NO&T IP Law Update

NO&T IP Law Update

"NO&T IP Law Update" provides the latest developments in intellectual property law and practice in today's rapidly changing society due to technological advancements.
*NO&T IP Law Update is also available in Japanese.

If you would like to receive future editions of the NO&T IP Law Update by email directly to your Inbox, please fill out the form below.
*Subscription Form

We issue newsletters on various areas. To subscribe to our newsletters or to change your subscription information, please click the button below.

※Register or login to “Legal Lounge” to download the full text of newsletters for "Legal Lounge" members only.

Newsletters

Judgment rendered by the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court on March 19, 2025, regarding the patentability of compositions which contemplate medical procedures both before and after manufacture

Kenji Tosaki, Masato Kumeuchi, Soichiro Unami (Co-author)

Dispute Resolution
IP Disputes
Intellectual Property
IP Transactions
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Medical, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

Intellectual Property High Court orders generic drug companies to pay approximately JPY 21.7 billion in total in a patent infringement lawsuit (Judgment rendered May 27, 2025)

Tokyo District Court denies patent infringement claim in a case addressing the scope of a patent during its extended term (May 15, 2025)

Update: A Second Court Decision addressing Patent Linkage and Unfair Competition

Judgment rendered by the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court on March 19, 2025, regarding the patentability of compositions which contemplate medical procedures both before and after manufacture

Patents: – The Principle of Territoriality: Two Notable Judgments of the Supreme Court of Japan rendered on March 3, 2025

＜AI Update＞ AI Inventorship: IP High Court in Japan Rules AI Cannot Be Listed as Inventor

Recent Court Decision on (i) Scope of Medicinal Use Invention and (ii) Patent Linkage

IP High Court Judgment in the “Sushi Zanmai” Case: Trademark Infringement or not in Japan regarding Webpage Displays of Marks for Services Offered Abroad by a Group Company

Protection of Inventions Based on Developments in AI Technology in Japan in Light of the “Interim Report of the Study Group on Intellectual Property Rights in the AI Era”

Recent Ruling from Tokyo District Court: AI Does Not Qualify as Inventor