Managing Intellectual Property

Exclusive: Tokyo court to unveil SEP framework after landmark settlement

The model covers court-guided settlements, submissions-led determination of infringement and validity issues, and leeway for ...
Managing Intellectual Property

How Pantech convinced a Tokyo court of Google’s FRAND obligations

Pantech counsel Shogo Matsunaga speaks exclusively to Managing IP about how his team proved Google’s unwillingness, and ...
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Nintendo's patent relevant to the Palworld case has been rejected by Japan's office for lacking originality — what happens next?

Nintendo’s ongoing legal campaign against Palworld developer Pocketpair has hit another roadblock. A key patent in Nintendo’s “monster capture” family, one that sits right between two patents, ...
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Tokyo court orders man to pay for harassing co-worker, attaching 'chan' suffix to name

TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court ruled on Oct. 23 that a Sagawa Express Co. employee harassed a younger female colleague and ordered him to pay her 220,000 yen (around $1,440) in compensation.

Deception in love and a literary journey abroad: Our 5 most-read stories from last week

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between December ...
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Japanese court rejects damage claims against utility executives over Fukushima disaster

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not accountable for the 2011 meltdown crisis and do not ...