Japanese Cases in English

Japanese cases relating to intellectual property can be searched on this page.

Searching is possible by Free word(s), Court, Date of the Judgment, Case Number and/or Type of Right and please select at least one of 'Type of Right'. Manual here.

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Type of Right	Patent Utility Model Design Trademark Copyright Unfair Competition Other
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Some part of the data on this page is provided by courtesy of the Court. Cooperation has also been obtained from Professor TAKABAYASHI Ryu (Waseda University) and Professor TAKENAKA Toshiko (University of Washington, School of Law, CASRIP).
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