Case Labor Union Damages Claim (Main Lawsuit and Counter-Claim) — 令和6(オ)720, 令和6(オ)721 Court Supreme Court of Japan, First Petty Bench […]
Case Alibaba Inc. v. BWB Inc. (Patent Validity Challenge) Court Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, Fourth Division Date Decided
Case BＷB Co., Ltd. v. Alibaba Co., Ltd. (Patent Infringement Injunction Appeal) Court Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, 4th
Case Public Water Surface Reclamation Withdrawal Disposition Case; Administrative Appeal Decision Revocation (令和6(行ヒ)281) Court Supreme Court of Japan, First Petty
Case Reiwa 7 (Sa) No. 1 (Attempted Filming of Person in Sexual Posture) Court Supreme Court of Japan, Second Small
Case Japanese Patent Application 2020-546445 Court Intellectual Property High Court of Japan (4th Division) Date Decided July 8, 2026 Citation
Case Gifu East Clean Center Fire Damages and Compensation Case (Reiwa 6(Ju)1694) Court Supreme Court of Japan, Third Petty Bench
Case GROOVE X株式会社 v. 特許庁長官 (GROOVE X K.K. v. Commissioner, Japan Patent Office) Court Intellectual Property High Court, Division 4
Case Eatwell Co., Ltd. v. Toto Living Cooperative Union (Trademark Non-Use Cancellation) Court Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, Second
Case Appeal of Patent Office Decision (Patent Invalidation Challenge) No. 2024-00077 Court Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, First Division
Case 令和６年（行ヒ）第１６０号 所得税更正処分取消等請求事件 (Case No. 2024 (Gyo-Hi) 160, Case Seeking Cancellation of Income Tax Reassessment Decisions, etc.) Court Supreme Court
Case In the Matter of the Application for a Dissolution Order Against a Religious Corporation (宗教法人解散命令申立事件) Court Supreme Court of
Case Petition for Permission to Appeal against Decision Dismissing Interlocutory Appeal against Decision Rejecting Petition to Remove Trustee (受託者解任申立て却下決定に対する抗告棄却決定に対する許可抗告事件) Court
Case 所得税更正処分等取消請求事件 (Case Seeking Cancellation of Income Tax Reassessment Dispositions, etc.) Court Supreme Court of Japan, Third Petty Bench (最高裁判所第三小法廷)
Japan’s IP High Court voided a trademark registration for “AI Announcer,” ruling the term is merely descriptive of AI-powered automated news-reading software and cannot be monopolized.
Japan’s IP High Court overturned the JPO’s rejection of a Riken Technos patent for transparent projection screen coatings, holding the patent office failed to explain why a skilled person would have selected the claimed resin from known alternatives.
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned the JPO’s invalidation of a key Broad Institute CRISPR patent, ruling that the institutions could validly claim priority from earlier U.S. filings despite a dispute over ownership of those priority rights.
The Japan Intellectual Property High Court reversed the Tokyo District Court and held that a generic narlfrafen hydrochloride (nalfurafine) anti-itch product infringes Toray’s term-extended pharmaceutical use patent on Remitch, awarding the patentee approximately ¥21.7 billion (~US$140 million