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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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2025.07.10SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2022 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10081 – Intellectual Property High Court (July 13, 2023)
“Shaft for Golf Club” Overview: This case concerns a decision to revoke a patent being upheld on grounds that […]
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2025.06.27SOEI-VOICE
Japanese Patent Case Summary: 2023 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10053 – Intellectual Property High Court (June 24, 2024)
“Pellicle Membrane, Pellicle Frame, Pellicle, Manufacturing Methods Thereof, Exposure Master Plate, Exposure D […]
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