement by a Patentee’s Group Company

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2025/03/18 Publications Others

Legal Personality and AI Rights of AGI

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/03/05 Publications Others

AI Rights for the Post-Singularity Symbiosis

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2025/02/10 Publications Intellectual Property、Patents Laws

The Wording of Injunctions in Patent Infringement Litigation

FUKAI, Toshiyuki

2024/12/25 Publications Others

Human Rights (AI Rights) and Consciousness of AGI

OKAMOTO, Yoshinori

2024/12/12 Publications Intellectual Property、Copyright Law Laws

Utilization of a Copyrightable Work as a “Quotation”

FUKAI, Toshiyuki