Introduction: History and Economic Importance of the Patent System for Japan / by Christopher Heath and Atsuhiro Furuta
Case No. 1: Definition of an Invention : Mental Activity
Case No. 2: Definition of an Invention : Repeatability
Case No. 3: Novelty : Novelty Destroying Prior Application : Double Patenting
Case No. 4: Novelty : Grace Period : Combination with Priority
Case No. 5: Inventive Step : Problem Solution Approach and Ex Post Analysis
Case No. 6: Inventive Step : Assessment of Prior Art
Case No. 7: Inventive Step of New Medical Indications and Dosage Regimes
Case No. 8: Technical Effect : Late Filed Experimental Results
Case No. 9: Enabling Disclosure and Support
Case No. 10: Support Requirement : Parameter Invention
Case No. 11: Industrial Application : Medical Treatment
Case No. 12: Priority : Added Subject Matter
Case No. 13: Rights over the Invention : Inventorship
Case No. 14: Rights of Co-Inventors : Action by One Co-Inventor against Revocation
Case No. 15: Rights over the Invention : Transfer of a portion of Patent Right against Misappropriation
Case No. 16: Employees' Inventions : Company Rules : Reasonable Remuneration
Case No. 17: Employees' Inventions : Reasonable Remuneration for Profits made Abroad
Case No. 18: Right to be Heard : Addition of Well-Known Prior Art
Case No. 19: Right to be Heard : Right to Oral Proceedings in Invalidation Trials
Case No. 20: Possibility of Claim Amendment before Grant
Case No. 21: Possibility of Claim Correction after Grant
Case No. 22: Disclaimer, Correction and Amendment
Case No. 23: Advisory Opinion about the Technical Scope of a Patented Invention
Case No. 24: Invalidation Trial : Ne Bis In Idem
Case No. 25: Correction Trial : Revocation Proceedings Case No. 26: Scope of Cancellation Process in Court against Decision of Patent Office
Case No. 27: Appeal to the High Court and Inventive Step Assessment
Case No. 28: Liability of the Patent Office for Mistakes, e.g. the Omission of Registering a Pledge
Case No. 29: Exclusive Rights : Offer for Sale, Manufacture, Export
Case No. 30: Direct and Indirect Infringement
Case No. 31: Patent Infringement : Distinction between Repair and Reconstruction
Case No. 32: Limits of Patent Rights : National and International Exhaustion
Case No. 33: Clinical Trials : Research Exception
Case No. 34: Defence of Prior Use
Case No. 35: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Interpretation with Reference to the Description
Case No. 36: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Literal Infringement : Disclaimed Element
Case No. 37: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Product by Process Claims
Case No. 38: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Doctrine of Equivalents
Case No. 39: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Doctrine of Equivalents
Case No. 40: Interpretation of Patent Claims : Doctrine of Equivalents
Case No. 41: National Jurisdiction : Exclusive Jurisdiction in Patent Matters
Case No. 42: International Jurisdiction in Patent Matters
Case No. 43: International Jurisdiction in Patent Matters : Offer on the Internet
Case No. 44: Arbitration Law : Separability and Arbitrability : Estoppel of Invalidity
Case No. 45: Infringement of a US Patent and Applicable Law
Case No. 46: International Civil Procedure, Recognition of Foreign Judgements, Punitive Damages
Case No. 47: Discovery : Order of Documents : Defence of Secrecy
Case No. 48: Interim Procedures and Protective Orders
Case No. 49: Defence of Invalidity
Case No. 50: Patent Infringement : Defence of Invalidity
Case No. 51: Defence of Invalidity : Correction of Patent Claim : Late Filing
Case No. 52: Injunctive Relief : Exception for Standard Essential Patents
Case No. 53: Scope of Injunctive Relief : Method Patent
Case No. 54: Damage Calculation : Presumption of Damages
Case No. 55: Damage Calculation : Presumption of Damages
Case No. 56: Threats : Warning Letter alleging Patent Infringement : Standard of Liability
Case No. 57: Re-Trial due to Revocation after Successful Infringement Suit
Case No. 58: Requirements for a Patent Term Extension of Pharmaceutical Patents
Case No. 59: Requirements for a Patent Term Extension of Pharmaceutical Patents : Second Marketing Approval for the Same Patent
Case No. 60: Scope of Extended Patent
Case No. 61: Exclusive Registered Licensee : Standing to Sue
Case No. 62: Licensing Agreement : Patent Subsequently Reduced in Scope
Case No. 63: Licensing Agreement over Foreign Patent : Royalties not Taxable in Japan
Case No. 64: Antimonopoly Act : Patent Licensing Agreement : Vertical Restraints : Maximum Output Restriction
Case No. 65: Patent Pools, Refusal to License and Abuse of a Dominant Position
Case No. 66: Utility Model : Technical Assessment Report
Index of Japanese Decisions in Chronological Order.