Taro Yaguchi, Senior Partner at Keisen Associates, successfully defended the Japanese distributor of a US GPS navigation products producer before the Tokyo District Court, against claims of patent infringement asserted by a Japanese competitor. The Tokyo District Court dismissed the…
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The Japan Patent Office (JPO) appeal board functions as the court of first instance, and appeal decisions made on an appeal against a Final Decision of Rejection made by the JPO are subject to review by the Intellectual Property High…
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On November 8, 2007, the Japanese Supreme Court upheld Canon’s assertion that the import and sale of Canon’s used ink cartridges by the third-party ink seller, Recycle Assist, did indeed infringe on Canon’s patent. This is the second time the…
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