Editors |
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Contributors |
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Preface and Acknowledgements |
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms |
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Chapter 1 History of Japanese Design Law and Relevant International Instruments |
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1 | (1) |
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1.02 Design Protection in the Meiji Period |
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A Design Ordinance of 1888 |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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C Amendment of Design Act in 1909 |
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3 | (1) |
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1.03 Amendment of Design Act in 1921 and Developments until World War II |
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4 | (1) |
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A Amendment of Design Act in 1921 |
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B Other Amendments Before World War II |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (4) |
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6 | (3) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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3 Registration Requirements |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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5 Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of a Design |
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7 | (1) |
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6 The 'One Application per Design' Principle |
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7 | (1) |
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7 Design for a Set of Articles |
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8 | (1) |
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8 Registration of Similar Designs |
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8 | (1) |
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9 Duration of Design Rights |
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8 | (1) |
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10 Effect of Design Right Clearly Specified |
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8 | (1) |
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B Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property |
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9 | (1) |
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1.05 Amendment of the Design Act in 1998 in Response to the TRIPS Agreement, Hague Agreement and Locarno Agreement |
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9 | (3) |
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10 | (1) |
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B The Hague Agreement and the Locarno Agreement |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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1 Introduction of Partial Design System |
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2 Exclusion of Designs In Part Identical or Similar to 'Designs' the Subject of Prior Applications |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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4 Establishment of the Related Design System |
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11 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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1.06 Amendment of the Design Act in 2006 |
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12 | (3) |
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12 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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3 Registration Requirements |
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12 | (1) |
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4 Secret Design Registration System |
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13 | (1) |
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5 Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of a Design |
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13 | (1) |
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6 Duration of Design Rights |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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B Amendment of Examination Guidelines for Design and the JDC |
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14 | (1) |
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1.07 Amendment of the Design Act in 2014 in Response to the Hague Agreement, Geneva Act and Locarno Agreement |
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15 | (2) |
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15 | (1) |
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1 International Registration |
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15 | (1) |
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2 Procedure for International Applications for Design Registration |
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15 | (1) |
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B Amendment of Examination Guidelines for Design and the JDC |
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16 | (1) |
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1.08 Amendment of the Design Act in 2019 |
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17 | (2) |
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17 | (3) |
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1 Scope of Designs Subject to Protection |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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3 Extension of the Duration of Design Rights |
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18 | (1) |
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4 Streamlined Design Registration Application Procedures |
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18 | (1) |
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5 Expansion of the Provisions for Indirect Infringement |
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18 | (1) |
Chapter 2 Purpose of the Design Law System and the Definition of 'Design' under the Design Act |
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19 | (14) |
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2.01 Purpose of the Design Law System |
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19 | (1) |
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2.02 The Definition of 'Design' |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (4) |
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20 | (1) |
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B Shape, Patterns or Colours |
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2 | (21) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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A Protection of Building Designs under the Design Act |
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24 | (1) |
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B Protection of Buildings under Intellectual Property Laws Other Than the Design Act |
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25 | (1) |
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2.05 Graphic Image Design |
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26 | (5) |
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A Protection of a Design Including a Graphic Image Before 2019 Revision |
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26 | (1) |
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B Protection of a Design Including a Graphic Image After 2019 Revision |
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27 | (3) |
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C Graphic Image That Is Provided for Use in the Operation of the Device |
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30 | (1) |
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D Protection of Graphic Images under Intellectual Property Laws Other than the Design Act |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
Chapter 3 Ownership of Design Rights |
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33 | (14) |
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33 | (1) |
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3.02 Ownership of Design Rights |
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33 | (11) |
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33 | (1) |
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B Right to Obtain a Design Registration |
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33 | (1) |
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C Jointly Owned Right to Obtain a Design Registration |
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34 | (1) |
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D Application Filed by Person Who Does Not Have the Right to Obtain a Design Registration |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (7) |
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37 | (1) |
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2 Requirements for Employee Design |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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b 'Scope of the Business of the 'Employer, Etc.' |
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39 | (1) |
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c 'Present or Past Duty' of 'Employee, Etc.' |
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39 | (1) |
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3 Agreements on Right Acquisition |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (2) |
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5 Statutory Non-exclusive License |
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43 | (1) |
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3.03 Overseas Residents and Foreign Nationals |
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44 | (3) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
Chapter 4 Similarity of Designs |
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47 | (22) |
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47 | (1) |
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4.02 Similarity of Designs |
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47 | (1) |
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4.03 Person Who Determines Similarity |
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48 | (1) |
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A Provisions and Court Cases |
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48 | (1) |
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B Different Theories Regarding the Method to Determine Similarity |
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49 | (1) |
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4.04 Similarity of Articles: Similarity of Function and Usage |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (9) |
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A Determination of Similarity of Forms in Infringement Litigation |
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51 | (8) |
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1 Extraction of Form Elements |
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51 | (1) |
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2 Essential Part of a Design |
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51 | (1) |
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a Properties of Articles, Purpose of Use, and Uses |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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c Shape Indispensable for Securing an Article's Function |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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e Process from Application to Registration |
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53 | (1) |
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3 Conformity of an Essential Part of a Design and Observation of Whole Design |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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a Registered Designs and Alleged Infringing Designs |
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53 | (1) |
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b Extraction of Form Elements |
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56 | (1) |
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c Determination of an Essential Part |
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58 | (1) |
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d Common Essential Parts and Impression as a Whole |
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58 | (1) |
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B Determination of Similarity of Forms at the Examination Stage |
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59 | (1) |
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4.06 Similarity of Partial Designs |
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60 | (1) |
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A Criteria for Similarity in the Examination Guidelines for Design |
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60 | (1) |
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B Theoretical Criteria for Similarity Determination and Court Cases |
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61 | (1) |
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4.07 Similarity of Designs Added by the Law Revision in 2019 |
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61 | (8) |
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A Similarity of Designs Including Graphic Image Designs |
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62 | (3) |
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1 Person Who Determines Similarity |
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62 | (1) |
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2 Usage and Functions of Graphic Image Designs |
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62 | (3) |
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B Similarity of Building Designs |
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65 | (1) |
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1 Person Who Determines Similarity |
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65 | (1) |
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2 Usage and Functions of Building Designs |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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C Similarity of Interior Designs |
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66 | (4) |
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1 Person Who Determines Similarity |
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66 | (1) |
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2 Usage and Functions of Interior Designs |
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66 | (1) |
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3 Layout and Number of Constituent Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (2) |
Chapter 5 Requirements for Design Protection |
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69 | (24) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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5.03 Express Requirements for Design Registration |
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70 | (17) |
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A 'Industrially Applicable' Design |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (5) |
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71 | (1) |
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2 Designs 'Described in a Distributed Publication', or Designs 'Made Publicly Available Through an Electric Telecommunication Line' |
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71 | (1) |
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3 Designs Similar to Those Prescribed in the Preceding Two Items |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (8) |
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1 Person Ordinarily Skilled in the Art of the Design |
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75 | (1) |
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2 Shape, Patterns or Colours, or Any Combination Thereof, That Were Publicly Known |
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75 | (1) |
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3 Examples of Designs That Are Easily Created |
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76 | (7) |
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D Exception to Lack of Novelty |
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83 | (1) |
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E The Subject Matter Is Not a Design in a Later Application That Is Identical or Similar to Part of a Design in a Prior Application |
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84 | (3) |
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5.04 Implied Requirements for Design Registration |
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87 | (6) |
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87 | (3) |
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1 A Design Which Is Liable to Injure Public Order or Morality |
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87 | (1) |
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2 A Design Which Is Liable to Create Confusion with an Article, Building or a Graphic Image Pertaining to Another Person's Business |
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88 | (1) |
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3 A Design Solely Consisting of a Shape That Is Indispensable for 'Securing the Functions of the Article' or the 'Usage of a Building', or a Graphic Image Solely Consisting of a Display That Is Indispensable for the 'Usage of a Graphic Image' |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (3) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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3 Status of Prior Application |
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92 | (1) |
Chapter 6 Application Process for Design Registration |
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93 | (20) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (8) |
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A Applications and Drawings |
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93 | (3) |
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93 | (1) |
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a 'Article to the Design' Column |
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94 | (1) |
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b 'Description of Article to the Design' Column |
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94 | (1) |
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c 'Description of the Design' Column |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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3 Applications for Design Registration of Partial Designs |
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95 | (1) |
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a Description in the Application |
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95 | (1) |
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b Description of the Drawings of Partial Designs |
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96 | (1) |
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B The 'One Application per Design' Principle and Exceptions |
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96 | (4) |
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1 The 'One Application per Design' Principle |
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96 | (1) |
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a Description in the Application |
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96 | (1) |
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b Descriptions of Drawings |
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97 | (1) |
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i Two or More Articles Included in Drawings |
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97 | (1) |
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ii Two or More Parts Included in Drawings Attached to a Partial Design Application |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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c Response to Violations of Article 7 |
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99 | (1) |
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2 Exceptions to the 'One Application per Design' Principle |
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99 | (1) |
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a Design for a Set of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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D Dismissal, Withdrawal, Waiver of Application |
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100 | (1) |
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6.03 Examination, Registration Decision, Registration |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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6.05 Variation of Applications |
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103 | (7) |
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A Division of Applications |
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103 | (1) |
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B Conversion of Applications |
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103 | (1) |
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C Applications Claiming Priority under the Paris Convention |
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104 | (1) |
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D Applications under the Hague Agreement |
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105 | (8) |
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1 International Applications |
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106 | (1) |
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a Points to Note for Design Rights in Japan |
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106 | (1) |
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i One Application for Multiple Designs |
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106 | (1) |
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ii Exception to Lack of Novelty |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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2 International Registration and Publication of International Registration |
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107 | (1) |
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a Publication of International Registration |
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108 | (1) |
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3 Legal Entitlement, Maintenance and Management |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (3) |
Chapter 7 Special Design Registration Systems |
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113 | (26) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (7) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (4) |
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1 Drawing and Description Requirements |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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1 Two Approaches Regarding Features of Partial Design |
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118 | (1) |
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2 Position, Range and Size of Parts |
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118 | (1) |
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3 Usage and Functions of Articles or Parts |
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119 | (1) |
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4 Determining Similarity of Whole Design and Partial Design |
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120 | (1) |
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7.03 Designs for a Set of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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120 | (5) |
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120 | (1) |
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B Requirements for Registration |
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121 | (4) |
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1 Requirements Particular to Design for a Set of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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121 | (1) |
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a Two or More Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images Are Used Together |
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121 | (1) |
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b Specifically Designated by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (2) |
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2 General Requirements for Registration |
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124 | (1) |
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3 Partial Design of Set of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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D Design Right for Set of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (5) |
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125 | (1) |
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B Requirements for Registration |
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126 | (3) |
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1 Requirements Particular to Interior Designs |
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126 | (1) |
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a Shops, Offices and Other Facilities |
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126 | (1) |
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b 'Inside' of Shops, Offices and Other Facilities |
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126 | (1) |
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i Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images under the Design Act |
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127 | (1) |
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ii A Number of Articles, Buildings or Graphic Images |
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127 | (1) |
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iii A 'Cohesive Aesthetic Impression as the Entire Interior' |
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127 | (2) |
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2 General Requirements for Registration |
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129 | (1) |
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3 Partial Design for Interior |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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D Design Rights of the Interior Design |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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C Scope of Protection of Changeable Design |
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131 | (1) |
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D Design of Changing Graphic Images |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (4) |
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132 | (1) |
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B Registration Requirements |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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2 Similar to Principal Design |
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133 | (1) |
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3 Filed Before the Expiration of Ten Years from the Filing Date of Basic Design |
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134 | (1) |
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C Requirements for Principal Design |
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134 | (1) |
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1 Design Right of the Principal Design Must Not Be Extinguished |
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134 | (1) |
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2 Exclusive License Must Not Be Established for the Principal Design |
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134 | (1) |
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D Effect of Application of Article 10 |
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134 | (1) |
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1 Article 9(1) and 9(2) Do Not Apply |
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134 | (1) |
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2 Applicant's Own Designs Excluded When Determining Novelty and Creative Difficulty |
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135 | (1) |
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E Design Rights of Related Designs |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (3) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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C Effect of Secret Design |
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137 | (1) |
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D Design Right of Secret Designs |
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138 | (1) |
Chapter 8 Trials and Appeals |
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139 | (22) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (12) |
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A Trial Against Refusal Decisions |
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139 | (6) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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b Average Duration of Trials |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (3) |
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5 Objective of Trial Against Refusal Proceedings |
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144 | (1) |
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6 Trial Against Refusal Decision |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (3) |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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b Average Duration of Trials |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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4 Reasons for Invalidation |
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146 | (1) |
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5 Objective of Invalidation Trials |
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147 | (1) |
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6 Invalidation Trial Decision |
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148 | (1) |
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C Trial Against Decision Dismissing Amendment |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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1 Grounds for a Retrial under Article 338(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure |
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149 | (1) |
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2 Ground for a Retrial under Article 339 of the Code of Civil Procedure |
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150 | (1) |
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3 Trial Decision Rendered to Harm the Right or Interest of a Third Party |
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150 | (1) |
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8.03 IP High Court: Appeals Against Trial Decisions |
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151 | (6) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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2 Average Duration of Proceedings |
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151 | (1) |
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3 IP High Court Decision Results |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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a Parties in Ex Parte Trial |
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152 | (1) |
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b Parties in Inter Partes Trial |
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153 | (1) |
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3 Period for Instituting Action |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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E Final Appeal and Acceptance of Final Appeal |
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155 | (2) |
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156 | (1) |
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2 Petition for Acceptance of Final Appeal |
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157 | (1) |
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8.04 Design-Related Advisory Opinion System |
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157 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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B Average Duration of Proceedings |
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158 | (1) |
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C Written Advisory Opinion |
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159 | (2) |
Chapter 9 Design Infringement and Scope of Protection |
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161 | (30) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (5) |
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161 | (2) |
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1 Definition of Design Right and Direct Infringement |
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161 | (2) |
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2 Infringement by Utilization |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (3) |
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1 Producing Etc. an Article, Computer Program, Etc. or Medium, Etc. for Recording a Computer Program to Be Used 'Exclusively' for Producing an Article to the Registered Design or Similar Design |
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164 | (1) |
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2 Producing Etc. an Article, Computer Program or Medium Etc. for Recording a Computer Program to Be Used for Producing an Article to the Registered Design or Similar Design With Knowledge |
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164 | (1) |
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3 Possessing or Owning an Article to the Registered Design or Similar Design for the Purpose of Assigning, Leasing or Exporting As a Business |
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165 | (1) |
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C Relationship Between Direct Infringement and Indirect Infringement |
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166 | (1) |
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9.03 Acts Which Correspond to Direct Infringement or Indirect Infringement but Are Treated as Non-Infringement |
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166 | (9) |
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A Limitations of Effect of Design Right |
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166 | (1) |
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1 Experimental or Research Purposes |
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166 | (1) |
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2 Vessels or Aircrafts Merely Passing Through Japan, or Machines, Apparatus, Equipment or Other Products Used Therefor |
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167 | (1) |
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3 Products Existing in Japan Prior to the Filing of the Applications for Design Registration |
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167 | (1) |
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B Exhaustion of Design Right |
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167 | (3) |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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b Processing or Exchange of Parts |
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168 | (1) |
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2 International Exhaustion |
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169 | (1) |
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C Invalidation of Design Right |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (4) |
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1 Non-exclusive License by Agreement |
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171 | (1) |
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2 Statutory Non-exclusive License Based on Prior Use |
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171 | (1) |
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a Requirements and Effect |
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172 | (1) |
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b Without Knowledge of a Design in an Application for Design Registration |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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d To the Extent of the Design and the Purpose of the Business Worked or Prepared |
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173 | (1) |
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3 Statutory Non-exclusive License Based on Prior Application |
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173 | (1) |
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4 Statutory Non-exclusive License Due to Working a Design Prior to Registration of the Request for a Trial for Invalidation (Intervening Right) |
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174 | (1) |
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F Expiration of Design Right |
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175 | (1) |
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9.04 Possible Legal Actions Against Design Right Infringement |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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9.05 Right to Claim Damages in Tort |
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176 | (10) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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2 No Injunction Against Tort |
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177 | (1) |
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B Requirements to Claim Damages in Tort |
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177 | (6) |
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1 Infringement of Any Right or Legally Protected Interest |
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177 | (1) |
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2 Intentional or Negligent Act |
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178 | (1) |
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3 Causal Relationship Between Infringement and Intentional or Negligent Act |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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i Method for Calculating Damage |
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179 | (1) |
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ii When the Assigned Quantity Exceeds the Quantity Capable of Being Worked |
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181 | (1) |
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iii Profit Earned by Infringer Presumed to Be Amount of Damage |
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182 | (1) |
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iv Amount Design Right Holder or Exclusive Licensee Entitled to Receive for Working Design |
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182 | (1) |
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5 Causal Relationship Between Infringement and Damage |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (3) |
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1 Obligation to Clarify the Specific Conditions (of Infringement) |
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184 | (1) |
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2 Order to Submit Documents |
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184 | (1) |
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3 Expert Opinion for Calculation of Damages |
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185 | (1) |
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4 Determination of Reasonable Damage |
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185 | (1) |
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5 Protection of Trade Secrets Disclosed in Trial |
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186 | (1) |
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9.06 Measures to Restore Credibility |
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186 | (1) |
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A Measures Necessary to Restore Business Credibility |
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186 | (1) |
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B Requirements to Seek Measures to Restore Business Credibility |
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187 | (1) |
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9.07 Restitution of Unjust Enrichment |
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187 | (1) |
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9.08 Right to Seek Injunction |
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187 | (4) |
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A Content of an Injunction |
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187 | (1) |
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1 Stop or Prevent Infringement |
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187 | (1) |
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2 Disposal Etc. of Products Constituting the Infringement |
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188 | (1) |
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B Requirements for the Right to Seek Injunction |
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188 | (5) |
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188 | (1) |
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2 Additional Requirements for Secret Designs |
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189 | (2) |
Chapter 10 International Jurisdiction and Governing Law |
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191 | (8) |
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191 | (1) |
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10.02 Establishment of Code of Civil Procedure Provisions |
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192 | (1) |
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10.03 Application of Code of Civil Procedure to Japanese Design Rights |
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192 | (1) |
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10.04 International Jurisdiction in Cross-Border Matters |
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193 | (6) |
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A Non-Japanese Registered Intellectual Property Rights |
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193 | (3) |
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B Non-Japanese Copyrights |
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196 | (1) |
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C 'Extraterritorial' Infringement of Japanese Intellectual Property Rights |
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197 | (2) |
Chapter 11 Design Protection and Competition Law |
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199 | (10) |
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199 | (1) |
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11.02 Design Protection and Competition |
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199 | (1) |
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11.03 Design Protection and Article 21 of the Antimonopoly Act |
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200 | (1) |
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A Article 21 of the Antimonopoly Act |
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200 | (1) |
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11.04 Design Protection and Acts Restricting Competition |
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201 | (8) |
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202 | (5) |
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202 | (1) |
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a Unreasonable Restraint of Trade |
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202 | (1) |
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b Resale Price Maintenance |
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202 | (3) |
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205 | (2) |
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B Acts of Exclusionary Conduct |
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207 | (2) |
Chapter 12 Overlap of Protection under the Design Act and Other Intellectual Property and Related Laws |
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209 | (16) |
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209 | (1) |
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12.02 Overlap Between the Design Act and Patent Act |
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209 | (3) |
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A 'Utilization' and 'Conflict' |
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210 | (1) |
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B Utilization of Patented Invention and Registered Design |
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210 | (1) |
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1 Patented Invention Utilizes Prior Registered Design |
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210 | (1) |
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2 Registered Design Utilizes Prior Patented Invention |
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211 | (1) |
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C Conflict of Patent Right and Design Right |
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211 | (1) |
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1 Patent Right Conflicts with Prior Design Right |
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211 | (1) |
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2 Design Right Conflicts with Prior Patent Right |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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E Shapes Indispensable to Function |
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211 | (1) |
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12.03 Overlap Between the Design Act and Trademark Act |
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212 | (2) |
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A Conflict of Design Right and Trademark Right |
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212 | (1) |
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1 Design Right Conflicts with Prior Trademark Right |
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213 | (1) |
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2 Trademark Right Conflicts with Prior Design Right |
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213 | (1) |
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B Conflict with Particular Types of Trademarks |
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213 | (1) |
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C Reasons for Refusal of Registration |
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214 | (1) |
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12.04 Overlap Between the Design Act and Copyright Act |
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214 | (5) |
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215 | (3) |
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1 Case Law on Applied Art |
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215 | (1) |
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a Protection Denied under the Copyright Act |
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215 | (1) |
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b Protection Granted under the Copyright Act |
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218 | (1) |
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B Conflict of Copyright and Design Right |
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218 | (1) |
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12.05 Overlap Between the Design Act and Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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219 | (2) |
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A Article 2(1)(iii) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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219 | (2) |
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B Article 2(1)(i) and (ii) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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221 | (1) |
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12.06 Protection under the Civil Code |
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221 | (4) |
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A Observations of the Supreme Court |
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222 | (1) |
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B Intellectual Creations Not Protected by the Design Act or Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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222 | (2) |
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C Protection under the Design Act and Unfair Competition Prevention Act Expired |
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224 | (1) |
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D Protection under Article 709 of the Civil Code |
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224 | (1) |
Chapter 13 Design Rights and Commercial Transactions |
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225 | (16) |
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225 | (1) |
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13.02 Use of Design Rights |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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B Transfer of Design Rights and the Establishment of Licenses |
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225 | (1) |
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13.03 Transfer of Design Rights |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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13.04 License of a Design Right |
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227 | (12) |
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228 | (1) |
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1 Establishment of an Exclusive License |
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228 | (1) |
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2 Effect of an Exclusive License |
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229 | (1) |
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3 Provisional Exclusive License |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (3) |
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1 Establishment of a Non-exclusive License |
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230 | (1) |
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2 Effect of a Non-exclusive License |
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230 | (1) |
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3 Provisional Non-exclusive License |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (6) |
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1 Non-exclusive License on an Employee Design |
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232 | (1) |
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2 Non-exclusive License Based on Prior Use |
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232 | (1) |
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3 Non-exclusive License Based on Prior Application |
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233 | (1) |
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4 Non-exclusive License Based on the Working of a Design Before Registration of Transfer of a Design Right |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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6 Non-exclusive License after Expiration of the Duration of a Design Right or Other Rights |
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236 | (1) |
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7 Non-exclusive License on a Design Right Restored Through a Retrial |
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237 | (1) |
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D Award Granting Non-exclusive License |
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238 | (1) |
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13.05 Establishment of Pledge |
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239 | (2) |
Chapter 14 Design of Furniture Used in Public Spaces |
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241 | (20) |
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241 | (1) |
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14.02 Design Process for Furniture Used in Public Spaces |
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241 | (13) |
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A Product Development Process and Intellectual Property Gates |
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241 | (3) |
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B Details of the Design Process |
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244 | (1) |
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C Inference Processes (Deduction, Induction, Abduction) Used During the Design Process |
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245 | (4) |
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D Combinations of Inferences |
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249 | (5) |
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14.03 Legal Protection of Design of Furniture Used in Public Spaces |
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254 | (5) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (2) |
Chapter 15 Home Appliance Design |
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261 | (8) |
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261 | (1) |
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15.02 The In-house Designer |
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261 | (1) |
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A Product Design and Development |
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261 | (1) |
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B Research and Development |
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262 | (1) |
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15.03 The Home Appliance Design Process |
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262 | (2) |
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15.04 Intellectual Property Strategy |
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264 | (3) |
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15.05 The Value of Design Rights |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
Chapter 16 Cell Phone Design |
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269 | (18) |
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269 | (1) |
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16.02 Developments in Cell Phone Design |
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269 | (3) |
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A Changing Communication and the Evolution of Functionality |
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269 | (1) |
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B Increase in Volume of Information and the Evolution and Diversification of Interfaces |
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270 | (1) |
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C The Age of Smartphones with Preinstalled Open Source OS |
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271 | (1) |
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16.03 Cell Phone Design Process |
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272 | (4) |
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272 | (2) |
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1 Research on Existing Products |
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272 | (2) |
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2 Research on Design Registrations |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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16.04 Legal Protection of Cell Phone Design |
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276 | (9) |
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276 | (11) |
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276 | (2) |
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2 Registration of Designs Including Surface Treatments |
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278 | (1) |
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3 Making Designs Available to Others |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (7) |
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285 | (2) |
Chapter 17 Car Design |
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287 | (16) |
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287 | (1) |
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17.02 Car Development and Design Process |
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287 | (5) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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17.03 Protection of Car Designs under the Design Act |
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292 | (10) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (5) |
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299 | (3) |
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299 | (1) |
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2 Connection Between the Nature, Purpose, and Use of Cars and Designs |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
Chapter 18 Advertising Design |
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303 | (14) |
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303 | (1) |
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18.02 Advertising Design Process |
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303 | (8) |
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303 | (1) |
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B Advertising Production (Creative) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (7) |
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1 Example 1: 'Power of Culture Project' (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Hayao Kawai, 2003-present) |
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305 | (3) |
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2 Example 2: 'Education of Japan by Bakusho-Mondai' (NHK Sogo 2007-2012) |
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308 | (3) |
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18.03 Legal Protection of Advertising Designs |
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311 | (1) |
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18.04 Legal Protection of Symbols |
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312 | (4) |
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312 | (9) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
Chapter 19 Product Packaging Design |
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317 | (12) |
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317 | (1) |
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19.02 Product Packaging Design |
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318 | (1) |
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19.03 Studies on Product Packaging Design |
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319 | (1) |
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19.04 Product Packaging Design Process |
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319 | (1) |
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19.05 Product Packaging Designers |
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320 | (1) |
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19.06 Legal Protection of Product Packaging Design |
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321 | (4) |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
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D Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (3) |
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A Takara Shuzo/Takara Can Chu-Hi |
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325 | (2) |
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B Saraya/Yashinomi Detergent |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
Chapter 20 Web Design |
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329 | (16) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (6) |
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332 | (1) |
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B Rough Sketch: Visual Concept |
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333 | (1) |
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C Basic Design: Wireframe |
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333 | (1) |
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D Preparation of Content: Authoring |
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334 | (2) |
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20.03 Legal Protection of Web Design |
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336 | (7) |
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337 | (1) |
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337 | (5) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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3 Webpage Design and Copyright Protection of Displayed Screens |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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d Convergence and Standardization |
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342 | (1) |
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C Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
Chapter 21 Typeface Design |
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345 | (8) |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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21.03 Typeface Design Process |
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346 | (3) |
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21.04 Legal Protection of Typeface Design |
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349 | (3) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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C Unfair Competition Prevention Act |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
Chapter 22 Noteworthy Features of Japanese Design Law from the Perspective of European Law |
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353 | |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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A General Approach to the Protection of Designs |
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353 | (1) |
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B Basic Structure of the Design Act |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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22.03 Requirements for Design Protection |
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355 | (6) |
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355 | (2) |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (3) |
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1 Technical Function (Form Follows Function) |
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359 | (1) |
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2 Designs of Interconnections |
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360 | (1) |
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3 Design Contrary to Public Order (Policy) or Morality |
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361 | (1) |
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22.04 Recognition of the Designer |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | |
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A Duration of Design Rights |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (1) |
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F Invalidation of Design Registration |
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