INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (IPL) WORKSHOPS (2009)

 List of workshops convened between April 2009 and March 2010.

DATE 2010.03.23
REPORTER LI YANG (Researcher, Research Institute for information Law & Policy)
SUBJECT
 "Review on Indirect Copyright Infringement"

DATE 2010.03.15
REPORTER Yoshimichi SAIHARA (Associate Professor, Otaru University of Commerce)
SUBJECT
 "Case Study: Royalties in the event of Patent Invalidation"

DATE 2010.03.06
REPORTER
 Masabumi SUZUKI　(Professor,Nagoya University)
SUBJECT
 "Toward a Patent Reform in Japan: Reflections on the Post-grant Screening"
REFERENCES
  1. Joseph Farrell & Robert P. Merges, Incentives to Challenge and
    Defend Patents: Why Litigation Won't Reliably Fix Patent Office Errors and Why Administrative Patent Review Might Help, 19 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 943 (2004).
  2. Mark Lemley, Doug Lichtman & Bhaven Sampat, What to Do about Bad Patents?, REGULATION Vol. 28, No. 4, 10 (2005), available at
    http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv28n4/v28n4-noted.pdf#page=3
REPORTER
 Shin TOKII (Successful Applicant of the 2009 Bar Exam)
SUBJECT
 "In the Tochihouten case, where the Bureau of Legal Affairs made available and permitted an individual to make duplications of house maps using copy machines on its premises without permission of the title holder, the court found the government to be liable for damages."
(Tokyo District Court, January 31, 2008 and Tokyo Intellectual High Court,September 30, 2008)

DATE 2010.02.26
REPORTER

 Takakuni YAMANE (Research Fellow, Research Institute for Information Law & Policy)
SUBJECT
 "Contemporary Significance of the Debate on the Rationale
for Justifying the Intellectual Property Rights"

26.Feb.2010

Symposium
"Regulation of Slavish Imitation in Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Act"

REPORTER
SUBJECT

Lan LAN (Research student, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University)
"The Requirement of Access and Non-independent Creation under the Article 2(1)(iii) of Unfair Competition Prevention Act"

REPORTER
SUBJECT

Hsin-Chin, CHEN (Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law)
"Prohibition against Imitating the Configuration of Another Person’s Goods - Standard for Substantial Similarity in Judicial Precedents"

DATE 2010.02.22
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Hiroyuki ODAGIRI (Professor,Hitotsubashi University)
"Lessons from the 'IPR, Development, & Catch-Up' Project"
REFERENCES
  1. H. Odagiri, A. Goto, A. Sunami, and R. R. Nelson (editors)
    "Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch-Up" Oxford University Press, March 2010 [publishing schedule]

DATE 2010.02.20
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Koji OKUMURA (Associate Professor,Kanagawa University)
"Video Sharing Websites and Safe Harbor Defense - A Comparative Analysis of Cases in Japan and the U.S. -"
REFERENCES
  1. 'TV Break' Case (Tokyo District Court, November 13, 2009)
    http://www.courts.go.jp/hanrei/pdf/20091215170834.pdf(Japanese)
  2. Io Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 586 F. Supp. 2d 1132 (N.D.Cal 2008)
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15437389252686262172&
    q=UMG+Veoh&hl=en&as_sdt=2002
  3. UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 93 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA)
    1010 (C.D.Cal 2009)
    http://www.eff.org/files/UMG%20v.%20Veoh%20SJ%20Opinion.pdf
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Ryuta HIRASHIMA (Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba)
"Untitled"

01.22-23 International Symposium
"Cross-border Disputes and Intellectual Property Law"

-Day 1-
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Takuya SHIMA（Professor, Hokkaido University）
"Conflict of Laws in the case of infringement of Chinese copyright"
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Yoshiyuki TAMURA（Professor, Hokkaido University）
"Pros and Cons of Google Books Settlement"
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Yasuto Komada (Associate Professor, Sophia University)
"The Recognition of Class Action Settlement Involving Copyright Infringement : Some Remarks on 'Google Book Case' "
  -Day 2-
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Yukari HIRA
" International Jurisdiction over Joint Torts Accrued from Cross-border Indirect Patent Infringement "
REPORTER
SUBJECT
 Heinz Goddar （Partner, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Law Office）
" Contributory Patent Infringement, Extraterritoriality and Exhaustion　- The European German Viewpoint "

01.15   Symposium
"Standardization and Intellectual Property"
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Masako WAKUI (Associate Professor, Osaka City University)
"Standard Setting and IPRs: An Analysis under Competition Law"
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Noriyuki DOI （Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University）
" Intellectual Propery-Standardization Interaction in Japanese Firms: An Evidence from Questionnaire Survey "

DATE   2010.01.08
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Liu Chun Tian (Professor, Renmin University of China Law School)
"Innovation：the only way for China to realize modernization"

 DATE   2009.12.26
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Makiko Takabe (Judge, Intellectual Property High Court)
"Use of Trademarks in Retail Business "
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Takuto HIRASAWA(Lawyer, Sapporo law office)
"In What Conditions is the Agreement which Prohibits Employees from Using Know-how Enforceable after their Retirement?"

 DATE   2009.12.11
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Ryu KOJIMA（Associate Professor, Kyusyu University）
"Copyright and Freedom of Expression"
REFERENCES
  1. Jed Rubenfeld, The Freedom of Imagination: Copyright's
    Constitutionality, 112 Yale Law Journal 1 (2002), available at
    http://www.yalelawjournal.org/images/pdfs/447.pdf
  2. David McGowan, Why the First Amendment Cannot Dictate Copyright Policy, 65 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 281 (2004), available　at
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/telecom/
    davidmcgowanwhythefirstamendmentcannotdisctatecopyrightpolicy.pdf
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Masahiro KURITA(Senior Ressearch Associate, Kyoto University）
"Rethinking the Theory of Rights in German Copyright Law"

 DATE   2009.11.07
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Miyawaki MASAHARU（Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University）
"A Review on the Search-costs Theory As a Basic Doctrine of Trademark Law"
REFERENCES
  1. Stacey L. Dogan & Mark A. Lemley, A Search-costs Theory of Limiting Doctrines in Trademark Law, 97 TMR 1223 (2007).
  2. William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner, THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 166-209 (Harverd University Press 2003).
REPORTER
SUBJECT		 Toshihide　WATABE（Researcher, Hokkaido University）
"Copyrightability of Factual Works"

11.06   Symposium
Employee Invention－New trends and Future Perspective
REPORTERS Yoshiyuki Tamura (Professor, Hokkaido University & Director, Research Institute for Information Law and Policy)
 Hiroshi YOSHIDA (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)

DATE   2009.10.30
REPORTER Akihiro SAKO(Lawyers, MIYAKE & YAMAZAKI)
SUBJECT "Injunction Demand against a Competitor who is allegedly working the Invention whose Claim is premised on Involvement of Multiple Parties" ('Supply System for Eyeglass Lens' Case, Tokyo District Court, December 14, 2007)

DATE   2009.10.23
REPORTER Iwao KIDOKORO(Visiting Professor, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)
SUBJECT "Google Book Settlement - How Will the Court Decide?"

DATE   2009.10.17
REPORTER Yasuharu FURUSAWA(Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT "Case finding that the patent term extension for the drug should be
granted even after a different drug with the same active ingredient and
efficacy as the former one is approved under the pharmaceutical law -
Hoshutsu seigyo soseibutu case -"
REPORTER Takeshi KONDO (Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT "The Relationship between the Judgment under the Patent Act 104-3 and the Decision of Correcting the Claims Rendered after the Judgment (Knife case,Supreme Court Decision of April 24,2008)"

DATE   2009.09.04
REPORTER Shin TOKII(Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT "Case Finding the Indication of the French restaurant called 'Chez Pierre ' not Known Nationwide (Tokyo District Court, May 14, 2009)"
REPORTER Jiro KITAMURA (Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT "Analysis of the Right of Publicity in Cases involving Publication (Pink Lady Case, Intellectual Property High Court, August 27, 2009)"

DATE   2009.08.27
REPORTER Tatsuo TANAKA (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
SUBJECT "Do illegal copies reduce the revenue of copyright holders?"
REPORTER
 Noriyuki YANAGAWA(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
SUBJECT "Economics of Free-Copy"

18-19.Aug International Symposium
"Intellectual Property and Global Justice"
SPEAKERS  Peter YU (Drake Law School)
Ulla-Maija MYLLY (Turku School of Economics)
Nari LEE (University of Joensuu; Hokkaido University)
Yoshiyuki TAMURA (Hokkaido University)
Christophe GEIGER (University of Strasbourg)
Katja WECKSTROM (Turku University)
Tuomas MYLLY (Turku University)
Branislav HAZUCHA (Hokkaido University)
LANGUAGE  English, Japanese (consecutive interpretation available)
   Please check timetable and Subjects
 
DATE 31.Jul.2009
REPORTER  LI YANG (Researcher, Research Institute for information Law & Policy)
SUBJECT  "Limitations on Right to Demand Injunction"

24.Jul.2009 SYMPOSIUM
"Proprietary versus Shared Creativity in Hybrid Economy:
The Role ofIntellectual Property in Cultural Policy"
REPORTER  Nobuko Kawashima (Professor, Doshisya University)
SUBJECT  "The Rise of ‘User Creativity’― Challenge for Copyright Law and Cultural Policy"
REFERENCES 
  1. Liu, JP (2003) ‘Copyright Law’s Theory of the Consumer’ Boston Collage Law Review, 44, 397-431.
  2. Jenkins, H (2006) Convergence Culture. New York, New York University Press.
  3. Litman, J (2007) ‘Lawful Personal Use’ Texas Law Review, 85, 1871-1920.
  4. Stern, RH (1991) ‘The Game Genie Case: Copyright in Derivative Works versus Users’ Rights’ Entertainment Law Review, 3, 104-110.
REPORTER  Branislav Hazucha (Research Associate, Hokkaido University)
SUBJECT  “Intellectual Property and Cultural Diversity: Two Views on Relationship between Market and Culture”
REFERENCES
  1. BRUNER, C.M., “Culture, Sovereignty, and Hollywood: UNESCO and the Future of Trade in Cultural Products”, 40 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 351 (2008).
  2. CURTIS, J.S., “Culture and the Digital Copyright Chimera: Assessing the International Regulatory System of the Music Industry in Relation to Cultural Diversity”, 13 International Journal of Cultural Property 59(2006).
  3. KISH, K.A., “Protectionism to Promote Culture: South Korea and Japan, a Case Study”, 22 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 153 (2001).
  4. BUCHSBAUM, J., “‘The Exception Culturelle is Dead.’ Long Live Cultural Diversity: French Cinema and the New Resistance”, 47 Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media 5 (2006).

Date  17.Jul.2009
REPORTER  Jiro KITAMURA (Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT  "Analysis of the Right of Publicity in Cases involving Publication (Pink
Lady Case, Tokyo District Court, July 4, 2008)"
REPORTER  Lan LAN (Research student, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University)
SUBJECT  “Imitation of the Configuration of Other’s Apparel and Article 2 (1)
(iii) of Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Apparel with Lace Case,
Tokyo District Court, July 17, 2007 and Tokyo Intellectual High Court,
January 17, 2008)”

Date  26.Jun.2009
REPORTER  Takayuki FUJIMOTO (Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice
SUBJECT  "Are those who Develop and Distribute P2P Software Criminally Liable for End-users’ Copyright Infringement as an Aider and Abettor?　- The Winny Case - "
REPORTER  Takeshi KONDO(Researcher, Graduate School of Law Division of Legal Practice)
SUBJECT  “Swinging back of Court Decisions about the trade secret”

Date   20.Jun.2009
REPORTER  Takuto HIRASAWA (Lawyer, Sapporo law office)
SUBJECT  "Breathing Space in Trademark Law -Trademark Parody in Japan"
REFERENCES
  1. Yoshiyuki Tamura, SyōhyōhōGaisetsu, Koubundou (2000)(Japanese version only)
  2. Takahiro Kojima, case not,Shōhō no ruihihandan ni okeru torihikijijyō no kōryo to ongaku CD ni okeru artist mei hyōji no "syōhintōhyōji tositeno shiyō(Actual Commerce Consideration and the Treatment of an Artist Name on a Music CD as a Product Indicator under the Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Law(Ellegarden Case,Intellectual Property High Court), INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY JOURNAL vol.21(2008)(Japanese version only)
  3. Masaharu Miyawaki, Chomeisyōhyō no hogo, Syōhyō no hogo nihonkōgyōsyoyūkenhōgakkainenpō vol.31 (2008)
  4. Tatsuhiro Ueno, SyōhōParody,187 PATENT vol.62 (2009)
  5. Kaoru Sato, SyōhōParody, 147 Kokusaikōkyōkenkyū vol.4 (1999)
REPORTER  LI YANG (Researcher, Research Institute for information Law & Policy)
SUBJECT  “A Study on Trial for rescission of trademark registration”
REFERENCES
  1. Yoshiyuki Tamura, SyōhyōhōGaisetsu, Koubundou (2009)(Japanese version only)
  2. GNC case
  3. Pola case, Intellectual Property High Court, February 28, 1991
  4. Vuition case, Intellectual Property High Court, November 30, 1993
  5. Dale Carnegie case, Intellectual Property High Court, February 28, 2001
  6. Ganbare nippon case, Intellectual Property High Court, November 30, 2004
  7. Yoshiyuki Tamura, SyōhyōhōGaisetsu, Koubundou (2000)(Japanese version only)
  8. Makoto Amino, Syōhyōsosyō no syomondai miyake masao sensei kijyukinen
  9. Jin NAKAMURA, Syōhyōhō50jō ni okeru Syōhyō no siyo, separate volume "PATENT" Syōhyō no siyo ni tuite vol.25, Nihonbenrishikaityuchitekizaisankenkyuhokoku
  10. Kazufumi DOHI, Syōhyōtekisiyo to Syōhyōken no koryoku, separate volume "PATENT" Syōhyō no siyo ni tuite vol.25, Nihonbenrishikaityuchitekizaisankenkyuhokoku

Date   13.Jun.2009
REPORTER  Yoshimichi SAIHARA (Associate Professor, Otaru University of Commerce)
SUBJECT  "Copyrightability of the Page Layout of a Book"
 
REPORTER 
SUBJECT 		 Maiko MURAI (Lecturer, University of Tsukuba)
 "Legality of Summarizing and Quoting Others’ Works (Blood Type and Character Case)"
REFERENCES  1)Masao Handa, casenote, Tyosakukenhanreihyakusen 3rd edition 170
2)Shigeki Chaen, casenote, 492 Hanhyo 37
3)Kunitoshi Oka, casenote, Tyosakuken no jikenbo, Nikkei Business Publications 19
 
REPORTER  Makoto NAGATSUKA (Associate Professor, Dokkyo University)
SUBJECT  "Copyrightability of Logos (Asahi Logo Case, Tokyo High Court, January 25, 1996)"

Date   29.May.2009
REPORTER  Emi TSUBATA (Researcher, Hokkaido University)
SUBJECT  "The Illustration of "Doctor" Case - Tokyo District Court, 4
July,2008"
REPORTER 
 Kazuhiro ANDO (Specially Appointed Professor of Law, Hokkaido University)
SUBJECT   "Analysis on Interpretation of Copyright Assignment Agreements
focusing on Kaiketsu Lionmaru Case (Tokyo High Court., Aug. 7, 2002)"
REFERENCES  1)Tadashi Fujino, Tyosakurinsetsukenjyotokeiyaku no teiketsugo ni hoteisareta sibunken no kizoku[Who Owns the Right of Public transmission Newly Legislated after Assignment of Copyright Neighoring right?(Tokyo Dist. Ct., Jan. 19,2007 / Tokyo Dist. Ct., Apr. 27, 2007)], vol19 Intellectual Property Law and Policy(2008) Journal(Japanese version only)
2)Yoshiro Masumoto, Entertainment sosyo ni okeru syutyo rissyokatsudo, 556 COPYRIGHT(2007)(Japanese Version Only)
3)Bunkashingikaityosakukenbunkakaihokokusyo (2006) pp126-138
http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/bunka/toushin/06012705/001.pdf(Japanese Version Only)

22.May 

 SYMPOSIUM
“New Trends in the Regulation of‘Time-shifting’ and ‘Space-shifting’ under Japanese Copyright Law”

REPORTER 
SUBJECT 

 Hiroshi YOSHIDA (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)
 "Case Note about 'Yoridori-Midori'(Osaka Higt Court,March 14,2007)"

REFERENCES 

Yoshiyuki TAMURA, tyosakuken no kansetsushingai, tyosakukenho no shinronten(2008 syojihomu)pp.259-306

REPORTER 
SUBJECT 

 Yutaka SATO (Researcher, Hokkaido University)
 "Rokuraku Case: The Scope of New 'Indirect Infringement' Doctrine in JapaneseCopyright Law"

REPORTER 
SUBJECT 

 Branislav Hazucha(Research Associate, Hokkaido University)
 "Rokuraku Case: One View on the Role of Courts in Regulation of New Technologies and Online Services"

REFERENCES 

1)Yoshio SHIOMI, Tyosakukenshingai ni okeru kansetsushingai no hori, (2007 September COPYRIGHT)pp.2-25 (Japanese version only)
2)Yoshiyuki TAMURA, Tyosakuken no kansetsushingai, Tyosakukenho no shinronten(2008 syojihomu)pp.259-306 (Japanese version only)
3)Katsumi YOSHIDA, Tyosakuken no kansetsushingai to sashidomeyokyu, (2008 yusyakaku)Shinsedaihoseisakugaku no sosei pp.253-306(Japanese version only)
4)Fumio SAKKA, Hosobangumi no rokuga, haishin service to tyosakukenseido --Shitekiriyo to gyotekiriyo no kyokairyoiki no chitsujyokeisei--, 33-51 COPYRIGHT (2009 April)

DATE 

1.May.2009

REPORTER 
SUBJECT 

 Yuriko INOUE (Professor, Kobe University)
 "The Right of Publicity"

REFERENCES 

1)Yuriko Inoue, Publicity no kenri no saikosei, Genzaikigyohogaku no kenkyu Shinzansya (2001) (Japanese version only)
2)Huw Beverley-Smith, The Commercial Appropriation of Personality
(2002)pp.273～329

DATE 

27.Apr.2009

REPORTER
SUBJECT 

 Tatsuhiro UENO (Associate Professor, Rikkyo University)
 "Protection of Applied Arts"

REFERENCES

1)Oyobijyutsu no hotekihogo, 37 NO.3 kigyo to hosozo vol.5 (Japanese version only)
2)Tatsuhiro Ueno, Chosakubutsusei(2) kakuron(1), 156 No.323 Law school (Japanese Version only)
3)Yoshiyuki Tamura, chitekizaisanhoseisakugaku no seika to kadai, 1 shinseidaihoseisakugakukenkyu vol1 (2009)(Japanese Version only)

DATE 

25.Apr.2009

REPORTER
SUBJECT 

 Tetsuya IMAMURA (Lecturer, Meiji University)
 "Analysis on Possibility to Introduce Formality Rule or Exceptional Clauses for the Term Exceeding the Minimum Term of Copyright Protection　under the Berne Convention or the TRIPs Agreement"

REFERENCES

1)2 Sam Ricketson, Jane C. Ginsburg, International Copyright and Neibouring Rights : The Berne Convention and Beyond §6.101 (Oxford,2005).
2)Christopher Sprigman, Reform(aliz)ing Copyright, 57 Stan.L.Rev.485 (2004).

DATE 

3.Apr.2009

REPORTER

SUBJECT 

 Masahiro NANJO (Representative partner Patent Attorney, TOKYO ACTi International Patent Office)
 "A study on allowability of an amendment to introduce a disclaimer as
discussed in the grand panel decision of the Intellectual High Court
(May 30th, 2008) - in the light of comparative law and from a practitioner’s perspective"

REFERENCES

1) 47-80 Hanreijiho (2009) (Japanese version only)
2) 84-90 L&T (2008) (Japanese version only)
3) 159-164 L&T (2008) (Japanese version only)
4) 99-103 NO.252 (Japanese version only)
5) Hiroshi Yoshida, Claim wo 'nozoku claim' tosuruteisei no kahi ga ubawareta chitekizaisankoutousaibansyodaigougihanketsu, Tokkyo Kenkyu (plan:March 2009) (Japanese version only)
Trial decisions in Europe are as follows;
6) G1/03
7) G2/03
8) T1050/99
9) T1559/05
10) T1139/00