Winds from Japan is a newsletter of LES Japan for overseas LES members and other licensing specialists concerning activities of LES Japan and developments in IP and licensing.
Editorial Board Members, 2024
Editor in Chief : Yasuo Fujii
Editors : Jinzo Fujino; Shoichi Okuyama; Junichi Yamazaki; Kei Konishi; Naoki Yoshida; Mitsuo Kariya;
Takao Yagi; Hideko Mihara; Yoko Natsume; Dennis M. Hubbs
Yasuko Tanaka, Chihoko Shirasawa
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Recent Numbers
| Issue #80 [PDF:3.2MB]Issue #80 [HTML] | August 2024 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| LES Japan Special Seminar with Russell Levine | Kasumi KANETAKA |
| 5th LESI YMC Asia Pacific Conference: FORECASTING THE FUTURE OF THE IP INDUSTRY | Takeshi IIZUKA Shizu MACHINO |
| AIPLA-LES Japan Joint meeting 2024:WIPO IP day | Tomoko NOGUCHI |
| 2024 LES Japan Annual General Meeting | Yasuo Fujii |
| Issue #79 [PDF:516KB] | April 2024 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Message from the New President | Chikako Hashimoto |
| Monthly seminar with Judge Alan ALBRIGHT, US District Court for the Western District of Texas | Tomoko Noguchi |
| 2024 LES Japan Annual General Meeting | Yasuo Fujii |
| Issue #78 [PDF:946KB] | December 2023 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Protection of Cross-border Network System related Inventions | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Is posting to Twitter (currently X) a screenshot attachment of another Twitter post regarded as “quotation” under the Copyright Act? | Yasuko Tanaka |
| LES Japan has published the English version of its 50th Anniversary Magazine | Yasuo Fuji, Ph.D. |
| Issue #77 [PDF:946KB] | August 2023 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| AIPLA-LES Japan Joint meeting 2023 | Tomoko Noguchi |
| 2023 LES Japan Annual Conference | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D |
| Issue #76 [PDF:305KB] | April 2023 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| A Memoir of LES Activities | Chikao Fukuda |
| 2023 LES Japan Annual General Meeting | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D |
| Issue #75 [PDF:379KB] | December 2022 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| A Memoir of LES Activities | Katsumi Harashima |
| Is there appropriate Protection of Cross-border Webservice related Inventions? | Mitsuo Kariya |
| LES Japan Memorial Symposium Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| Issue #74 [PDF:612KB] | October 2022 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| LES Japan Events Celebrating Our 50th Year Anniversary | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| Issue #73 [PDF:400KB] | April 2022 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Message from the New President | Kenichi Nagasawa |
| Inventorship of Experimenter:One of Co-First Authors But Not One of Co-inventors | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| 2022 LES Japan Annual General Meeting | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #72 [PDF:336KB] | December 2021 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| 2021 Patent Act Revision Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Increased Influx of Counterfeit Products and Large-scale Patent Licenses |
Mitsuo Kariya |
| COVID-19 Crises Uncover Deficiencies of Global Framework | Jinzo Fujino |
| Three-Dimensional (3D) Trademarks in Japan | Hideko Mihara |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #71 [PDF:267KB] | August 2021 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| IP HIGH COURT CASE: COPYRIGHT FEES FOR PERFORMANCE AT MUSIC LESSONS | Yoko Natsume |
| LES Japan Annual Conference 2021 ~Hybrid Event~ | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #70 [PDF:831KB] | February 2021 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Newly Registered Designs – Effect of the 2019 Design Act Revision | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Patent Licensing in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #69 [PDF:311KB] | October 2020 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| CRISPR patent battles –Who will be the final winner? | Jinzo Fujino |
| LES Japan Online Mini-Annual Conference | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #68 [PDF:468KB] | June 2020 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Message from the New President | Hiroki Saito |
| [Trademark] “Use” based on sales through an online shop operated by a third party abroad was affirmed |
Hideko MIHARA |
| Increasing Damages Awarded by the Japanese Courts | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| 2020 LES Japan Annual General Assembly | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #67 [PDF:402KB] | January 2020 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Amendment to the Civil Code and its Impact on IP License Agreements | Yusuke Inui |
| Higher Compensation for Damages to Patentees | Mitsuo Kariya |
| LES Japan Mini-Annual Conference 2019 in Oiso | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #66 [PDF:507KB] | November 2019 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| LESI Yokohama Conference Ends in Huge Success | Junko Sugimura |
| Memo ries o f the Yokohama Conference | Yvonne CHUA |
| Qualcomm Succeeds in the Antitrust Appeal Case | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Issue #65 [PDF:605KB] | May 2019 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Bill for Revision of Patent and Design Acts | Hideko MIHARA |
| Is Serving a Steak Patent Eligible in Japan? | Yoko Natsume |
| 2019 LES Japan General Assembly Meeting | Mitsuo Kariya |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Extra Issue [PDF:706KB] | May 2019 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| History of Yokohama | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| A Yokohama Local’s Food Guide for LES Members | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| What to do? Contacting with "Japanese Traditional Culture" | Hideko MIHARA |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| A Story KAMAKURA: People and Treasures | Jinzo Fujino |
| Issue #64 [PDF:620KB] | December 2018 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| 2019 LES INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN May 26-28, 2019 | Junko Sugimura |
| History of Yokohama | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| A Yokohama Local’s Food Guide for LES Members | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| What to do? Contacting with "Japanese Traditional Culture" | Hideko MIHARA |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| A Story KAMAKURA: People and Treasures | Jinzo Fujino |
| LES Japan 41st Annual Summer Conference 2018 in Sapporo | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #63 [PDF:749KB] | August 2018 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Grand Panel Decision of IP High Court | Yasuo Fujii, Ph.D. |
| JPO issues the 'SEP' Licensing Guide | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| LES Japan 41st Annual Summer Conference 2018 in Sapporo | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #62 [PDF:477KB] | April 2018 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Message from the New President | Makoto Ogino |
| Big data protection, liberalized use of copyrighted works for digital data processing, 12-month grace period, and 70 years for copyright protection | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| The 2018 LES Japan General Meeting | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #61 [PDF:132KB] | December 2017 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Patent Infringement Cases in Japan | Hisashi Watanabe |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| Attractive Yokohama -LES International 2019 Conference- | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #60 [PDF:549KB] | August 2017 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Copyright Fees for Performance at Music Lessons | Yoko Natsume |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama, Ph.D. |
| LES Japan 40th Annual Summer Conference 2017 in Kobe | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #59 [PDF:309KB] | April 2017 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| IP High Court Applied Doctrine of Equivalents in Pharmaceutical Field First Time Ever | Hiroki Saito |
| 2017 LES Japan General Assembly | Kazuaki Okimoto |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #58 [PDF:112KB] | December 2016 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Intellectual Property Battle Between a Japanese Small-Sized Company and Apple | Hisashi Watanabe |
| Use of JP Post-Grant Opposition System | Hideko Mihara |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #57[PDF:538KB] | August 2016 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Drastic Update related to Inventive step in“Examination Guidelines” and “Examination Handbook” for Patent and Utility Model in Japan | Hisashi Watanabe |
| A Turning Point in IP Education in Japan | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| LES Japan 39th Annual Summer Conference 2016 in Matsuyama | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #56[PDF:176KB] | April 2016 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Message from the New President | Junko Sugimura |
| Japanese Patent Act Revision 2015 | Yasuo Fujii |
| JFTC amends IP Guidelines to deal with FRAND issues | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #55[PDF:362KB] | December 2015 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| 2015 Asia Pacific Student Business Plan Contest Japan team was honored again | Shingo Tsuda |
| Strengthened Trade Secret Protection in Japan 2015 Unfair Competition Prevention Act Revision | Mitsuo Kariya |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #54 [PDF:1MB] | July 2015 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Pravastatin Sodium Case, Product-by-Process Claiming Practice: Supreme Court Overrules the Grand Panel of the IP High Court | Shoichi Okuyama |
| LES Japan 38th Annual Summer Conference 2015 in Sendai | Mitsuo Kariya |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #53 [PDF:574KB] | March 2015 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Hello Again: JP Post-Grant Opposition System | Hideko Mihara |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| The 2015 LES Japan General Meeting | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #52 [PDF:380KB] | December 2014 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Third Time’s the Charm for LES Japan | Ichiro Nakatomi |
| Industry-University Cooperation Activity at TMU | Satoru Niimura |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| The LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2014 | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #51 [PDF:244KB] | July 2014 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| “IP Bridge” ? Strategic IP Utilization | Shigeharu Yoshii |
| Samsung v. Apple Decision by IP High Court Grand Panel | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Shrimp Disease Kit Wins the Student Biz Plan Contest | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan |
Shoichi Okuyama |
| LES Japan 37th Annual Summer Conference 2014 in Okinawa | Mitsuo Kariya |
| Issue #50 [PDF:165KB] | April 2014 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Greetings from the New President | Ichiro Nakatomi |
| LESJ’s Amicus Brief on Apple v. Samsung | Jinzo Fujino |
| IP News from Japan | Shoichi Okuyama |
| Issue #49 [PDF:169KB] | January 2014 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Amicus Briefs in Japan? Current Status of Apple and Samsung Patent Litigation |
Shoichi Okuyama |
| Nine Years as an Editor-in Chief of“Winds from Japan” | Kazuaki Okimoto |
| Issue #48 [PDF:400KB] | September 2013 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Obituary; Dr. Mifune | Masau Takayanagi |
| The Passing of Dr. A Mifune | Yoichiro Iwasaki |
| “Though we have lost Mifune-san,his legacy lives on in WINDS” | Jinzo Fujino |
| My Mentor, Dr. Akira Mifune | Shoichi Okuyama |
| 36th LES Japan Summer Symposium in Shimane | Kazuaki Okimoto |
| Issue #47 [PDF:306KB] | June 2013 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Making a New Step by Returning to the Starting Point of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) | Katsumi Harashima |
| Exerting Control Over Applicable Prior Art In Transitional US Patent Applications Under The AIA | Jacob Doughty |
| Issue #46 [PDF:618KB] | December 2012 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Discussions on Patent Pools from “Mobile Computing (including IP Issues of Smart phone)” at LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference | Tetsuyuki Watanabe |
| Report of the LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2012 in Tokyo | Junko Sugimura |
| 1st LES Asian Student Business Plan Competition Finals 2012 Hotel Okura, Tokyo, September 3, 2012 | Ichiro Nakatomi |
| Issue #45 [PDF:612KB] | November 2012 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Correction on each of multiple Claims can be Individually requested ? 2011 Patent Act Revision | Mitsuo KARIYA |
| 35th LES Japan Group Summer Symposium in Nagano | Kazuaki OKIMOTO |
| Issue #44 [PDF:258KB] | May 2012 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Greeting from new president | Katsumi Harashima |
| IP News from JapanProminent Authors Sue Scanning Services Companies The Grand Panel Provides an Interpretation of Product-by-Process Claims Judge Iimura Becomes the Head of the IP High Court |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #43 [PDF:398KB] | November 2011 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Recent Supreme Court Decision [Hei 20 (Gyo-hi) os. 324 to 326]relating to Patent Term Extension System in Japan | Takumi TERACHI |
| Recent amendments to the Patent Act of Japan Where a Licensed Patent Right Has Been Transferred - Protection of Non-Exclusive Licensees(Art. 99) Where a Patent Application Has Been Filed by Non-Entitled Persons - Protection of True Inventors (Art.74) Where a JPO Panel Decision to Invalidate a Patent Has Been Appealed to IP High Court - Prohibition of Filing with JPO an Action to Amend the Scope of Patent (Art. 126(2)) Where a Court Judgment in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Became Final and Biding - Limitation of Retrial (Art. 104-4) Where an Invention Becomes Publicly Known As a Result of Proprietor’s Own Act - Exception to Lack of Novelty of Invention (Art. 30(2)) Where a Registered Trademark is Extinguished (e.g.,Nullified, Invalidated) - Abolition of One Year Waiting Period for Application to Register the Identical or Similar Trademark (Art. 4(1)(xiii) of the Trademark Act) |
Miyuka NISHI |
| Issue #42 [PDF:1MB] | February 2011 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Topic presented at the 2010 LES Germany Meeting “R&D Cooperation between Industry and Universities in Japan” | Yoshiaki YAHAGI |
| IP News from JapanSupreme Court Orders Stop of Location-Free TV Services Another Batch of Amendments in Sight for the Patent Act The Yakult Bottle found Registrable as a 3D Trademark |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #41 [PDF:495KB] | October 2010 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Toward Higher “LES ROI” | Junichi YAMAZAKI |
| Propagating Green Technology: A Japan Intellectual Property Association Proposal | Naoto KUJI Cynthia CANNADY |
| IP News from JapanLaw Schools and Students Face Headwinds Fourteen-Year-Old Arrested for Copyright Violations Ex-employee-Inventor Scores a Second Win |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #40[PDF:376KB] | July 2010 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Should Allowability of Corrections be examined for Individual Claims? -Post 2008 Supreme Court Decision | Mitsuo KARIYA |
| IP News from JapanSome Interesting Statistics JPO Prepares for Amendments of the Patent Act |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| “Around the World with LES April 26, 2010,” supporting “World IP Day” of WIPO | Kazuaki OKIMOTO |
| Issue #39 [PDF:81KB] | November 2009 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Heightened Due Diligence by Licensees? -A Misconception about a Licensed Patent May Not Nullify the License Agreement- |
Kei KONISHI |
| “Post 2010 patent expiry. Strategies and challenges for pharmaceutical companies” | Bruno ROSSI |
| IP News from JapanGenerics Fight IP Headwinds Qualcomm Dealt with a C&D Order by JFTC Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Starts with Huge Funding |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #38[PDF:256KB] | July 2009 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| UNPRECEDENTED IP HIGH COURT’S JUDGMENTS ON INVENTIVE STEP | Junichi YAMAZAKI |
| Robots and Intellectual Property at the IRT Research Initiative, University of Tokyo | Hiro IIDA |
| IP News from JapanMajor Changes Quietly Introduced Law Schools Shrink New Approach toward Inventive Step Emerging? Rights Organization Hit by the FTC and Fights Back |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #37[PDF:245KB] | April 2009 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Life Cycle Management of Drugs and Patent System in Japan | Hiroko EJIRI Takumi TERACHI |
| An informative joint meeting was held in Tokyo by Life Sciences Sector Members of LES USA/Canada and LES Japan | Ichiro NAKATOMI |
| IP News from JapanCopyright Law to be Amended Tokyo District Court Orders Injunction on "Magicon" The Japanese Patent Law Will Be Entirely Rewritten |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #36[PDF:111KB] | December 2008 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| A rebound into a real economy, globally, may come from technical licenses in Japan | Toshihiko KANAYAMA |
| Should Allowability of Correction be examined for Individual Claims? -Supreme Court Decision | Mitsuo KARIYA |
| IP News from JapanResults of 2008 Patent Attorney Exam Pirated Livestock and Plants |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #35 [PDF:224KB] | October 2008 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Revision of License Registration System by Amendment of Patent Law and Other IP-related Acts | Tomoko FUKUDA |
| Coca-Cola Bottle is Registrable as a 3D Trademark | Jinzo FUJINO |
| IP News from JapanStay Home for Examination Work New JPO Commissioner Appointed on July 11,2008 "Dubbing Ten" Starts Suddenly on July 4, 2008 Another Defeat for Broadcasters in Fight against Location-Free TV Services Other similar cases with different outcomes Supreme Court Renders Two Patent Decisions Too late to defend Change the procedural practice The Grand Panel of the IP High Court Renders its Fourth Decision Changes foreseen in amendment practice |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #34 [PDF:224KB] | June 2008 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| ~ Greetings from the New President ~ My Mission as the LES Japan President |
Masau TAKAYANAGI |
| A Vehicle to a More Active IP Market Place? -Reform of the Patent License Registration System in Japan |
Kei KONISHI |
| IP News from Japan Trademark fees drastically reduced starting June 1, 2008 Apple cleared for use of the “iPhone” in Japan University patent applications nearly quadruple in three years Infringement win rate for patentees improves Worries about trademarking in China |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
| Issue #33[PDF:252KB] | February 2008 |
| Table of contents | Author |
| Recent Status and Problems of Patent Appeals and Trials: Effects of Recent Reforms in the JPO Appeal System and of Recent Judiciary Reforms (2003-2007), Including the Establishment of an IP High Court | Shinjiro ONO |
| Hindsight or Inventiveness? -A Japanese Perspective | Jinzo FUJINO |
| IP News from JapanChanges coming for patents and trademarks in Japan Mr. Takagi runs for the head of WIPO Saga of employee inventors goes on Patent Prosecution Highway is now established |
Shoichi OKUYAMA |
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