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掲載巻(発行年) / 号 / 頁 5巻(2005年) / 2号 / 1頁
論文区分 論説
論文名 Revision of the Patent Law to Simplify Verification of Patent Infringement and Corporate Response
著者 特許第2委員会
抄録 The Consultation Group on Intellectual Property Litigation was held under the Office for
Promotion of Justice System Reform to consider each of the points of argument, specifically, the relationship
between judgments on invalid patents in patent right infringement lawsuits and decisions in
trials for invalidation, introduction of expertise in intellectual property lawsuits, and measures to simplify
verification of infringement. A bill for the “Law for Establishing the Intellectual Property High
Court” and a bill for the “Law for Amending a Part of the Court Organization Law,” both of which are
compiled based on the result of the consideration, were approved and became law in the Diet on June
11, 2004 and will come into force on April 1, 2005.
This report summarizes the key points of revision of the Patent Law while focusing attention
on the revision that directly affects judicial practice, specifically, development of in-camera proceedings
and protection of trade secrets in infringement lawsuits, both of which are related to the simplification
of verification of infringement. This report also examines practical problems when utilizing the
systems newly introduced this time and compares these systems with the systems of European countries
and the United States.
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