Newsletter Articles: Japan
System Overview
- A Comparative Study of Technology Transfer by Universities in the U.S.A., China and Japan (Autumn 2000)
- University Technology Transfer in Japan (Winter 1998)
Legislative Developments
- Revised Japanese Patent Attorney Law Will Expand the Scope of Practice for Japanese Patent Attorneys (Spring 2000)
- Recent Legislative Updates in Japan (Summer 1999)
Patent Eligible Subject Matter
- Biotechnology and Legal Protection: Current Issues (Autumn 2000)
- Problems Regarding the Patentability of Genomics and Scope of Protection of ESTs in Japan (Winter 2000)
Utility
- Biotechnology and Legal Protection: Current Issues (Autumn 2000)
- Problems Regarding the Patentability of Genomics and Scope of Protection of ESTs in Japan (Winter 2000)
Novelty
Inventive Step
- Biotechnology and Legal Protection: Current Issues (Autumn 2000)
- Problems Regarding the Patentability of Genomics and Scope of Protection of ESTs in Japan (Winter 2000)
Disclosure Requirements
- Biotechnology and Legal Protection: Current Issues (Autumn 2000)
- Problems Regarding the Patentability of Genomics and Scope of Protection of ESTs in Japan (Winter 2000)
Claim Interpretation
- Infringement of Functional Claims under Japanese Patent Law (Winter-Spring 1999)
- TI’s Kilby Patent was Found to be Invalid and thus Unenforceable (Autumn 1997)
Doctrine of Equivalents
- File Wrapper Estoppel and the Doctrine of Equivalents in Japanese Courts (Spring 2000)
- The Essential Element Test Provides A Big Hurdle to Japanese Doctrine of Equivalents (Spring 2000)
- Osaka District Court Found Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents (Summer 1999)
- The Doctrine of Equivalents after the Supreme Court "Ball Spline" Decision (Winter-Spring 1999)
- The Supreme Court Affirmed the Presence of the Doctrine of Equivalents under Japanese Patent System (Winter 1998)
- New Policy in Interpreting Japanese Patents: Osaka High Court Affirms Infringement of Genentech’s t-PA Patents under the Doctrine of Equivalents (Summer 1996)
- Patent Law Revision (1995 Winter)
- The Proposal for Patent Law Revision (Autumn 1994
Direct and Indirect Infringement
- Reconditioning a disposable camera is infringement (Autumn 2000)
- The Supreme Court of Japan Rules on the Experimental Use Exception to the Use of Patented Drugs for Clinical Testing by Generic Makers Seeking Government Approval (Winter-Spring 1999)
- Japanese Supreme Court Affirms Legalization of Parallel Importation (Autumn 1997)
Remedies
- Quick and Effective IP Enforcement in Japanese Courts/Method Claims Extend To Use of the Method Only (Autumn 1999)
- Big Change in Measurement for Japanese Patent Infringement Damages? Tokyo District Court Awards $23.5 Million in Lost Profits Damages (Autumn 1998)
- The JPO’s Industrial Property Committee Proposed to Increase Patent Infringement Damages (Autumn 1997)
- The JPO’s Review of the Appropriateness of Intellectual Property Damages (Spring-Summer 1997)
Ownership and Employee’ Invention
Jurisdiction and Judicial System
- A Major Change for Japanese Patent Enforcement (Spring 2000)
- Japan-U.S. Patent Infringement Litigation Comparison: a Visit to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Autumn 1998)
- Practices of Patent Litigation in Japanese Courts (Spring-Summer 1998)
Trademark Law
- Protection Of A Color Under The Law Of The United States, Germany, And Japan (Autumn 1999)
- Protection of Foreign Well-Known Trademarks in Japan: Cases in Which A "Piratical" Trademark Registration is Rejected (Winter 1997)
- Trademark Law Revision (Spring 1996)
Copyright Law
- Supreme Court Found No Originality on Typeface (Autumn 2000)
- Is a Video Game a Cinematographic Work? - Osaka District Court Confirms the Application of the Distribution Right for a Cinematographic Work to a Video Game (Autumn 1999)
- Report of Multimedia Subcommittee of the Copyright Committee in Japan (Winter 1997)
