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2025.09.09SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2023 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10084 – Intellectual Property High Court (July 17, 2024)
“Electric Impact Tightening Tool” Overview: This case involves the overturning of a decision to dismiss a requ […]
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2025.09.09IP NEWS
Patent/Design/Trademark, Japan: Action Plan for Utilization of AI Tech at the Japan Patent Office
On May 30, 2022, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) announced its “Action Plan for Utilization of Artificial Intell […]
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2025.08.28IP NEWS
Patent, Japan: Revisions to Enforcement Regulations and Operational Guidelines Relating to Arbitration Requests
On May 30, 2025, revisions to the “Ministerial Ordinance Partially Revising the Patent Act Enforcement Regulat […]
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2025.08.27SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2023 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10078 – Intellectual Property High Court (April 24, 2025)
“Audio Controller, Ultrasonic Speaker, Audio System and Program” Overview: This case upheld a trial decision s […]
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2025.08.26SOEI-NOW, JAPAN-NOW
A Summer Barbecue with Colleagues
Tomoya Kurokawa Last weekend, about twelve of my colleagues from SOEI Patent & Law Firm gathered at […]
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2025.08.22SOEI-NOW, JAPAN-NOW
Discovering the Delights of Japanese Eel Cuisine
Tomoya Kurokawa Yesterday, I went out with a colleague to enjoy one of Japan’s most treasured culinary experie […]
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2025.08.06SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10020 – Intellectual Property High Court (November 19, 2024)
“Lighting Device” Overview: This case pertains to a patent invalidation trial in which a decision (“the Trial […]
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2025.07.17OTHER
Our firm and patent attorney Tomoya Kurokawa have been selected for IP STARS 2025.
Our firm and patent attorney Tomoya Kurokawa have been selected for IP STARS 2025. We are extremely grateful f […]
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2025.07.15SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2024 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10013 – Intellectual Property High Court (February 27, 2025)
“Die for Polygonal Cross-section Wire” Overview: This case concerns an invalidation trial in which a decision […]
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2025.07.11SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2023 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10014 – Intellectual Property High Court (November 29, 2023)
“Navigation Device” Overview: This case concerns the Intellectual Property High Court upholding, in a trial fo […]
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