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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Japan

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Japan adopts a soft law approach to AI governance but lawmakers advance proposal for a hard law approach for certain harms. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (“AI Regulations”) On May 28, 2025, Japan's Parliament...more

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Global Perspective on Patenting of AI Technologies

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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination standards for such inventions...more

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The Tokyo District Court Holds an Artificial Intelligence System Cannot Be an Inventor Under Japanese Patent Law

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Following similar decisions in other countries, a Japanese court held for the first time on May 16, 2024, that an inventor in the Patent Act is limited to a natural person and does not include an artificial intelligence...more

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Japanese Court Holds That a Customer-Review Algorithm Change Abused "Superior Bargaining Power"

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In a novel decision, the Tokyo District Court held that a restaurant review platform's unilateral change to its rankings algorithm violated a Japanese antitrust law that prohibits abuse of "superior bargaining power." The...more

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