Toko Sekiguchi

1 week ago | mlex.com | Toko Sekiguchi

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 15, 2025, 09:03 GMT | Insight) -- The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Philip Morris Japan, upholding a district court's decision to dismiss a patent infringement claim filed by a Japanese e-cigarette maker and highlighting the critical importance of precise language in patent claims.The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Philip Morris Japan, upholding a district court's decision to dismiss a patent infringement...

1 week ago | mlex.com | Toko Sekiguchi

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 15, 2025, 09:03 GMT | Insight) -- The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Philip Morris Japan, upholding a district court's decision to dismiss a patent infringement claim filed by a Japanese e-cigarette maker and highlighting the critical importance of precise language in patent claims.The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Philip Morris Japan, upholding a district court's decision to dismiss a patent infringement...

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Toko Sekiguchi

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 8, 2025, 08:46 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has overturned an amendment to a patent for a "Polygonal Cross-Section Wire Die," highlighting critical issues in patent law related to introducing new technical information.

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Toko Sekiguchi

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 3, 2025, 09:04 GMT | Insight) -- The Tokyo District Court’s sentencing in February of a Chinese scientist found to have leaked research data to a Chinese company marks a rare conviction of a foreign national working in a Japanese government-funded research facility for criminal disclosure of trade secrets.The Tokyo District Court’s sentencing in February of a Chinese scientist found to have leaked research data to a Chinese company marks a rare conviction of a...

1 month ago | mlex.com | Toko Sekiguchi

By Toko Sekiguchi ( March 24, 2025, 08:59 GMT | Insight) -- In a victory for Japan’s telecom giant NTT Docomo, the country’s Intellectual Property High Court has ruled against an IT development firm’s claims of infringement, finding the contested patent invalid due to a lack of inventive step.In a victory for Japan’s telecom giant NTT Docomo, the country’s Intellectual Property High Court has ruled against an IT development firm’s claims of infringement, finding the contested patent invalid...