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Japanese Supreme Court: Building a System That Includes a Server Located Outside Japan Constitutes Patent Infringement

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On March 3, 2025, the Japanese Supreme Court held that building a network-based system comprised of a server located in the United States, connected via a network to user terminals in Japan, constitutes "producing a product"...more

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Japan: Supreme Court Decision — Closing a loophole for patent infringements in cross-border network systems

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On March 3, 2025, the Supreme Court of Japan upheld the original judgment that found patent infringement in respect of the acts performed on a server located outside Japan, virtually affirming the extraterritorial application...more

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[Webinar] IP Focus | US Patent Law Under the New Trump Administration - February 5th, 10:00 am JST

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McDermott is committed to providing insightful commentary on intellectual property (IP) developments from around the world to our Japanese clients. During these sessions, a variety of speakers from McDermott’s offices in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Intellectual Property - Patents - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer 2019

Direct and Indirect Infringement Claims Allowed to Proceed Against Japanese Parent that Neither Imported nor Sold Allegedly Infringing Cellphones in the US - Semcon IP Inc. v. Kyocera Corp., US District Court for the...more

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Japan’s 2019 Patent Law Aims to Strengthen the Patent Litigation System

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The Japanese Patent Office is trying to strengthen its patent litigation system, with 2019 revisions to the Japanese Patent Act recently approved by the Japanese Diet. With this reform now written into law, Japan could be on...more

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Patents - Patent litigation - Japan

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In Japan, the Intellectual Property High Court (IPHC) established in 2005 has jurisdiction to handle intellectual property cases as second instance, and registered IP cases appealed against trial decisions of the Japan Patent...more

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Report Details Success of Japan's New Patent Opposition System

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In Short - The Situation: Japan's new patent opposition system was introduced in 2015, and it runs concurrently with the country's previously existing patent invalidation system. The Result: According to a recently...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Biosimilar Uptake and Patent Litigation in Japan

Biosimilar uptake in Japan has been a bit mixed, but according to experts the volume shares of biosimilars suggests it could be a key market in years to come. The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), which is...more

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USPTO Director Grants Extension for Missed IPR Appeal to Federal Circuit

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The USPTO Director granted a request to extend a missed deadline for an appeal of an IPR decision to the Federal Circuit due to the patent owner’s excusable neglect in Mitsubishi Cable Industr., Ltd. v. Goto Denshi Co., Ltd.,...more

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McDermott International Legal Highlights November 2016

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The New World of Global Tax Planning: a Checklist for Success - As all multinationals (MNEs) are discovering, domestic implementation of the recommendations set out in the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) final...more

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Modification of Protective Orders to Permit Use of Discovery Material in Foreign Litigation Must Consider 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Factors...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated an order modifying a protective order to allow the use of confidential discovery material in foreign litigation, explaining that courts facing such questions must...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

US China Trade War — Stock Market Crash, Presidential Trade Politics, Trade Policy, Customs, Antitrust and Securities

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The Chinese stock market crash and world- wide effect on stock markets around the World has created a crisis with day to day developments. The World Stock market crash stated on August 24, 2015 and went through to August...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IP Newsflash - July 2015 #4

FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES - Federal Circuit Grants Mandamus Disallowing Use of U.S. Discovery in Foreign Proceedings - The Federal Circuit has granted mandamus vacating a New Jersey district court’s order that allowed...more

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US CHINA TRADE WAR–CHINA STOCK MARKET CRASH, TRADE, IP/PATENT, SECURITIES

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Since the last blog post focused on trade policy and trade and customs issues, with extensive coverage of the Trade Promotion Authority fight in the US Congress, after addressing the trade area briefly, this blog post plays...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

IP Newsletter - July 2015

In This Issue: - En Banc Federal Circuit Abandons “Strong” Presumption That a Limitation Is Not Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112, Paragraph 6 - Supreme Court Rejects Belief of Invalidity Defense for Inducement in...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: Pravastatin Sodium Case, Japan Product-by-Process Claiming Practice: Supreme Court Overrules the Grand Panel of...

Product-by-process claim drafting and interpretation practice were greatly modified by the Pravastatin Sodium Case decisions (Japan Supreme Court, June 5, 2015, Second Petty Bench, case Nos. 2012(ju)1204 and 2012(ju)2658). ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Japanese IP High Court’s Challenges

The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan established in April 2005 will have its 10th anniversary this April. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit founded in 1982 is the model for this IP specialized court....more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Prepare for the Japanese Patent Opposition System Coming Soon

The Japanese Patent Act was revised on May 14, 2014 to provide for post-grant oppositions within one year of the rule change, i.e., by May 14, 2015 (the exact effective date has not yet been set). Under the new opposition...more

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